In a media release Environment Minister, Peter Garrett, yesterday welcomed the World Heritage Committee’s consideration at its meeting in Quebec, Canada, of an expert report on Australia’s management of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage … [Read more...] about No Extension of World Heritage Area into Tall Tassie Forests: Peter Garrett
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Climate Change Dogmatists Don’t Know When to Stop
The price of meat, milk and other British farm products will have to rise to reflect the environmental cost of producing them, a government study has concluded. A Cabinet Office review of food policy suggests that farmers and consumers should pay … [Read more...] about Climate Change Dogmatists Don’t Know When to Stop
Measuring Global Temperatures
“If we are to understand the real state of the world, we need to focus on the fundamentals and we need to look at realities, not myths.” Bjorn Lomborg, 2001 According to geological history the earth has been warming for about 18,000 years and … [Read more...] about Measuring Global Temperatures
How the National Electricity Grid Works in Australia
"Until the 1990s, Australia had a series of separate regional power grids. We now have a system linked almost across the nation - a system which, when well managed, is cheaper and more reliable. In the late 1980s, governments finally came to see that … [Read more...] about How the National Electricity Grid Works in Australia
Reforming Water Policy Won’t End The Drought: Jennifer Marohasy Speaks with Michael Duffy on Counterpoint
Last week the Council of Australian Governments signed an Intergovernmental Agreement for reform of the Murray-Darling Basin. The new plan involves spending $3.7 billion on water projects across the basin. Is this money well spent and how effective … [Read more...] about Reforming Water Policy Won’t End The Drought: Jennifer Marohasy Speaks with Michael Duffy on Counterpoint
Virtual Science for Australian Drought Policy Review
Australia could experience drought twice as often and the events will be twice as severe within 20 to 30 years, according to a new Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO report. Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Tony Burke yesterday … [Read more...] about Virtual Science for Australian Drought Policy Review
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
