My second three-year contract with the Melbourne-based Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) ended with the financial year and is not being renewed. I learnt a lot during the six years - especially early on with Andrew McIntyre teaching me how to … [Read more...] about Jennifer Marohasy Leaves the IPA
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A Climate Change Paradox
AUSTRALIA'S Minister for Climate Change, Penny Wong, recently suggested that most of the global warming since 1960, about 85 percent, has happened in the oceans and that change in ocean heat content is thus the most appropriate measure of global … [Read more...] about A Climate Change Paradox
US Carbon Trade Legislation
"The largest corporate welfare program ever enacted in the history of the United States" according to Ronald Bailey, Reason magazine, commenting on the Waxman-Markey Bill. … [Read more...] about US Carbon Trade Legislation
Sceptics Versus Actorvists
Robyn Malcolm from Outrageous Fortune and Keisha Castle- Hughes from Whale Rider are giving face to save the earth campaigns in New Zealand. … [Read more...] about Sceptics Versus Actorvists
Rational Advice on ‘Carbon Act’ Censored (Part 2)
A WEEK ago President Barrack Obama praised the House of Representatives for passing the ‘Clean Energy and Security Act’. Everyone agrees that it’s far reaching legislation. The US Environment Protection Agency had one of its employees, a 35-year … [Read more...] about Rational Advice on ‘Carbon Act’ Censored (Part 2)
Due Diligence on Science Underpinning Carbon Trade
YOU will have heard on the news over the last three weeks of the activities of Senator Steve Fielding in Australia. Steve is an independent cross-bench senator who holds a casting vote over the passage of the Australian ETS (termed the Carbon … [Read more...] about Due Diligence on Science Underpinning Carbon Trade