"IN A blow to Victoria's massive plantation industry, the State Government has moved to make thirsty timber plantations accountable for the water they use. "Companies such as Timbercorp may face extra costs as Government documents show it is … [Read more...] about Victorian Timber Industry to Pay for Water?
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Good News on High Fuel and Food Prices – A Note from Ian Mott
The moralising on the supposed evils of converting grain to biofuel and pushing food prices to record levels in a soon to be hungry world has only just begun. It has been described as nothing less than a "crime against humanity" by UN expert, Jean … [Read more...] about Good News on High Fuel and Food Prices – A Note from Ian Mott
Best Bear Papers – A Note from Bob Ferguson
Two of the best papers that go directly to the heart of the issues on the polar bear listing as endangered by the US government are: Demographic and Ecological Perspectives on the Status of Polar Bears, by Dr Mitchell Taylor and Dr Martha Dowsley, … [Read more...] about Best Bear Papers – A Note from Bob Ferguson
We Live in an Electric Universe (Part 1) by Louis Hissink
One of the basic working rules in empirical science is the Donald Duck Factor, that when something novel looks, waddles and sounds like a duck, then in all probability it might also be a duck, or at least of the same species. And when a similar … [Read more...] about We Live in an Electric Universe (Part 1) by Louis Hissink
Why the Propaganda Campaign for International Intervention in Burma? by Peter Symonds
The catastrophe wrought by Cyclone Nargis on the Burmese people has provoked an extraordinary campaign by the US and allied powers, and in the international media, demanding that the military junta open its borders to aid and aid officials as well as … [Read more...] about Why the Propaganda Campaign for International Intervention in Burma? by Peter Symonds
New Website on the Tasmanian Pulp Mill: A Note from Alan Ashbarry
Last year the Tasmanian Parliament and the Australian Government approved the pulp mill for the Tamar Valley. They did so after the developer, Gunns Limited, published an Integrated Impact Statement comprising 7,500 pages of social, environmental … [Read more...] about New Website on the Tasmanian Pulp Mill: A Note from Alan Ashbarry
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
