The National Greenhouse Accounts and Land Clearing: Do the numbers stack up? by Andrew Macintosh, at The Australia Institute, published January 2007. Australia’s capacity to meet its Kyoto target is contingent on a reduction in emissions from land … [Read more...] about Counting Trees in Australia for Greenhouse Accounting
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The Rise of Environmentalism and Decline of Religion?
Green lobby must be treated as a religion By John Kay, In the Financial Times on 09 January 2007. Environmentalism offers an alternative account of the natural world to the religious and an alternative anti-capitalist account of the political … [Read more...] about The Rise of Environmentalism and Decline of Religion?
New Conservation Program Unlikely to Save Already Extinct Dolphin
On Tuesday the Zoological Society of London launched a new conservation called Edge. It’s an acronym for ‘ecologically distinct and globally endangered’ and was described in The Guardian newspaper as an ambitious project by British scientists to … [Read more...] about New Conservation Program Unlikely to Save Already Extinct Dolphin
Global Warming and the Statistics of Record-Breaking Temperatures: S. Redner and Mark R. Petersen
"Almost every summer, there is a heat wave somewhere in the US that garners popular media attention. During such hot spells, daily record high temperatures for various cities are routinely reported in local news reports. A natural question arises: … [Read more...] about Global Warming and the Statistics of Record-Breaking Temperatures: S. Redner and Mark R. Petersen
A Critique of The Stern Report: Part 1, The Science
Some months ago I suggested that media coverage of The Stern Report -- an assessment of the economics of climate change by a British economist for the British government -- was completely over the top. I also commented that from a quick scan there … [Read more...] about A Critique of The Stern Report: Part 1, The Science
A Report on 10 Years of Genetically Modified Agriculture in Argentina
Dear All, Please find below a link to a report entitled '10 years of GM Crops in Argentina' by Eduardo J. Trigo and Eugenio J. Cap, published by the Argentine Council for Information and Development of Biotechnology, released this week regarding the … [Read more...] about A Report on 10 Years of Genetically Modified Agriculture in Argentina
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
