Australia's tabloid e-news site Crikey has been suggesting that there are only a few misguided global warming skeptics. On Line Opinion's editor, Graham Young, has written to Crikey suggesting they, rather than the skeptics, are misguided. … [Read more...] about Crikey! The Islands Are Still There: An Inconvenient Truth (Part 3)
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Cassowaries Mating: A Note from Neil Hewett
I received the followed note and pictures from Neil Hewett of Cooper Creek Wilderness in the magnificent Daintree Rainforest of Far North Queensland. Neil wrote: "These magnificent birds once roamed more than half the land-surface of the planet, but … [Read more...] about Cassowaries Mating: A Note from Neil Hewett
How to Become a Global Warming Skeptic
In an early blog post titled 'Debate and Dissent is Healthy', part of my series on Al Gore's movie 'An Inconvenient Truth', I explained how tabloid e-news site Crikey had started a list of global warming skeptics and was suggesting that we were a … [Read more...] about How to Become a Global Warming Skeptic
Hong Kong’s Pink Dolphins
I went dolphin watching on Friday not far from Hong Kong in the South China Sea and saw perhaps 30 pink dolphins. That's right they were really pink - as pink as a pig! When they came up for a breath and jumped out of the water it wasn't for long … [Read more...] about Hong Kong’s Pink Dolphins
Debate and Dissent is Healthy: An Inconvenient Truth (Part 2)
In 'An Inconvenient Truth' Al Gore repeatedly suggests that all the 'so-called global warming skeptics' are in the pay of a big oil company probably Exxon Mobil. Never once during this so-called documentary does Gore acknowledge that there is … [Read more...] about Debate and Dissent is Healthy: An Inconvenient Truth (Part 2)
‘Déjà Vu on the ABC’ by Roger Underwood
What happens to ABC journalists found to have performed unprofessionally? In August 2006, a Four Corners program on forestry in Tasmania was found by the The Australian Communications and Media Authority to be bias and inaccurate. This program … [Read more...] about ‘Déjà Vu on the ABC’ by Roger Underwood