He started off on a quest to debunk Julian Simon, then tried to prioritize the world's environmental issues, and concluded it was all about quality of life. No, I am not writing about German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, but rather the skeptical … [Read more...] about Why the Pope Matters to the Environment
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Mixing Views on Climate
Papers from the Managing Climate Change: Practicalities and Realities in a post-Kyoto Future conference held in Canberra on 4th April are now available at Tech Central Station. This is perhaps a first conference where acknowledged 'climate … [Read more...] about Mixing Views on Climate
Warwick Hughes
Early environmentalists wore the badge of 'skeptic' as an honor. Thomas Huxley, a colleague of Charles Darwin, wrote: The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of … [Read more...] about Warwick Hughes
Greenpeace wants nuclear waste sent to Australia
I remember attending People for Nuclear Disarmament rallies in the early 1980s. We held placards and chanted - mostly against nuclear weapons testing at Muroroa Atoll by the French. Twenty years later there has been no nuclear war. France now uses … [Read more...] about Greenpeace wants nuclear waste sent to Australia
$10,000 funding limit misleading
The impression from the media over the last week has been that green groups are now only going to get a maximum of $10,000 each year in funding from the government The reality is quite different. Some groups will have their federal government … [Read more...] about $10,000 funding limit misleading
Is stressed dead?
Today's Australian (pg 6) states that 75 per cent of red gums along the Murray River are either dead, dying or stressed. Imagine if a journalist ran the story: 75 per cent of Melbournians are either dead, dying or stressed. The obvious question … [Read more...] about Is stressed dead?
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD has worked in industry and government. She is currently researching a novel technique for long-range weather forecasting funded by the B. Macfie Family Foundation.