THE Australian government relies on various science experts to argue its case in favour of anthropogenic global warming [AGW]; people like Will Steffen, David Karoly and the ubiquitous Tim Flannery supply the scientific credentials for the … [Read more...] about Garnaut’s Second Update, Sceptics are the White Swans: A Note from David Stockwell and Cohenite
Carbon Trading
What to Listen to, Read, and Action This Week
1. The truth about water planning in the Murray Darling Basin: http://www.theage.com.au/environment/water-issues/axe-murraydarling-plan-and-start-again-us-expert-20110304-1bi62.html 2. Marian Wilkinson reports on the tough political decisions … [Read more...] about What to Listen to, Read, and Action This Week
‘Carbon Price’ Won’t Reduce Emissions from Power Stations
THE Australian government has announced plans to introduce a carbon price scheme forcing industry to buy a permit for each tonne of carbon dioxide emitted from July 1, 2012. A trading system, with the carbon permit price set on a market linked to … [Read more...] about ‘Carbon Price’ Won’t Reduce Emissions from Power Stations
Why Action on AGW
LABOR must win back voters lost to the Greens by advocating stronger action on climate change and supporting gay marriage, according to a secret internal review of the party's performance that also urges the government to do more to court votes in … [Read more...] about Why Action on AGW
Banks Leave Carbon Market
Banks and investors are pulling out of the carbon market after the failure to make progress at Copenhagen on reaching new emissions targets after 2012. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Banks Leave Carbon Market
Cash for Carbon in Copenhagen
Barun Mitra, director of an Indian NGO attending the Copenhagen negotiations and representative of the Civil Society Coalition on Climate Change (www.csccc.info), stated today: “Today’s G77 walkout at the Copenhagen climate conference is purely a … [Read more...] about Cash for Carbon in Copenhagen
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
