AN historic piece of legislation, The Carbon Pollution Reduction Bill, currently rests on the Senate table which, if passed, will have a huge impact on Australia’s economic and social future. The legislation will next be considered on August 13th. … [Read more...] about What will an ETS do for Australia’s Environment?
Food & Farming
Organic Food not Nutritionally Better than Conventional
A SYSTEMATIC review of literature over 50 years finds no evidence for superior nutritional content of organic produce. There is no evidence that organically produced foods are nutritionally superior to conventionally produced foodstuffs, according … [Read more...] about Organic Food not Nutritionally Better than Conventional
Costing a Whale
LAST week the International Whaling Commission (IWC) met on the Portuguese island of Madeira and agreed that climate change is a threat to whales. A decision on the Danish proposal for Greenland to hunt 10 humpback whales a year was postponed. … [Read more...] about Costing a Whale
Cattle as Part of the Australian Landscape
WHY do so many environmentalists consider cattle something to be excluded from the Australian landscape? According to Ian Mott, a third generation landholder, they modify parts of the landscape but they do not destroy it. In the following … [Read more...] about Cattle as Part of the Australian Landscape
Meat Free Mondays
Wheat Crops and Sunspots
"IT is now more than 200 years since the great astronomer William Herschel observed a correlation between wheat prices and sunspots. When the latter were few in number, he noted, the climate turned colder and drier, crop yields fell and wheat prices … [Read more...] about Wheat Crops and Sunspots
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
