“Over 650 dissenting scientists from around the globe challenged man-made global warming claims made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Al Gore” according to Marc Morano at the launch of a … [Read more...] about Number of ‘Official Skeptics’ Increased in 2008
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Best [Australian] Blogs of 2008
Each year On Line Opinion and Club Troppo collaborate to publish a Best Blogs feature in January, which features the best blog pieces from the previous year selected from reader nominations. This year we are doing it again. What was the best … [Read more...] about Best [Australian] Blogs of 2008
Some Nuts Can be hard to Crack
Spare a thought for this scrub turkey unable to open that nut. I watched the bird struggle with it for quite a while at Alexandra Bay, Noosa National Park, on November 24, 2008. If only I’d had a parang, I would have opened the nut for the … [Read more...] about Some Nuts Can be hard to Crack
The IPA Review & Articles by Jennifer Marohasy
I have been a senior fellow with the Melbourne-based Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) for more than five years now. I have written a lot for the magazine, which used to be published by the IPA quarterly, but now comes out every two months. A … [Read more...] about The IPA Review & Articles by Jennifer Marohasy
Andrew Bolt on Robyn Williams on Nuance
ABC [Australia's] Science Show host Robyn Williams says those who contradict him when he makes absurdly alarmist - and false - claims about global warming just don’t understand “nuance”. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Andrew Bolt on Robyn Williams on Nuance
‘The Deniers’, Reviewed by Art Raiche
DOES society benefit from a fear-driven science-funding policy that threatens the livelihood of scientists with the courage to argue against “orthodox” and established “beyond doubt” views on climate? The media drives this fear with increasingly … [Read more...] about ‘The Deniers’, Reviewed by Art Raiche