Drowning out the truth about the Great Barrier Reef
The Conversation. Aug 30, 2011. MEDIA & DEMOCRACY, Click here to get a copy of this article to republish.
MEDIA & DEMOCRACY – Ove Hoegh-Guldberg dives into the media’s coverage of an Australian icon’s future.
One of the most straightforward climate change storylines is [...]
I found this post by Jim Dipeso (shown), from almost a year ago (October 2010). It reminds us that the carbon tax is not a left-leaning proposition, and in fact is much more consistent with conservative ideology. Here in Australia, we have it quite back-to-front in a spectacular way. Opposition Leader Tony Abbott from our conservative [...]
Sydney Morning Herald, August 26, 2011
UPDATE: See Scott Mandia on CNBC talking about Irene, the flood risk and other issues.
The north-east seaboard of the US, including Washington and financial centre New York, rushed to prepare for a possible mauling from Hurricane Irene that will hit the coast this weekend. From the [...]
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2011. A top federal Arctic scientist is returning to work today after six weeks on administrative leave without any charges being leveled against him, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Meanwhile, the agency which suspended the scientist is itself under investigation for mishandling the matter.
On July 18, 2011, the [...]
UPDATE: See Peter Sinclair’s insightful on the phony case made by the denialists and their inability to accept the results of the NSF inquiry: “Climategate” Debunked Again. Climate Deniers: Mike Mann born in Kenya“.
JAMES FALLOWS – Aug 24 2011 - James Fallows is a national correspondent for The Atlantic and has written for the [...]
By Joe Romm on Aug 22, 2011 at 12:08 pm
NSF Inspector General: “Finding no research misconduct or other matter raised by the various regulations and laws discussed above, this case is closed.”
Reconstruction of Northern Hemisphere temperatures, Mann et al.
Two things we know with extremely high confidence:
Recent warming is [...]
Worried about climate change? Furious about the carbon tax? Confused about the science? Walkley-award winning journalist Michael Bachelard will lead The Sunday Age team investigating the 10 most popular questions on OurSay which will be featured and updated on The Age’s Climate Agenda website.
Go here to vote which question you would like to [...]
The Union of Concerned Scientists has a series of cartoons that they would like people to vote on. Here is a beauty! Go through to their website to view more.
UPDATE – for more on this false scientific movement, Graham Readfearn has the details here. Note how most of their ‘experts’ are unpublished in the expert literature and don’t believe that CO2 is a greenhouse gas!
By Douglas Fischer and The Daily Climate | August 16, 2011, Scientific American
A new group challenging the general consensus on climate science [...]
Sydney morning Herald, Lenore Taylor, August 12, 2011 THE Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, and the Greens leader, Bob Brown, have discussed possible terms of reference for a parliamentary inquiry into media regulation, as a new poll shows 60 per cent of voters support the idea.The negotiation will continue when Parliament resumes next week, when the government [...]
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