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Congress no green house
There are two great myths perpetuated by Kevin Rudd and Climate Change Minister Penny Wong as a foundation for Australia introducing an emissions...
Science Joins the Sub-Prime
Well known British scientist and commentator, Phillip Stott, recently described ‘global warming' as sub-prime science, sub-prime economics...
Small voice with big ambitions
Climate change forecasts by scientists are having a dominant influence on policy throughout the world. Politicians and economists have popularised...
Blame ETS on business
Two weeks ago the Business Council of Australia released a report on the impact of an emissions trading scheme (ETS). Fourteen companies in the...
How not to halt progress
More than a hundred countries met in Accra last week in negotiations for a new climate change agreement after the Kyoto Protocol expires in...
Attacking patents is a way to halt progress on climate accord
A hundred countries are meeting in Accra this week in negotiations for a new climate change agreement after the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012....
Tariffs, not patents, hurt low-carbon innovation
A hundred countries are meeting in Accra, Ghana, this week in negotiations for a new climate change agreement after the Kyoto Protocol expires in...
Case of the warm and fuzzy
Three claims have been repeated so often they are accepted as fact: global temperatures are rising, we have less rainfall and so water is becoming...
Go Gorillas: Endangered Critters Fight Back
In between all the gloomy news about the global environment, it is nice to hear some good news every so often. Last week the humpback...
Battling green noise
"Beyond Petroleum" is a strange slogan for a company that sells mostly petrol. Is BP really that embarrassed by the 3.8 million barrels of oil they...