Happy New Year Everybody

The fireworks were spectacular, the party was great. Love to my family and friends. Goodwill to all. Thanks Celia & Roger. Global Warning Climate Change Environment Science CO2 Carbon Sink Earth Australia Kyoto Energy

An Inconvenient Truth conveniently on YouTube

Please note: Video has been since been pulled by YouTube. Go and see it in the big screen.It's not like YouTube needs its profile raised after featuring in Time Magazines Person on the Year article, but it is now hosting An Inconvenient Truth in nine 10-minute parts. Distributed freely to 16 million unique users per month, potentially, this give a huge reach to a powerpoint presentation that Al

Climate change explained at the Exploratorium

The interaction offered by the Exploratorium makes a complex subject easy to understand. The key to understanding, I believe, is understanding the interrelation of everything, and this site takes you through what we know about global warming through research thrown up by the many disciplines that come together to make the science. Global Warning Climate Change Environment Science CO2 Carbon Sink

Could Dick Cheney make a fine British politician?

It seems that Dick Cheney has been subpoenaed on behalf of the defense in the Valerie Plume case. She was the CIA spy who was outed from her cover by someone in her government, in the lead up to the Iraq Invasion. She had contradicted the Administration's claim that Saddam had acquired yellowcake uranium from Africa. Some bloggers on the left are gleefully rubbing their hands, not seeing how

Global warming mind-map

Someone has drawn up a pretty good mind-map for the global warming mindful . :::[Breakfast Lunch Dinner]I don't know about the only having two kids, though. If people want to and have the means to have more children, that's their business. And they can carbon off-set their kids if they so choose, or even calculate them in as carbon sinks when working out their carbon footprints - all carbon based

Prophets of Hope preach sanity, War on Terror officially over in the UK

Battersea Power Station became the focus for an intelligent global warming protest statement on November 1st, highlighting the threat of climate change relative to terrorism.Two pieces of projected text read "How ironic to live in fear of terrorism and die of climate change" and "The ultimate terror threat is climate change". The projections were carried out by a group calling themselves The

'Truthiness' is US Word of 2006

In a tribute to the cut-through power of comedy, satirist and TV talk-show host Stephen Colbert's October 2005 coining of the term "truthiness" has been elevated to the US word of 2006, by Merriam-Webster."Truthiness" as defined by Colbert is "truth that comes from the gut, not books." :::[SMH]"We're at a point where what constitutes truth is a question on a lot of people's minds, and truth has

British Treasury hard astern, Stern steams ahead.

Sir Nicholas Stern, the globally coolest economist and the author of the world's most influential recent report on climate change is exiting the good ship British Treasury. Clashes with Chancellor Gordon Brown have been rumoured. There seems to be something of principle at stake for Sir Nicholas Stern. :::[SMH]The news came a day after Mr Brown made a pre-budget statement that embraced virtually

Trend maps of Australia warming for 95 years

If you go to the trend maps at the BoM website you get a series of maps showing the trends of rainfall, temperature, sea surface, and pan evaporation across Australia over the 20th century.By selecting Mean Temperature from the drop down menus, and Australia, Annual season, and the period 1910-present (2005), and you can display an at-a-a-glance graphic representation of effects of global warming

Howard airs his global warming stance

From Rocco Bloggo, the resident SMH blogging cartoonist, the story behind his latest cartoon. :::[Rocco Bloggo: Howard and the whole parched truth]... and adds that the upcoming election may be hindering Mr Howard from stating the real hard facts on global warming. A good example being how the price of energy will probably go right up through the ozone layer, and then further.So according to

Global Cool Watch: Mug a global warming skeptic

Very hot.This Christmas, give someone you love the gift of foresight and give them a Global Warming Mug.Each mug is covered with a map of the world. When you pour in a hot beverage, the mug shows what happens when the world heats up and the oceans begin to rise... Land mass disappears before your very eyes! :::[Wacky Planet]h/t Nexus 6 Global Warning Climate Change Rising Sea Levels

But does carbon capture and storage really work?

The Australian Government, and its coal industry (Or with the industry greenhouse mafiosos writing the Government's energy policy, is it the other way round?) has decided that future technologies preserving non-renewable energy sources are going to be the way to fight against climate change. By that they mean carbon capture technology, oxymoronically called 'clean-coal'. And nuclear.  But the

Global Cool Watch: Wind powered robot kinetic sculptures

Very cool.Theo Jansen is the Dutch creator of what he calls “Kinetic Sculptures,” where nature and technology meet. Essentially these sculptures are robots powered by the wind only. :::[Ministry of Tech]h/t Nexus 6 Global Warning Climate Change Environment Science Kinetic Sculpture Wind+Power Robotics BMW Energy

Who is Frank Luntz? And why should you comply?

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Frank I. Luntz (born February 23, 1962), an American pollster. Luntz formed The Luntz Research Companies in 1992, and maintains offices in Arlington, Virginia and New York City. He is considered a master of the art of political propaganda, and his use of language has led to his career as what is termed a "compliance

Coal mining: Court rules in climate change considerations

This is the biggest thing to happen in global warming in Australia, so here it is verbatim: :::[ABC News]Court finds climate change relevant to coal mine approvalA Newcastle environmentalist says a court ruling today means the New South Wales Government must take climate change into account when considering whether to approve new coal mines.Peter Gray went to the New South Wales Land and

Censored, at last!

Well the wicked West won't censor me, so I have no hope of making it big-time here, but trawling though my logs I discovered I am getting some sneaky visitors from somewhere. Possibly. I need more evidence before I can say for sure.Welcome enterprising visitor. Whether you are from (in no particular order) Pakistan, India, Iran or China, or anywhere else you may be using the masking service to

9/11's Friday the 13th is here

What is your worst nighmare? If it is a commercial jetliner flying into one of Howard's 25 new nuclear facilities, then don't click the following link. :::[Greenpeace: Friday the 13th is here]But if you are the type to be reassured by Andrew Bolt, who was on the ABC Insiders panel yesterday when the Greenpeace UK ad was aired for discussion, then fine. Click it. He rightly uses a peer-reviewed

Iceberg armada floats a global warming business

The Stern Report warns of the economic perils of climate change, but he hadn't considered the global warming tourism boom to be had before we get to The Day After. New Zealand eco-capitalists are capitalising on the never seen before armada of 100 or so icebergs that are bumping into South Island, as they are driven further north than they usually get to before melting. So with eight charter

Green revolution is a green technology one

It's too easy for the climate change skeptics to paint the environmentally conscious as the back to the caves types. Sadly this gets some traction with those with shallow perceptions, but a bit of thought tells you that it is rubbish. :::[Wired 14:05: The Next Green Revolution]With climate change hard upon us, a new green movement is taking shape, one that embraces environmentalism's concerns

Bill Clinton on peak oil, and his reading list

Question: Do you believe that the OPEC nations have exaggerated their oil reserves and if so, what are the implications?Bill Clinton: Well first of all I’m not a petroleum geologist, but I can tell you this... :::[Carbonsink]===Update: Graph on U.S. Gov't Defense spending vs. their research on energy. No wonder the response to peak-oil musical chairs is most likely going to be a military one,

Greens poised to win balance in Victorian election

GREENS leader Bob Brown is "cautiously optimistic" that his party will get the balance of power in Victoria's upper house.A Galaxy Opinion poll forecast the Greens to win 12 per cent of the vote in today's state election, tipping Greens candidate Dr Richard DiNatale to take the lower house seat of Melbourne from Health Minister Bronwyn Pike.In the 40 seat upper house the party may find the real

Carbon dioxide in the dock

In a week's time Massachusetts and allies, a coalition of state and nonprofit groups, get their day in court to sue the EPA for refusing to use the Clean Air Act to regulate carbon dioxide emitted from motor vehicles and other greenhouse gases. :::[Gristmill]. After losing in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit recently, Massachusetts has convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to consider

Gaia gets a gander on Bolt's Faith Festival

Andrew Bolt has posted rules for his blog which will hopefully take out the more shrill commenting that goes on. In all credit to him, he's becoming a good moderator given his workload. He's also offered to post sermons from all denominations, which seemed the appropriate time for the Green Religion of Gaia Worship to come out of the woods. Especially given Andrew has been so loud and long in

Has Howard's global warming Tampa set sail?

Catching the latest in global warming skepticism at the blog of its most diehard proponent, Andrew Bolt, I found him gleeful at the prospect of the Federal Liberals being ahead of Labor on the environmental vote. :::[Voters wary of global warming hot heads]. This bizarre result might prove that merely genuflecting to the god of global warming gets you respect: A POLL has found the Coalition

How to talk to climate skeptics

Coby Beck set forth to provide a layman's guide on "how to talk to a climate skeptic". Find the common logical fallacies and the appropriate reference material to avoid the typical "is too, is not" exchanges these things frequently devolve into. :::[Gristmill via Worldcoolers] Global Warning Climate Change Climate Change Skepticss Science CO2 Carbon Sink Kyoto Energy

Worldcoolers: Canada shamed, Stern summarised

I've just joined up to Worldcoolers, a grass-roots Internet network that's spreading the news on developments covering global warming, a field that's moving at a cracking pace now. It's essentially a news-alerts collective, a networked human aggregator. Here are the first two articles I spotted via their desktop application:There's a story about Canada's pitiful attempt at reaching their Kyoto

Australia's Nairobi spectator status tragic: Opposion

It's the biggest game in town, but - like the United States - Australia has refused to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, so was given only observer status at the high-level talks in Nairobi which ended this week. :::[News]It is a tragedy that Australia could not fully participate in the UN's Climate Change Conference in Kenya, opposition environment spokesman Anthony Albanese said today.He described the

Increasing carbon dioxide does not make forest grow faster

Even Prime Minister John Howard finally, finally conceding a carbon tax in the future doesn't stop Andrew Bolt from encouraging people to emit more carbon dioxide - to fertilise the world's forests. Releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere spurs global warming. Trees absorb carbon dioxide. In fact, they thrive on the stuff, and all this thriving and spreading was predicted. Pedal to the

Costello concedes on carbon trading

News just in, is that Australian Treasurer has put a stake though the heart of the Liberal Government's current energy policy, and acknowledges that Australia will have to be involved in an international carbon-trading scheme.Peter 'Interview with a Vampire Costello' image borrowed (at night) from Poligoths"I think the ground is changing," he told ABC television programme, Insiders, today:"...

Iraq, corruption, economy or pushing "global warming alarmist" term?

The US Mid Term Elections 2006 Republican routing, what was that all about? Sahlah has a list, and it is encouraging that Bush's peddling of the "global warming alarmist" term is on her list. And ending habeas corpus. And forgetting about Osama Bin Laden. The list goes on...So the big question being asked by some conservative opinion journalists in Australia is does Bush's Man-Of-Steel,

The heat is on, it's on the street

Who would have thought it?In country where the Australian government have let the self-styled Greenhouse Mafia, the fossil-fuel lobby, effectively write their energy policy.In a country where the Greenhouse Mafia used political influence our leading climate scientists censored.In a world where global Greenhouse Mafia money has spent-up big pushing doubt int the public analysis of the science. To

Australian politics starts to go green

Peter Harcher gazes into the entrails of the Herald/ACNeilsen poll surprise finding that 91% of Australians believe global warming is a very serious or somewhat serious problem, to divine the behaviour of the political parties leading up to next year's election. :::[SMH]Other blogs on: global warming climate change australian politics

Giant icebergs off NZ not from global warming

So says the newsreport on ABC Lateline, and good on them for pointing out there is no reason for linking it to global warming and peddling alarmism. The truth about global warming is sobering enough.The armarda of 100 giant icebergs is drifting at a rate of 2 kilometers an hour north towards South Island NZ, and is currently 250kms off-shore. So here is my call - in order to save ourselved from

Drive beyond oil drive

NRDC, Natural Resources Defense Council, who style themselves as America's nation's most effective environmental group, is hitting the road to promote solutions to America's dependence on oil. This week, the Sunshine State!Gentlemen, start your emissions-free engines: :::[Drive Beyond Oil] Global Warning Climate Change Environment Science CO2 Carbon Sink Earth Australia Kyoto Energy

The Climate Skeptic Challenge

After reading Andrew Bolt's latest insistence that the world has gone mad about global warming, I threw down a challenge to his legion of fellow sceptics:If "propaganda has integrity", then Andrew Bolt is a paragon of virtue.One commenter wrote:"Given that Global Warming has been news for a few years now, surely some of those early prediction dates must have passed and the events forecast failed

Walk against Warming global

Sydney saw an estimated 10,000 to 12,000 protesters 'Walk against Warming' yesterday, gathering in Martin Place, ahead of international talks on climate change in Kenya, demanding world leaders act now to curb global warming. Today we say that 22,500 protesters packed out Traflagar Square in London to participate in 'Walk against Warming':The event included a march from the United States embassy