Global warming denialist scrambles for Bolt hole

It had to happen at some time. That people who make a living casting doubt about the scientific consensus of global warming realise the wheels are falling off their bandwagon. Witness this pitiful bleat that Andrew Bolt concludes with, in his latest carping, and tell me how moved you were.Face facts: There’s no place now for my kind of petty carping. Just go to campaign central and read the

Greens calls Government hypocrites over deforestation

Indeed they are... clipped from www.theage.com.auPrime Minister John Howard will be a hypocrite if he calls onother countries to avoid deforestation while allowing furtherlogging in Tasmanian and Victorian native forests, the AustralianGreens say. A leaked declaration on climate change, energy security andclean

Amazon Deforestation down by 25%

For whatever reason this has happened, surely it is a good thing. Long may it continue. clipped from news.nationalgeographic.comAmazon Deforestation Drops 25 Percent, Brazil SaysThe pace of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by 25 percent in arecent 12-month period, according to recently released

Thirteen die in the Land of The Hot Rising Sun

clipped from www.physorg.com A man takes rest on the grass at a park in Tokyo, 01 August. The temperature hit a record high in Japan on Thursday, with the extreme summer heat killing at least 13 people across the nation this week, officials said. The temperature hit a record high in Japan on

Thanks for global warming we didn't have to have

This caught my eye in a report recently tabled in the Australian parliament. It is the acknowledgements of a dissenting chapter. I pulled it out so your kids know who to thank for global warming when they grow up. Feel free to bookmark the page for them.AcknowledgementsWe wish to thank the following people for reviewing the scientific accuracy of this report:1. Professor R.S. Lindzen (Alfred P.

Government splits climate change message

Today was the day that the Australian Government, notorious for dragging its feet on climate change, tabled its carbon trading system recommendations by the House of Representative’s Standing Committee on Science and Innovation. For a moment it looked like the Government was finally coming clean; The report begins with the statement “there is now compelling evidence that human activity is

Newsweek exposé: Global Warming Is A Hoax*

*So say the folks funded by fossil-fuel lobby groups.I've said it often enough, so it was great to read Dave Sag of Carbon Planet saying it:Newsweek is running a fascinating history of coordinated climate change denial in a story The Truth About Denial.It’s been the dirty secret of the dinosaur industries who see their immediate bottom line about to be hit by actions to mitigate against climate

Fine ceramic tubes cut carbon dioxide out of coal-fired power

If this works out, I'm putting my money (ha) into advanced ceramic material... clipped from www.sciencedaily.comScience Daily — Greenhouse gas emissions from power stations could be cut to almost zero by controlling the combustion process with tiny tubes made from an advanced ceramic material, claim engineers on

Alexander downs Alexander Downer

There were atmospherics over climate when Alexander Meekin, 17 years old, from Canberra's Narrabundah College took Alexander Downer to task over the Government's logic behind its climate change/energy policy in a panel debate.Reprinted in full from the new-look SMH:Alex v Alex: verbal joust has Downer hot under collarBy Craig SkehanTHE Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, may have taken a cue from

Leonardo DiCaprio's The 11th Hour

The 11th Hour — see it before time runs out. Global Warning Climate Change Energy

Don't waste energy going to work

Two MIT graduate student dynamo inventors, James Graham and Thaddeus Jusczyk, have developed an idea for "crowd farm" whereby the lost energy from the impact of a footfall is captured and converted into electricity. Now that's thinking on your feet.clipped from www.smh.com.auENERGY from humans walking through

Bush pushes for international inaction on global warming

President Bush is organising a September conference and inviting the world's major polluters to develop strategies to hold onto business as usual for as long as possible.I'll eat my Grand PooBah hat, Freemasons Apron, and publish the secret handshake on my blog, if they actually agree to reduce emissions.In theory they should — they claim to want to contribute."The United States is committed to

Solar cost-prohibitive? Buckyballs to that

clipped from www.engadget.comResearchers develop "paint-on" solar cellsThe quest to builder a better, cheaper solar cell continues on, as researchers at the New Jersey Institute of Technology have developed a new type of solar cell that can be printed or painted onto flexible plastic sheets. Unlike traditional

Royal Society: Hurricanes doubled over century

The dearly held tenants that the global warming denialists cling onto so tenaciously are disappearing faster than the Arctic ice-shelf.The latest one to crumble is the notion that global warming does not increase the number and frequency of hurricanes.clipped from news.bbc.co.ukA new analysis of Atlantic

Torres Strait Islands drowning

This is going to disappoint those denialists who make money mocking predictions of rising sea levels swallowing up low lying islands.clipped from www.news.com.auGLOBAL warming is not just a theory in Torres Strait – it is lapping at people's doorsteps. The phenomenon is a visible reality as rising sea levels