10 Green New Year Resolutions

Cut down on water useHow much? Sydney Water will do everything you need for just $22.How hard? One phone call.Links WaterFixSign up for GreenPowerHow much? Between $4 and $8.50 extra a week for the average family.How hard? A couple of phone calls.Links GreenPower schemeGreen Electricity WatchHow much? A 23W Megaman CFL bulb that replaces a standard 125W light costs $19.25 from Todae (

2007 — when global warming finally cut through

clipped from www.desmogblog.comHark, The Herald (And Lots of Other Papers) Finally Sing About The Climate 24 Dec 07 Big wake-up to global warmingTo illustrate, the Philadelphia Inquirer tracked the number of times the term "global warming" was mentioned in their paper over the years. In 2007 "global

GWW 2007 Highlight — The UN Bali Climate Change Conference

I didn't have to look far back over 2007 for the year's climate change highlight — I didn't get past the exciting outcome from the UN Bali Climate Change for two weeks starting in early December. Trawling the Internet, I find I have been getting a much better sense of the nail-biting excitement from the Bali Conference bloggers, than from msm reports. And I have a gratifying sense that we have

What's traditional about an explosive grenade harpoon?

Dr Kumi Kato, a lecturer in the school of languages and comparative cultural studies at the University of Queensland, dispassionately looks at the claims of the Japanese whalers to hunting rights based on cultural identity.Articulately arguing for a sustainable way forward that recognises the claims of some Japanese to a whaling tradition, while exploding the 'research' myth, it bears

Japan please stop your whalers killing for 'research'

We have a great relationship between our two countries, so I am sure we can resolve the whaling issue and move onto bigger an better things. clipped from www.news.com.auOur petition, created in consultation with environmental campaigners Greenpeace, aims to show Japanese people the intensity of feeling in

Rudd government more different by the day

The real 'me-too' nature of the one-month old Australian Federal Labor is becoming more apparent with each passing day.Day One. Kevin Rudd made good his election promise by triggering the instrument that sets in process the Australian Government ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, as his first act of government. It was signed hours after the new Labor cabinet was sworn in by the Governor-General,

Revolving Doors' reaction to Bali breakthrough

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Calvin Jones' Bali breakdown

Calvin Jones of Climate Change Action offers his Bali Overview:It's complex! (and that's becoming problematic)Linking national cap and trade with international climate fundsDeforestation progress on funding and structure (with unwelcome guest)Australia ratifies but fails to take the leadTwo degree consensus approaching: just adopt c&c you fools!CDM ReviewAdaptation Fund Technology TransferClick

Bali agreement on a 2009 climate pact

Bloody hell, how hard is it for the US to accept the science? What an other-world reality they have about global warming. Complete denial is head-shaking stuff, but, hey, we were there not a month ago living under John Howard's special brand of 25 stations, nuclear-powered delusion.Reality bumped Howard out of the way, and put Kyoto Kevin on the winner's dais.And reality is crudely bumping a

Bali deal deadline over, talks continue

Come on guys, get it together. clipped from news.bbc.co.ukThe UN climate summit in Bali is "on the brink" of a deal, according to the UN's senior climate official, as talks look set to extend into an extra day.The EU has been pressing for a final text committing industrialised nations to specified emissions cuts,

Rudd the Ratifier clarifys Australia's Kyoto intentions

...to another round of applause at Bali. This time to the high-level Heads of State meeting. clipped from www.smh.com.auPrime Minister Kevin Rudd has told world leaders in Bali that climate change is thedefining challenge of this generation, and says Australia standsready to respond to the problem.The community of

Singapore PM has a go at Howard's climate policies

There must be a great depth of feeling for the Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, normally circumspect, to take a passing shot at the ex-Prime Minister, John Howard for his climate change recalcitrance. He also gave the US a poke in the ribs. clipped from www.smh.com.auSingapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien

Open email to Wayne Swan, Federal Treasurer

To: Wayne Swan, Federal Treasurer Cc: Tim Blair, Daily Telegraph Bcc: Global Warming WatchRe: Gettin' me some of that Global Warming ReligionDear Mr Swan,Firstly, thank you for organising with Tim to answer the questions raised by his thought-provoking article in Saturday's Daily Telegraph.Any questions about this column should be addressed to wayne.swan.mp@aph.gov.au.I wondered about the wisdom

7 Thinking Errors You Probably Make

Common thinking errors explained, each backed by a scientific study. Food for thought! clipped from www.lifehack.orgThe brain isn’t a flawless piece of machinery. Although it is powerful and comes in an easy to carry container, it has it’s weaknesses. A field in psychology which studies these errors, known as

Bush systematically mislead US on climate change

clipped from english.aljazeera.netThe White House has systematically manipulated climate science for years to play down the dangers of global warming, a US congressional report says. Monday's report, prepared by Democrats after a 16-month investigation, came as the Bush administration pressed a UN climate meeting

Howard years saw 42% increase in carbon emissions

That will be his legacy. clipped from www.smh.com.auAUSTRALIA has been named as one of the top three world greenhouse gas "sinners" by a European environmental report, ranking it with the United States and Saudi Arabia for failing its responsibilities towards the global environment."The worst climate sinners are

Global warming denier's get no hearing in Bali

Andrew Bolt is apoplectic. Since the Bali Conference began, he has devoted six posts to bagging it. Here is his latest. clipped from blogs.news.com.auWith 15,000 global warming believers already choking the UN’s conference on how to cut the gases they emitted just getting there, it’s natural a few had to excluded.

Having Sex without Gravity

Only four positions? clipped from www.guardian.co.ukUS and Russian astronauts have had sex in space for separate research programmes on how human beings might survive years in orbit, according to a book published yesterday. Pierre Kohler, a respected French scientific writer, says in The Final Mission: Mir, The

Labor's climate change policies will 'boost Aust credibility'

The previous govt was mainly interested in developing ways that the uranium industry could take over from the oil industry. clipped from www.abc.net.auThe head of a climate change review commissioned by state and territory leaders earlier this year says Labor's policies will go a long way to boosting Australia's

Rudd backs deep 2020 emissions cuts

During the election campaign, Kevin Rudd has repeatedly said that Australia would not set its own 2020 target until he received a report from economist Ross Garnaut next year. But when he arrives in Bali next week he will face international expectations from Europe, China and Indonesia to make Australia's position clear whether, having ratified the Kyoto Protocol, it is committed to its own deep

Chinese whispers at Bali Climate Conference

I heard on the radio that the Chinese are giving the developed world a bollocking over their emissions targets. Fair call. They have more people that will be affected than anyone else.So I trotted over to China Daily (I'm becoming a regular these days), and found out that,..China is well on its way to acquiring fully 15 percent of its energy from renewable sources by the year 2020, while the

Blogging yer Bali Conference

Kyoto Kevin, Rudd the Ratifier, well done! Kevin Rudd made good his election promise by triggering the instrument that sets in process the Australian Government ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, as his first act of Government. It was signed hours after the new Labor cabinet was sworn in by the Governor-General, Sir Michael Jeffrey. Bizarre that the English Queen still has a hand in all this —