Energy

Rod Quantock: global warming’s just not funny

Rod Quantock: global warming’s just not funny

Tweet Activist comedian, Rod Quantock, promises you’ll be “apoplectic with fear” (or just plain “scared shitless”) as he takes you with him through the gates of hell into the catastrophic world of runaway global...

 

Nuclear energy isn’t the answer to global warming

Nuclear energy isn’t the answer to global warming

Tweet While nuclear energy has no direct carbon footprint, it is still a contributor to global warming; we know this, because Einstein tells us so. Guy Lane explains. Cooling towers at a nuclear power plant. Nuclear energy produces vast amounts...

 

David Suzuki says wind turbines not the problem

David Suzuki says wind turbines not the problem

Tweet It’s not wind turbines that affect human health and the economy, says Dr David Suzuki, but fossil fuels. Wind power provides clean renewable energy. read more »

 

Anti-wind farm lobby claims break all laws of physics

Anti-wind farm lobby claims break all laws of physics

Tweet The case of the increasingly vocal lobby groups against wind farms in populated areas is based on the idea that widely accepted scientific principles are wrong. Stephen Luntz busts the myths. ONE OF the first questions science writers...

 

Renewables can do 24-hour base load anywhere, anytime

Renewables can do 24-hour base load anywhere, anytime

Tweet The University of NSW has exploded the myth that renewables can’t do 24-hour base load. Dr Mark Diesendorf reports. Clean, renewable energy. read more »

 

Two years after Fukushima: a tale of two symposiums

Two years after Fukushima: a tale of two symposiums

Tweet With news today that Fukushima has sprung another radioactive leak, Noel Wauchope reports on two very different nuclear symposiums held last month. The Japanese public have fallen out of love with nuclear power after the Fukushima disaster...

 

Sarah Laurie’s windfarm fearmongering enough to make you sick

Sarah Laurie’s windfarm fearmongering enough to make you sick

Tweet In spite of 17 reviews and a new landmark study, Sarah Laurie defiantly continues her propaganda campaign against wind farms. Mike Barnard reports. A LANDMARK STUDY by Fiona Crichton at the University of Auckland recently showed that...

 

Beyond Kyoto: The future of coal

Beyond Kyoto: The future of coal

Tweet What does moving to a low carbon economy mean for the future of coal-generated power? Environmental lawyer and scientist Dr Ted Christie considers this crucial question. THE KYOTO PROTOCOL was adopted in 1997 as a global approach for...

 

David Bradbury on Idinthakarai’s anti-nuclear front line

David Bradbury on Idinthakarai’s anti-nuclear front line

Tweet Award winning Australian filmmaker, David Bradbury, describes in chilling detail his visit to the epicentre of the Kudankulam anti-nuclear struggle in India – the beautiful seaside town of Idinthakarai. Villagers protesting at Idinthakarai I...

 

The truth about health impacts of wind farms and infrasound

The truth about health impacts of wind farms and infrasound

Tweet Last week, the Australian Senate rejected the second attempt by Senators Nick Xenophon (Independent) and John Madigan (DLP) to introduce an Excessive Noise from Wind Farms Bill.  Mike Barnard’s comprehensive analysis of infrasound delivers...

 
 
 
 

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