Archive for: climate change

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...

 

Abbott batting on a deteriorating pitch

Abbott batting on a deteriorating pitch

Tweet In fading light, Abbott is pinned to the crease on GST, asylum seekers, broadband policy, education reform, and now IR policy. John Lord looks at Abbott’s worsening chances on day one of this first Election Test. TO USE cricketing...

 

Tony Abbott’s shaky campaign – beginning of the end?

Tony Abbott’s shaky campaign – beginning of the end?

Tweet Tony Abbott has spent most of this year hiding from scrutiny and waiting for what the media say is a certain election win later this year — but have the wheels started to fall off his campaign in the last few weeks? Matthew N. Donovan...

 

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...

 

Don’t you worry about that

Don’t you worry about that

Tweet How to stop worrying and learn to love the Abbott, by Gee. read more »

 

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...

 

The IPA’s plans to abolish climate change action in Australia

The IPA’s plans to abolish climate change action in Australia

Tweet Climate Denial Think Tank’s Plans To Abolish Climate Change Departments in Australia (via Desmogblog) A LEADING Australian free-market think tank with close ties to the country’s conservative Liberal Party has revealed its...

 

News Limited’s hysterical campaign confirms need for media regulation

News Limited’s hysterical campaign confirms need for media regulation

Tweet News Limited is the main perpetrator of media abuses in Australia, writes Alan Austin, and hence the strongest proof the current self-regulation system is useless. Twitter response to Daily Telegraph’s comparison of Communications...

 

Free market ideology

Free market ideology

Tweet Managing editor David Donovan says unrestrained neo-liberal free market ideology is not new and risks tearing our society apart if we don’t stand in its way. Why everything you thought you knew about economics is probably wrong Read...

 

Joe has no idea

Joe has no idea

Tweet The ignorance and ineptitude of the man who would be Australia’s next treasurer was on full display last Thursday, writes Alan Austin. Last Thursday, a business conference run by the Committee for Economic Development of Australia...

 
 
 
 

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