Archive for: fossil fuel lobby

The Peter Slipper illusion

The Peter Slipper illusion

Tweet With LNP powerbrokers Mal Brough and Christopher Pyne now having been revealed to have met James Ashby at least six times in the immediate lead-up to his civil and criminal claims against Speaker Peter Slipper, Ian Harris asks if the whole...

 

Getting the wind up

Getting the wind up

Tweet  Why do countries that use wind power much more extensively than Australia, such as Germany and Denmark, report almost no public concern about the so-called “wind turbine syndrome”? Neil Barrett examines the evidence. Exploring...

 

Why the fossil fuel industry bitterly fights climate action

Why the fossil fuel industry bitterly fights climate action

TweetFossil fuel companies promote global warming denial and battle against climate action because their vast fossil fuel reserves, says Bill McKibben from TomDispatch. A 'Blue Marble' image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument...

 

Deception is our product

Deception is our product

Tweet Environment editor Sandi Keane exposes the shadowy world of PR, where astroturfing and propaganda is used to coerce the public into sacrificing their own interests for those of big corporations. Deceiving the public these days is a lucrative...

 

IA’s campaign to reform Australia’s dodgy media landscape

IA’s campaign to reform Australia’s dodgy media landscape

Tweet Independent Australia should be grateful for the dismal state of the Australian media, because the way it misses or deliberately avoids so many major issues virtually forces people to our pages. Our coverage of the Fukushima nuclear disaster,...

 

A carbon price makes good economic sense for all Australians

A carbon price makes good economic sense for all Australians

Tweet Anthropogenic climate change is real, but even if you don’t agree, putting a price on carbon makes good economic sense. David Donovan talks carbon economics. by managing editor David Donovan I believe that global warming is real. Or...

 

The Liberal Party receives millions from fossil fuel lobby

The Liberal Party receives millions from fossil fuel lobby

Tweet  The fossil fuel lobby has secretly donated millions of dollars to the Liberal Party in an attempt to prevent climate change action and hoodwink voters. Barry Everingham reports. Funny thing about the current crop of climate change...

 
 
 
 

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