The general media narrative equates conservationists with civility, and their opponents are most frequently portrayed as rednecks. It’s easy to unconsciously slip into this dichotomy, so I found this thread on the bottom of an ABC article on the detention of two men who boarded the Yushin Maru No. 2 disturbing. If they weren’t greens, […]

I predicted 18 months ago that biofuels were problematic and would have negligible impact on greenhouse gasses at the same time leading to starvation. I didn’t touch on land degradation in the post, so the European Union’s ahead of me there, even though it’s taken them so long to catch-up with the obvious. While having […]

Ray of hope: Can the sun save us from global warming? is the title of a piece in the Independent by the Sun’s biographer, David Witehouse. It relates the fact that sunspot activity is currently at a low, and shows none of the usual signs of turning-up. Conditions like these are believed to have been […]

The Age characterises it as “the heat” being put on Kevin Rudd. The Courier Mail sees it as just part of the transformation of Queensland into the “leadership heartland”. In fact, the enthusiasm of the new Rudd government for Kyoto and the pressure this subjects it to from other nations puts it in the way […]

In case you don’t already know what’s in it you can download the IPPC AR4 report from here. You should know what’s in it, because the summary for policy makers was released early this year in a “cart before the horse” exercise. I can’t help thinking that the IPCC reports are the biggest exercise in […]

The girls at the hairdresser’s didn’t recognise his full page photo. So much for the power of the Women’s Weekly to inform that demographic. Nor were they impressed at the idea of spreading the word about climate change. But I was impressed, mightily, with the other participants, even with myself for being in their company, […]

Today’s Courier Mail and apparently at least 58 other newspapers around the world. have bought the Greenpeace line that Mt Everest is suffering because of climate change. With an average summer temperature of -19 degrees centigrade at the summit, it is hard to see global warming having too much effect on snow cover. With even […]

In an article entitled “Thou shalt use a toaster” thisislondon.co.uk details how the Church of England has come up with some “Green Commandments” and suggestions for how Anglicans can cut their carbon footprint. The commandments include: Organise a car-sharing scheme for travelling to and from Sunday worship Book some holiday time from work – but […]