Remember CCS?
There was a time, a few years ago, where you couldn’t trip over without a major party politician singing the praises of carbon capture and storage. You may remember the fanfare with which the Global CCS Institute was launched by [...]
What now for Libya?
“For Libya’s interim government, the National Transitional Council (NTC), the aftermath of the bloody nine-month conflict may prove as difficult and treacherous as the conflict itself.”
Weekly Whimsy
This week’s whimsy is brought to you by The Walken Dead. Please share any bits and pieces you have come across recently that have surprised, delighted, intrigued or otherwise positively engaged you.
Just playing politics
Today happens to be the 10-year anniversary of the sinking of SIEV X. Just a week ago the Senate voted down a remembrance motion from The Greens, so our people’s representatives chose not to remember. I haven’t had time to [...]
An effective malaria vaccine!
This is amazing – a (partially) effective vaccine for malaria. The full scholarly article on the Phase 3 clinical trial is here. In short, the vaccine reduced the incidence of malaria amongst vaccinated children by about half. It’s not a [...]
Panama climate conference
In Climate clippings 47 I included a segment on the UNFCCC meeting at Panama City from 1-7 October. They were expecting a boost to the economy with 35,000 overnight hotel occupations. Good for Panama, but what about the benefit to [...]
#Occupy X and Australia’s 99%
#Occupy X has come to Australia. The various actions in a number of capital cities don’t seem to have the drawing power that #Occupy Wall Street and its various viral spinoffs in the United States have, but that’s no particular [...]
Spotlight the Spin
Our weekly (mostly) look at media spin tactics: the first question is always cui bono? The second question is what’s really going on?
Lazy Sunday
Since we don’t live by politics alone (I sincerely hope), what did people get up to this weekend? Join in, share some tales, regulars and lurkers all!
Climate clippings 48
Greenland ice loss The rate continues to accelerate, according to Skeptical Science. It looks ugly, but see comment 24 and the correction @ 27. Doubling the rate each decade will give you 3,200 gt each year by 2050. But that’s [...]
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