Climate clippings 54
Wind electricity to be fully competitive with natural gas by 2016 So says Stephen Lacey at Climate Progress: The best wind farms in the world are already competitive with coal, gas and nuclear plants. But over the next five years, [...]
More foreign policy: US Marines and tripwires
There’s been lots of discussion of what the de-facto basing of up to 2,500 US Marines at a training area in the Northern Territory means. There’s been blather about Guam, Okinawa and Chinese missile strike capability, for instance. Perhaps the [...]
2011 IF Awards (Sydney) dominated by Red Dog
Hot off the press release, but I’m not apologising for highlighting local film achievements: congratulations to all the winners, especially to Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton (who are a weekly staple in our house) for their Living Legend award.
Foreign policy week: Uranium sales to India
It seems like this is foreign policy week – or, perhaps we’ll call it “fall into line with the USA” week.
Weekly Whimsy
This week’s whimsy is brought to you by Belgian cyclocross competitors accompanied by a Flemish country & western singer. Please share any bits and pieces you have come across recently that have surprised, delighted, intrigued or otherwise positively engaged you.
IEA and the energy crunch of 2017
The International Energy Association’s (IEA) World energy Outlook 2011 had only just hit the deck when it generated a political stoush, this time between Labor and The Greens. Greens deputy leader Christine Milne told The Age the report showed that [...]
The politics of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation
How can the government minimize the political and financial risks of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation?
Quicklink: Start-ups and Safety Nets
How many Americans are locked into jobs they hate by the fear of losing health benefits? Safety devices cost money, but they pay off.
‘Rational’ econocrats v. “hand waving Mediterraneans”
There was an extraordinary article (unfortunately not online) in the weekend Financial Review discussing the latest EU developments – the departure of George Papandreou and Silvio Berlusconi as Prime Ministers of Greece and Italy and their replacement by econocrats acceptable [...]
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?
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