Climate clippings 4
These posts include a brief mention of a number of news items relating to climate change. They don’t preclude treating any of these topics at more length in a separate post. They can also serve as an open thread so [...]
Dangerous global warming is here
After an attack of pessimism by BilB I thought this post at Climate Progress was timely. Methane is just one of 10 issues to worry about. The last year or so has seen more scientific papers and presentations that raise [...]
Climate change and the Murray Darling Basin
With record rainfall in large parts of Australia in recent months there has been a bit of a tendency to think that normal service has been returned. But record rainfall is by definition exceptional. This is how the last three [...]
Jesus wept
Tony Abbott has been explaining to Adelaide primary school children that we’re in an age of global cooling. Biblical Palestine was warmer, it seems, when Our Lord trod the desert sands. Read all about it at Still Life With Cat.
Rethinking the politics of the White Paper: CPRS as Governance Failure
So GetUp has raised $93 000 in just 24 hours to get the Spot the Difference ad (( These interviews and this ad make for interesting viewing a year on )) on the air during the boxing day test, suggesting [...]
The politics of the White Paper
There’s already been a fair bit of commentary on the carbon emissions White Paper here at LP. Bernard Keane sums up the substance accurately and concisely: The surrender is virtually complete. Our biggest polluters have won, and the rest of [...]
Climate Denialism whack-a-mole
It’s hard to ignore resurgence of the ‘Australia shouldn’t do anything until everyone else does’ meme, most recently by the National Party. Dennis provides another variation on the theme, spinning this fair and balanced question in the latest Newspoll: Currently, [...]
Market based solutions and global warming: how viable for how long?
John Quiggin’s blog is on a temporary hiatus, which is a pity as I’d hoped he’d reproduce his article in the Financial Review today to enable it to reach a wider audience. Gary Sauer-Thompson summarises the gist of the article [...]
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