Nourishing the environmental debate

Monthly Archives: March 2010

Climategate scientists cleared of manipulating data. Hello? Anyone listening? Hello?

In the first official report into the theft of emails from the unit last year, a British parliamentary committee said the messages did not contradict the mainstream scientific view that man-made emissions have contributed to rising temperatures…

Bugger the sceptics – let’s start campaigning positively again!

OK, so, we all know the sceptics (deniers? ostriches? anti-science ideologues?) are louder and more obnoxious than they have been for years. It is depressing, it’s tiring and it’s frustrating. But does it really matter? The sceptics are still a small, if very vocal, minority. We do need to expose them vocally, swiftly and effectively, [...]

Al Gore’s New Article, and James Hansen coming to Oz

Scientist James Hansen from the NASA Goddard Institute is coming to Australia soon. Here are the dates for his talks: University of Sydney on 8 March. http://www.usyd.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2010/professor_james_hansen.shtml Adelaide: Details: 7:00pm – 9:00pm, 11 March 2010, Adelaide Convention Centre, Hall B.: https://www.adelaide.edu.au/environment/event/2010/jameshansen1.html Melbourne 4 March: http://www.iq2oz.com/events/event-details/2010-series-melbourne/01-march.php On another note, Al Gore’s recent op-ed in the New [...]