Category Archives: Emissions

We wish you a trashy Christmas…

Posted on December 12, 2012 by macca

George Monbiot, writing in the UK Guardian, reminds us that “of the materials flowing through the consumer economy, only 1% remain in use six months after sale.” So, before you commit to that electronic drum machine T-shirt, spare a thought … Continue reading →

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Coal seam gas: The missing emissions

Posted on December 12, 2012 by macca

  The ABC’s Background Briefing takes a look at the claim that coal seam gas extraction is “50% cleaner than coal”. More good reporting from Wendy Carlisle and crew: The claim that coal seam gas is 50% cleaner than coal … Continue reading →

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Doha Climate Change Summit: Amy Goodman speaks to Bill Hare about Climate Change mitigation

Posted on December 5, 2012 by macca

In this clip from the Doha Climate Change Summit, Amy Goodman from DemocracyNow! speaks to Bill Hare, co-author of the recent World Bank Climate Change report which predicts temperature rises of 4°C by the end of this century. I have … Continue reading →

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Climate Change: Taking Australia’s Temperature

Posted on December 2, 2012 by macca

Jonica Newby, from the ABC’s Catalyst program, looks at Australia’s changing climate. The program is a bit corny, but the facts and figures speak for themselves. More… Part 1 Part 2

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Michael T. Klare – IEA World Energy Outlook 2012

Posted on November 29, 2012 by macca

The good, the bad, and the really, truly ugly World energy expert Michael T. Klare comments on the IEA’s 2012 World Energy Outlook report at TomDispatch. Conservative forces in the US have been promoting this report furiously, due to its … Continue reading →

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Geoengineering … a good idea?

Posted on November 25, 2012 by macca

In this video, the ABC’s Lateline takes a look at one Canadian entrepreneur’s efforts at Geoengineering, designed to increase the local fish harvests for the indigenous Haida villagers that funded the idea. There is little background on Russ George in … Continue reading →

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Dr. David Goodstein on Peak Oil and Climate Change

Posted on November 21, 2012 by macca

Greg Moffit from Legalise Freedom interviews Dr. David Goodstein on the state of our fossil fuel addiction, climate change and the future of industrial society. Have a listen. From the Legalise Freedom website: David Goodstein offers a stark assessment of … Continue reading →

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“A four-degree warmer world can and must be avoided” – President, World Bank

Posted on November 19, 2012 by macca

From ABC News | More… | Download the PDF report The World Bank has warned global temperatures could rise by four degrees Celsius this century without immediate action, with potentially devastating consequences for coastal cities and the poor. Issuing a … Continue reading →

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Peak Oil: The Nexus of Energy and Risk in the 21st Century

Posted on November 18, 2012 by macca

Peak Oil legend Robert Hirsch speaks at the Critical Power and Data Center Summit in Toledo. From GEM Energy via YouTube: On November 7, 2012, GEM Energy hosted the northwest Ohio region’s first Critical Power and Data Center Summit in … Continue reading →

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Climate Change: The ugly, hidden truth

Posted on November 14, 2012 by macca

Dr. Kevin Anderson is Deputy Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research in the UK. Here he is addressing an audience at the Cabot Institute (University of Bristol) on November 6. Anderson called the lecture “Real clothes for … Continue reading →

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Kjell Aleklett and Charles Hall: Peak Oil Postponed?

Posted on November 10, 2012 by macca

A 3-part video series, from the Global Challenge Seminar in Stockholm, Sweden, featuring Kjell Aleklett, President of ASPO International and Professor of Physics at Uppsala University in Sweden, and Charles Hall, ESF Foundation Distinguished Professor at State University of New York … Continue reading →

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Climate Change: Next Generation Nuclear Power

Posted on November 5, 2012 by macca

More greenhouse gases = more extreme weather, more acidic oceans, more flooded coastlines. There is a partial solution – switch to more carbon-free energy sources, such as nuclear power. ABC Catalyst takes a brief look at the history of the … Continue reading →

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