Monthly Archives: February 2012

Welcome to the Anthropocene…

Posted on February 26, 2012 by macca

What’s the Anthropocene? It’s the era we’re now living in; an era in which humanity has become such a strong influence over the condition of the planet that we need a name for it. We are warming the planet and … Continue reading →

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Alan Jones gives Tony Abbott his electoral instructions

Posted on February 23, 2012 by macca

This morning, Alan Jones laid out what Tony Abbott had to do to become Australia’s next Prime Minister. It’s really quite simple, if you’re a nutter, a crackpot and a lunatic: Continue to be a climate change denier; it won … Continue reading →

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Peak Oil: A Staggering Challenge to “Business As Usual”

Posted on February 21, 2012 by macca

A very clever animated documentary from Incubate Pictures, that lays out the challenges to “business as usual” that society faces over the next century. The decisions that we make within the next 50 years will seal the fate of the … Continue reading →

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Climate change: Piecing together the temperature puzzle

Posted on February 16, 2012 by macca

The past decade has been the hottest ever recorded since global temperature records began 150 years ago. This video from NASA discusses the impacts of the sun’s energy, Earth’s reflectance and greenhouse gasses on global warming. Other NASA videos…

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Bob Carter, IPA named in Heartland Institute “denialgate” leak

Posted on February 15, 2012 by macca

Australian climate change contrarian Robert M. Carter, Ph.D., and Liberal-aligned think-tank the Institute of Public Affairs, have been named in documents leaked from key US climate change denial organisation The Heartland Institute to DeSmogBlog. Carter apparently receives US$1,667 per month, … Continue reading →

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Climate change: More skeptical nutters on Sydney’s airwaves

Posted on February 14, 2012 by macca

Yesterday, Alan Jones rolled out another climate change skeptic for the pleasure of his listeners, this time the libertarian conservative journalist and author James Delingpole, who blogs for the UK Telegraph, the right-wing newspaper so beloved of Tory politicians. It … Continue reading →

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Dumb and dumber, or just plain dumb?

Posted on February 10, 2012 by macca

It’s looking like one of these fellows may be the next Australian Prime Minister. Yet can either of them understand some simple graphs? It doesn’t look like it. And it doesn’t look like either can understand the idea of a … Continue reading →

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NASA Mission tracks Earth’s melting land ice

Posted on February 9, 2012 by macca

From the NASA website: “Using satellite measurements from the NASA/German Aerospace Center Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE), the researchers measured ice loss in all of Earth’s land ice between 2003 and 2010, with particular emphasis on glaciers and ice … Continue reading →

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Coal & CSG: Dirty deeds and they’re not done cheap…

Posted on February 8, 2012 by macca

2GB’s Alan Jones spoke to Paul Cleary from the Australian newspaper this morning (08-02-2012), about the activities of the coal mining and coal seam gas industries in Australia… and the story that emerged is thoroughly appalling. Arrow Energy is paying … Continue reading →

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No easy choices: which way to Australia’s energy future?

Posted on February 6, 2012 by macca

Removing fossil fuel subsidies would appear to be a good starting point in bringing affordable renewable and low emission electricity to Australia. A Grattan Institute report, “No easy choices: which way to Australia’s energy future?”, looks at the options and … Continue reading →

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HOME: The amazing online movie from Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Posted on February 6, 2012 by macca

Staggeringly beautiful. A visual triumph, directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand and narrated by Glenn Close. Visit the website. Support the partners. Support the foundation. More…

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BITRE 117: Piers Akerman’s porky pies…

Posted on February 4, 2012 by macca

There’s no avoiding the ugly truth: Piers Akerman makes stuff up. In a follow-up to his beat-up article on the “missing” BITRE 177 report “Transport Energy Futures – Long Term Oil Supply Trends and Projections” (click to download the report), … Continue reading →

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