Just back from the 9pm fireworks at Sydney Harbour in time to wish all ACM readers a very happy and prosperous 2011. To quote from Doug L Hoffman on The Resilient Earth: Be safe, enjoy the interglacial (while it lasts)… Read More ›
Archive for 2010
Adam Morton, The Age's hysterical propaganda merchant
I could hardly be bothered reading this, let alone posting on it, since Fairfax made up its mind on climate change years ago, but The Age cannot be allowed to get away with this rubbish scot free. Morton has a… Read More ›
FAIL: environmental predictions of the past
With a track record like this, who could possibly doubt the environmentalists’ warnings of a forthcoming global warming apocalypse? h/t The Air Vent – and as Jeff said, check out the present day back-pedalling from the original doom-mongers who probably… Read More ›
Gillard "faces backlash on clean power"
More trouble at mill for Labor’s green crusade: THE government’s push to mandate clean power stations could backfire as electricity generators threaten to delay upgrades to dirty coal-fired plants. In a submission to the government obtained by The Australian, the… Read More ›
Denmark's ETS scam
Any ETS is ripe for fraud and corruption. In December 2009, ACM reported that fraudsters had pocketed an eye-popping €5bn from the European ETS, so it’s little surprise when stories like this come to light. Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for… Read More ›
ABC: "warm weather" caused Moscow's freezing chaos
Stop laughing at the back, the ABC is being deadly serious here. The closure of Moscow’s airports is nothing to do with “extreme cold”, which itself is a sign of global warming (© ABC, CSIRO, New York Times, Sydney Morning… Read More ›
Japan shelves ETS – Australia should do the same
China and India have no intention of strangling their economic growth with emissions reductions, the US won’t be enacting climate legislation anytime soon, but plucky little Australia, with its massive 1.28% contribution to global emissions (down from 1.5% as those… Read More ›
ABC: climate still warming
Of course it is. No matter how much snow, ice and cold, the ABC will always be there to find a CSIRO scientist (funded by a government which is committed to the global warming narrative) to tell us not to… Read More ›
Wind power hit by renewable energy certificate crash
Another disaster for the green energy brigade, as the price of renewable energy certificates, essential for investment in wind power, sinks to a new low: AT least $1.5 billion worth of investment in wind farms is in limbo after a… Read More ›
ABC's loathsome propaganda machine
The fact that the national broadcaster has a well-known and self-confessed climate alarmist as the presenter of its “flagship” science programme, The Science Show, is a perfect example of the ABC “groupthink” Maurice Newman exposed so clearly in March 2010. Robyn… Read More ›