Australia’s Climate Change Denialists in full frantic mode
I thought that the nuclear sptruikers were in full frantic mode – denying the seriousness of the Fukushima disaster, denying that ionising radiation causes cancer and so forth.
And yes, they were – geared up to turn the Fukushima diusaster into a plus for nuclear power. They even still push the idea that nuclear power is the solution to climate change.
BUT HEY – the climate change deniers are even more frantic, as they face the dread possibility of Australia taking even a small step towrds tackling global warming. (The funny thing is, some of these people are the same ones that push nuclear power as climate change solution) And some are the same people that fought to support tobacco, denying the facts on lung cancer.
Of course, they would rush to the doctor, if they had physical symptoms. Apparently medical science is OK. We can believe it. But not Climate Science – apparently these are thousands of scientists stupid enough to be tricked into a global conspiracy to take away our freedom, by a hoax about global warming.
Isn’t Gina Rinehart a little (well, not so little) trimmer. More about her later – the history there is really something. – Christina Macpherson
Australian Liberal politician attacks climate science teaching in schools
Queensland Education Minister Cameron Dick said Mr McIver’s comments were an “outrageous slur” on the professionalism of the state’s 38,000 teachers. “The curriculum taught in Queensland state schools is developed and delivered by educational experts, not politicians, nor backroom political party operatives like Mr McIver,” he said.
”Quite simply, students studying science in Queensland state schools are taught scientific facts.
Students ‘brainwashed’ over climate change: LNP, Sydney Morning Herald, Tony Moore, July 15, 2011 , The Liberal National Party president has blasted the Queensland education system for “brainwashing” students about climate change. Speaking to LNP members at the party’s state conference today, Bruce McIver said he was discouraged about how children were being taught about climate change in schools. Continue reading
Big Money Behind Australia’s Climate Change Denial
Ms Rinehart…. recently sponsored a speech by controversial UK climate-change sceptic Lord Christopher Monckton …Her speech at the Boao Forum for Asia business conference in Perth last week, where she arranged for climate-change sceptic Prof Ian Plimer to address the audience, highlighted her scepticism of man-made climate change…Ms Rinehart wrote a reference letter for former CSIRO nuclear physicist and Federal Coalition backbencher, Dr Dennis Jensens, backing his doubts that humans have caused global warming
Australia’s richest woman fumes over carbon tax, Russell Quinn Business Reporter : The Sunday Times , July 16, 2011 THE country’s richest woman, WA mining magnate Gina Rinehart, has demanded a referendum on Julia Gillard’s carbon tax.
Intolerance of science by Australia’s Climate Change Denialists
Professor Schellnhuber said the intolerance of science was much worse in the US, but he was surprised by the intensity of the debate in Australia….Australia was likely to be among the nations hardest hit by global warming, Professor Schellnhuber said, but no country was better placed to harness solar energy……
Climate anger dangerous, says German physicist, The 
Australian, Brendan Nicholson and Lauren Wilson , July 16, 2011 ANGER against scientists involved in the climate debate is reaching dangerous levels and it’s only a matter of time before one is murdered, says leading German physicist Hans Schellnhuber.
Professor Schellnhuber, the director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change member, said he was amazed by the intensity of the political uproar in Australia over a relatively soft carbon-pricing policy. Continue reading
New South Wales country businesses profiting from energy efficiency
Country areas stand out for the highest number of businesses who are participating, with only North Sydney, Sydney and Marrickville making it into the top 10 regions….
”NSW’s energy-efficiency programs are already helping businesses save over $56 million a year, but we haven’t even started to scratch the surface,” the council’s chief executive, Rob Murray-Leach, said.
”Energy efficiency could save the economy over $5 billion a year … These programs show that people who claim the carbon price will damage the economy are talking pure rubbish.”
NSW businesses cashing in on drive for energy efficiency, Sydney Morning Herald, Ben Cubby, July 16, 2011, THE state’s small- and medium-sized businesses are reaping the benefits of government energy-efficiency programs, saving a combined $70 million in power costs for about $8 million in government subsidies in the past two years, new data shows. Continue reading
The Urgent Need For The World To Tackle Climate Change
The window of opportunity to turn the climate trend would close unless a coordinated global effort is made to reduce emissions and a technological breakthrough is made to draw-down atmospheric CO2.
According to Schellnhuber “We are simply talking about the very life support system of this planet.” What is required is what has never been done before in human history — a plan for the future…
An Orwellian climate: carbon price and the atmosphere, July 15, 2011 – , by Crikey, Andrew Glikson, earth and palaeoclimate scientist at the Australian National University, writes: Professor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, chief climate science advisor of the German government and keynote speaker at the Four Degrees or More? Australia in a hot world conference held this week in Melbourne, made a point on Lateline that even the least-informed should be able to understand: “Our body temperature is about 37 degrees. If you increase it by two degrees, 39, you have fever. If you add four degrees, it is 41 — you are dead, more or less. And you have to think about the body temperature of our planet, which has been brought about through many, many processes over many, many millions of years.” Continue reading
Plan for Australia’s Clean Energy Future
Clean Energy Future plan, Sydney Morning Herald, 16 July 11 — A clean energy future is part of a long term plan to reshape our economy, cut carbon pollution, drive innovation, and help avoid the increased costs of delaying action on climate change. Continue reading
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