Month: February 2006

Today marks a year since the Kyoto Protocal came into force. Feel free to nag our political leaders and tell them how you feel about Australia not ratifying. Or you could just switch to 100% Green Power Accredited renewable energy for your home – just give me a call & I’ll sort you out with…

“A new study has found bushfire risk across Victoria will increase significantly, due to climate change. The study, funded by the Federal Government, found the number of days of very high or extreme fire danger will increase by up to 70 per cent over the next 45 years. The Federal Environment Minister, Ian Campbell, says…

“Good science and a healthy society depend on dissenting opinion – an independent CSIRO is a crucial part of that. There is a serious problem trying to balance scientific goals with those of the marketplace, let alone political and religious ideology. In Australia the brand we have learned to trust with the mission of interpreting…

“A former Liberal Party insider claims coal industry lobbyists have infiltrated the inner workings of the federal government, even writing cabinet briefing papers. The claim, aired on Monday night’s ABC Four Corners program, coincides with allegations by three former senior CSIRO scientists they had been silenced on climate change issues that conflicted with government policy.…

“Labor is calling for a broad inquiry into allegations by senior CSIRO scientists they were gagged from airing their concerns over climate change. Environmental group Greenpeace also wants an inquiry that would also include wider claims of coal industry interference in government policy-making on climate change. Three eminent Australian scientists have told the ABC’s Four…

“THREE of the CSIRO’s top climate change experts were repeatedly gagged from talking about cutting greenhouse emissions by an increasingly censorious organisation worried about continued government funding.In claims to be aired on the ABC’s Four Corners program tonight, former CSIRO climate director Graeme Pearman says he was told ‘at least a half a dozen times’…

“An Australian Senator wants a guranatee that the nation’s peak scientific research body, the CSIRO will be free of government interference. Christine Milne says a recent case whereby scientist Barrie Pittock was apparently instructed to remove politically sensitive material from a government publication on climate change, is a disgrace. She says only a few weeks…