The atmosphere is to the earth as a layer of varnish is to a desktop globe. It is thin, fragile and essential for preserving the items on the surface.150 years of burning fossil fuel have overloaded the atmosphere to the point where the earth is ill. It now has a fever. Read the detailed article, Soothing Gaia’s Fever for an evocative account of that analogy. The items listed here detail progress on coordinating 6.5 billion people in the most critical project undertaken by humanity.Â
Ending the stupid technology innovation vs. deployment fight once and for all Posted: 12 Mar 2013 03:31 PM PDT By David Roberts, via Grist Human beings are pretty damn clever. We have adapted and invented our way out of some extremely grim situations. And we can do the same in the face of climate change! Continue Reading →
Re the proposal to introduce Very Fast Trains. This is not a solution for intercapital travel. We already have airbuses operating between Sydney and Melbourne in under three hours, which enables business people and others a return trip to Melbourne attend meeting etc and be home on the same day. As MP Albanese stated very Continue Reading →
Dirty fossil fuel exports will come back to bite Australia Australian coal and gas is being shipped and burned around Asia at record rates – but at what cost to the climate? Share66 inShare.4 Email A coal truck passes a pile of coal at BHP Billiton’s Mt Arthur coal mine in Muswellbrook, Australia. Photograph: Ian Continue Reading →
New study reveals Labor will hand $2.3–5.4 billion profit bonanza to Australia’s dirtiest power stations from carbon price compensation Posted: 19 Feb 2013 01:38 PM PST by David Spratt The warnings were clear and now its happened: bending over backwards with carbon tax compensation to appease Australia’s dirtiest electricity generators, the Gillard government has handed Continue Reading →
Fear, optimism and activism: What drives change? Posted: 16 Feb 2013 01:38 AM PST It’s a fair bet that my Brightsiding series in 2012 was responsible for the topic at this year’s Melbourne Sustainability Festival Great Debate held last Friday: “Fear is stronger than optimism in creating rapid social change”. So six of us lined Continue Reading →
Insulation dud scheme bills roll in Jessica Marszalek The Daily Telegraph February 12, 201312:00AM Increase Text Size Decrease Text Size Print Email Share 0 THE bungled home insulation program is still costing the taxpayer, with the federal government deciding not to recoup $24 million in suspect claims. Nearly $14 million owed by companies believed to Continue Reading →