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
Gillard defends climate change ‘gobfest’ By online political correspondent Emma Rodgers Updated 2 hours 43 minutes ago Julia Gillard examines a toy computer-controlled helicopter during a tour of the University of Queensland in Brisbane. (AAP: Alan Porritt) Julia Gillard has defended her plans for a new climate change “citizens’ assembly” amid claims it is nothing Continue Reading →
Media Release – 23 July 2010 Gillard’s climate change plan keeps NSW locked into coal dependence Greens lead Senate candidate for NSW Lee Rhiannon has criticised theFederal Government for failing to provide leadership on the criticalissue of our times, reducing greenhouse emissions. She says today’sannouncement offers no transition plan to enable NSW to shift fromcoal Continue Reading →
Abbott dumps climate direct action; Time for ALP to move forward from‘clean coal’ Hobart, Tuesday 20 July 2010 Opposition Leader Tony Abbott today dumped three programs for directaction on climate change, raising more questions about his commitment toacting on the climate crisis. However, the dumping of the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institutecomes as confidence Continue Reading →
Abbott ignorant on climate: India and China leaving Australia behind Sunday 18 July 2010 Greens’ response to Opposition Leader Tony Abbott’s comments at a press conference this afternoon, that China and India would not introduce a carbon price so Australia would not have to do so: Australian Greens Deputy Leader, Senator Christine Continue Reading →
Cabinet moves towards Greens’ interim carbon tax; Consensus ≠ agreement with polluters Thursday 15 July 2010 The Greens today welcomed reports that Cabinet is actively considering the Greens’ proposal of an interim carbon tax but warned Prime Minister Gillard that seeking consensus on climate action only with the big polluters is a recipe for failure. Continue Reading →
‘Uneven’ sea level rises threaten Indian Ocean coastal regions Ecologist 14th July, 2010 Global warming is adversely affecting certain countries around the Indian Ocean with higher than average sea level rises, according to analysis published in Nature Geoscience ‘Uneven’ sea level rises are posing a threat to densely populated coastal areas around the Indian Continue Reading →