Managing director of Ebono Institute and major sponsor of The Generator, Geoff Ebbs, is running against Kevin Rudd in the seat of Griffith at the next Federal election. By the expression on their faces in this candid shot it looks like a pretty dull campaign. Read on
ScienceDaily: Oceanography News Researchers analyze melting glaciers and water resources in Central Asia Posted: 29 Jul 2012 11:23 AM PDT Scientists have analyzed climate changes and glaciation in the Tien Shan Mountains (Central Asia), and explained their consequences. New discovery of how carbon is stored in the Southern Ocean Posted: 29 Jul 2012 11:22 AM PDT Scientists Continue Reading →
Your privacy at risk Inbox x GetUp! info@getup.org.au 5:56 PM (20 minutes ago) to me –The Government is trying to push through sweeping changes to Australia’s surveillance and intelligence laws which put our privacy at risk.Watch the video to find out more and sign the petition:http://www.getup.org.au/protect-us-but-respect-us— Dear NEVILLE, Would you copy ASIO in on every personal Continue Reading →
Older Americans lose homes as great recession takes toll Date July 30, 2012 7 reading now 13 Read later Robbie Brown inShare Pin It Email article Print Roy Johnson: ‘Hell, I’m through with it. I’m walking away from the house.’ Photo: New York Times MABLETON, Georgia: Roy Johnson fell so far behind on his $US1000-per-month Continue Reading →
The Conversion of a Climate-Change Skeptic Posted: 28 Jul 2012 06:17 PM PDT By Joe Romm, a Climate Progress cross-post “The decadal land-surface average temperature using a 10-year moving average of surface temperatures over land. Anomalies are relative to the Jan 1950 – December 1979 mean. The grey band indicates 95% statistical and spatial uncertainty interval.” A Koch-funded Continue Reading →
From: Bill McKibben – 350.org Sent: Thursday, 26 July 2012 8:17 AMSubject: My reckoning Dear friends, Last week, Rolling Stone magazine published a piece of mine that I think may be the most important writing I’ve done since The End of Nature, way back in 1989. (And no, it’s not the profile of Justin Bieber.) Warning: it’s pretty Continue Reading →
Scientists discover possible antibiotics alternative Updated July 29, 2012 12:29:28 Map: Monash University 3800 Melbourne scientists say they have made a major breakthrough in the search for an alternative to antibiotics. Researchers from Monash University in Melbourne, along with The Rockfeller University and the University of Maryland in the United States, have spent the past Continue Reading →