We know that existing, known fossil fuel reserves already on the books of global energy companies are five times greater than the maximum amount of fossil fuel we can consume and hope to remain within the 2C safety mark for global warming. Put another way, four fifths of the known
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LeDaro: ‘Fire Tornado’ in Australia
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Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: More helpful Advice From the World’s Richest Woman
She may be the world’s richest woman, but she still has time for ‘the little people’ with this sterling advice for job creation and increased productivity. Recommend this Post
Continue readingFacing Autism Disorders in New Brunswick: DSM5 Autism Do-Over Raises Concerns Down Under, Yeah?
Concerns have been raised in Australia over the DSM-5 Autism Do-Over, the new Autism Spectrum Disorder. The fears echo those held by many in North America where studies have suggested a loss of autism diagnoses under the new DSM-5 diagostic criteria for autism with a possible loss of funding for
Continue readingThings Are Good: Australia Gets World’s Toughest Law on Cigarette Branding
It is common knowledge that smoking kills people and, in democracies, providing health care for citizens is important and unquestioned. In Australia, they clearly care about each other as they now make it harder than ever for cigarette companies to shill their destructive product. Starting in December, packs will instead
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Victory Declared For The Climate Science Denialists
monthly_denialists.jpg A VICTORY has been declared in the field of climate change but the lap of honour is not being run by research scientists or renewable energy bosses, or by coral reefs, drought-stricken farmers or the citizens of low-lying countries. Rather, if you accept as valid this declaration of victory from
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Climate Science Denier Debunks Greenhouse Theory With Two Fish Cooler Boxes And A Roll Of Cling Film
IMG_0761.jpg SOMETIMES in the world of climate science "scepticism", things can become a little surreal. A bit odd, if you will, to the point where you need to inflict a sharp pain upon your person to confirm you've not drifted off into an alternate reality. Like the time, for example, when Australian mainstream
Continue readingSlap Upside The Head: Australia’s Gay Panic Defence Get Challenged
Slap reader Tim writes in with this bit of news from Down Under: Currently in Queensland Australia there exists a legal defence which allows a reduced sentence on murder of another person of the same sex if they hit on you. [There is a] petition put forward by Rev. Fr.
Continue readingAustralia’s Girl Guides drop the Queen … and God
Having posted recently about an attempt to purge swearing allegiance to the Queen from the Canadian Oath of Citizenship, I couldn’t help but notice an article in The Guardian about Australia’s Girl Guides dropping reference to Her Majesty in their pledge, or “promise” as it is properly called. The Guides
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Donna Laframboise Flown To Australia By Climate Science Denying Think Tank
delinquent.jpg CANADIAN blogger and climate science sceptic Donna Laframboise has flown off for a tour of Australia to tell anyone willing to listen that the world's foremost body on climate change, the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, is something resembling a shambling mess. Laframboise's trip has been organised by
Continue readingAustralia’s Dutch disease
Canada is not alone in suffering from the insidious Dutch disease. Australia, too, is feeling the pain. Whereas Canada’s version is caused by booming tar sands production, Australia’s is caused by booming iron and coal production. The resources industry is credited in part for keeping Australia out of recession and
Continue readingThings Are Good: Australia Creates Largest Network of Marine Parks
Australia has taken a step in the right direction when it comes to protecting their natural environment. The country has announced that they’ll be creating the largest network of protected marine areas in the world. Fishing and drilling for non-renewable resources has been been banned inside the network. The announcement
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: A Real Hero: Australian Cameraman Glenn Edwards Dives Into Creek and Saves Autistic Boy
Autism news is seldom this good. Australian Nine Network cameraman Glenn Edwards dived into a swollen creek and saved an autistic boy, missing for 16 hours, from a swollen Creek. The story at CabooltureNews quotes Mr. Edwards extensively and is very uplifting. Well done Mr. Edwards. Very well done!
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: WikiLeaks: Amp Up The Hype – Stratfor Spy Emails Exposed #gifiles
Now I can hardly wait until Monday (now in the UK), with a series of promotional tweets going up today. And I don’t have to wait any longer! Stratfor emails are being exposed, for public review. @wikileaks: Over 25 media organizations working in silence for months ahead of tomorrow. How´s
Continue readingTrashy's World: Friday miscellany…
… climate change, robo-calls, dingoes and Oscars edition… +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sugar bushes in Ontario and Quebec have tapped their trees weeks early this year due to the non-winter that we have been experiencing in this part of the world. Tapping in February hasn’t happened in decades. The sugar bush owners are
Continue readingTrashy's World: This arrived in my inbox today….
… through one of those “save-save-save!” sites… What the frick would Aussies know about winter boots? I picture Australian winter boots as sandals with closed toes! Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Fakeducation For Years From Heartland
indoctrinated.PNG The NY Times, LA Times and many others criticized Heartland’s inept plan to hire David Wojick to create an alternate-reality K-12 climate science curriculum. But Heartland's school ground attack on science is nothing new, as is evident in the organization's own commentary: “Heartland has tried to make material available
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: It’s a snap!
I’m not sure how the makers of this little bit of genius got permission to do it, but this is a real ad. (I’m still a little suspicious because I couldn’t see any mention of it on the college’s website … Continue reading →
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Fake science, fakexperts, funny finances, free of tax
heartland.png Modern anti-science was created by the tobacco industry in the 1950s and then used against climate science, often by the same well-experienced think tanks and individuals. Tobacco anti-science is strangely entangled with climate anti-science, as the attached report shows in detail involving Fred Singer's SEPP, Joseph Bast's Heartland, and more.
Continue readinggay persons of color: Kath & Kim’s Magda Szubanski (Sharon) comes out
British-born Australian actress Magda Szubanski, well known for her portrayal as Sharon on the international hit, Kath & Kim, on Tuesday (Valentine’s Day) came out publicly as gay on the Australian news and talk show, The Project. From the Sydney Morning Herald: The 50-year-old comic actor said her family, friends and
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