Monthly Archives: April 2015

The art of being misleading (or maybe just mistaken)

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Rick Altman

I recently became aware of an article published on The Conversation website over a year ago, written by James Painter, author of Poles Apart: the reporting of international scepticism. The article, entitled Enough scientific certainty exists on climate change to … Continue reading →

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Polite suggestion for Bjorn Lomborg and Tony Abbott

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Rick Altman

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has announced that Australian taxpayers are now going to finance attempts to disprove the need to decarbonise our global power generation systems as fast as possible (see yesterday’s article on the Guardian website). However, Lomborg’s … Continue reading →

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Peak carbon by 2025 or mass extinction of species

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Rick Altman

I have been looking back at some of my earliest posts on this blog; and have decided that now would be a good time to pull together some of the key points I have highlighted over the years – regarding … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Science, Denial, Environment, Fossil Fuels, IPCC, Mass Extinctions, Politics, UNFCCC | Tagged , , , , , , , | 11 Comments