Tag: Climate change

• The Self Doubt of Greg Hunt

  Hidden among the reaction to the first Australian Government Direct Action emissions abatement auctions is an interesting and revealing response from the relevant minister Greg Hunt. To recap, the Direct Action scheme has spent 25% of the funds allocated to abate carbon. For that spend, it will  theoretically abate 15% of the required 5% emissions reduction. […]

  Andrew Whalan

  April 30, 2015

  Politics

  alp, Carbon tax, Climate change, Direct Action, Emissions trading scheme, Environment, global warming, Greg Hunt, LNP, Politics

• Climate Change Sceptics:

  Bring on the climate change sceptics! It certainly makes the debate more colourful and exciting. It certainly sells more newspapers, ups TV ratings and increases web site eyeballs. Certainly, the climate change sceptics language, phrases and even their countenance are often quite extraordinary.  But perhaps they have gone too far. We have had the Climategate response.  We […]

  Andrew Whalan

  June 22, 2011

  Politics

  Climate change, Climategate, Climatic Research Unit email controversy, Environment, Global warming controversy, Member of Parliament, Ross Garnaut, United States