There’s lot of great environment reading that Amber Jamieson does during the week but doesn’t get a chance to write about, so she’s started a weekly Rooted Reading List.
Climate change
Why we need a big green bank for low carbon transition
One of the arguments that has been thrown forward against the proposed Clean Energy Finance Corporation is that it will be good money thrown after bad, writes Giles Parkinson at RenewEconomy.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Climate, energy, carbon et al
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Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Prime Ministers lie. Get over it.
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Media briefs: Global Mail born … Monckton TV … the FitzShameless …
Welcome to the neighbourhood, Global Mail. After a few teething problems — it didn’t quite launch at midnight as expected, and the site crashed briefly this morning under the traffic load. Plus other media news.
Beyond the carbon price, a Faustian bargain
Decarbonising the economy quickly is absolutely necessary, writes David Spratt, an author and researcher in climate change.
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A fighting fund for climate scientists battling FOI requests
An official fighting fund for climate scientists battling freedom of information requests from well-funded climate denier think tanks has been established in the United States, writes Amber Jamieson.
Tim Flannery: the divisive Akubra-wearing palaeontologist
Tim Flannery has perhaps the most unenviable job in the country: explaining to the Australian public why they should pay for pollution before the rest of the world, writes Tom Cowie.
Ian Plimer: the poster boy for seething shock jocks
Ian Plimer is one of the most imperious purveyors of climate scepticism in the world and has carved out significant influence in media and political circles, writes Tom Cowie.
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Political snippets: A slow down in global warming?
NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) released overnight its analysis of world temperatures for 2011 including an attempt to explain an apparent slowdown in the rate of global warming.
Political snippets: Go with the trend but that’s still not good
Experience tells me to go with the trend figures rather than the alternative original or seasonally adjusted versions of the employment figures.
Political snippets: Pollies’ pay, when more is less, more or less
Politicians pay rises … Tasmanian apple industry … Climate change …
The SMH leads the way on climate change
Australia was an exception to the downward trend in international media coverage of climate events during 2011. The Sydney Morning Herald led the way, fuelled by stories from journalists such as Lenore Taylor and Adam Morton, reports Richard Farmer.
Australia’s climate change ‘debate’ a fact-free brawl c/o Murdoch media
Gutter press, shock tactics, spin and misinformation characterize the ‘debate’ about climate change in many of Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers including its flagship, The Australian, writes Stephan Lewandowsky.
Durban revealed climate’s many shifting allegiances
Canada’s reversal on Kyoto won’t undermine the sense that the Durban climate conference achieved more than many expected, writes Michael Jacobs of Inside Story.
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Political snippets: A new acronym to take on climate change
So now we are going to have a new international body — the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action.
Crikey Says: Keep reading this, even if it is about Durban
Here it is: all countries have agreed to negotiate by 2015 a single, legally-binding global agreement that will cover all major carbon pollution emitters including the big guns — China, India and the United States.
Durban: a global climate deal begins
Crikey media wrap: Late-night negotiations in Durban resulted in more than 190 countries agreeing to develop a global treaty in 2015 that will cut emissions by 2020.
Political snippets: Australian caution on oil shale gas justified?
One of the consistent claims of the United States oil shale gas industry and its method of production involving “fracturing” has been “we’ve never had one confirmed case of groundwater contamination.” Well, that is a claim that can be made no longer.
Is Australia a developing nation when it comes to climate change?
Australia is keen to address questions of climate justice, livability and quality of life. But on the question of harm we need to look close to home, writes Robin Cameron.
Durban: won’t somebody think of the children?
Often overlooked in debates on climate change is the necessity to engage childrens. After all, it’s children that stand to lose the most if we are unable to prevent dangerous climate change, writes Paul Mitchell.
