Despite the failures in Copenhagen and beyond, the government’s Clean Energy Future policy continues to be based largely on an outdated model, writes Fergus Green at Inside Story.
Climate change
Crikey Says: The most alarming line in the State of the Climate report
The joint State of the Climate report should have us all alarmed.
Media briefs: Why MTR died … carbon cartoons … The Hun to launch pay wall …
In today’s Media Briefs: cute little carbon particles aren’t black! … Kitchen makeover for Sunday nights .,. How I escaped from Homs as Syrian forces closed in … The final few minutes of Melbourne Talk Radio and more …
Why the secrecy on company emissions?
writes Tristan Edis
Heartland launches legal action against climate change bloggers, journos
Controversial US think tank the Heartland Institute has sent legal letters to bloggers and writers who reported on the release of the leaked Heartland Institute documents last week.
Quiggin: don’t write off CSG if you’re worried about the climate
If you share the view that climate change is the most important environmental issue facing Australia and the world, you should be very cautious about advocating all-out opposition to CSG, says John Quiggin.
Who’s the Anonymous Donor keeping a climate sceptic think tank afloat?
Leaked documents from the conservative climate change denier think tank Heartland Institute reveal that a very powerful and wealthy donor has donated US$13.7 million since 2006, writes Amber Jamieson.
OurSay — climate change and human rights on the rise
Climate change and human rights questions dominated the week at the Our Say People’s Question.
Leaked docs from climate-denying think tank reveal strategy
Leaked documents from a US think-tank which denies the risks of climate change show links to an Australian academic and detail a strategy to pursue funds from corporations affected by climate policies. Graham Readfearn reports.
By my cold, non-polluting, carbon friendly, dead hands
Grist writer David Roberts has suggested the climate change movement could simply wait for sceptics to die. Crikey finds out what influential young environmentalists think.
Welcome to the first official Rooted Reading List
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.
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
Crikey readers have their say.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Prime Ministers lie. Get over it.
Crikey readers have their say.
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.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Rinehart might be good for Fairfax
Crikey readers have their say.
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.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: What role did Kate Winslet play in the Concordia?
Crikey readers have their say.
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 …
