The CSIRO is crying foul over a front page article in The Australian last week which “misinterpreted” a report on rising sea levels and claimed the national research body’s model for global warming was “already dead in the water as having no sound basis in probability”.
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Greenpeace and the agri-politics of GM wheat
Greenpeace’s destruction of a GM wheat trial was less about denialism about GM as the disastrous economic potential of contamination.
Respect the science (and the scientists)
A new website that updates the amount of greenhouse gases in Australia monthly was launched yesterday, as over in Canberra 200 scientists descended on parliament to call for the public to ‘respect the science’, reports Amber Jamieson.
Lord Monckton participation ruffles feathers at mining gabfest
The CSIRO and Geoscience Australia have rejected conflict of interest concerns over their $6,000 sponsorship of a conference addressed by notorious climate change denier, the Third Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, Christopher Monckton.
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CSIRO debunks media hysteria
The CSIRO has released a statistical analysis of the reality surrounding large parts of the Home Insulation Program, providing yet more proof that the media’s reaction was hysterically innacurate, writes Possum Comitatus.
Senator McGuaran vs the Giant Space-Tarantulas from Pluto
Is Climate Change truly-ruly a thing? We may never know!
McGauran: beware the teddy bears stalking the CSIRO
The more absurd elements of climate denialism normally hide out of public sight. But not Senator Julian McGauran.
Australia’s getting hot and bothered
Feeling a little hot under the collar over climate change? The CSIRO and Bureau of Meterology have released their findings on the state of the Australian climate, and we’re getting hotter and drier. Check out the whole data here.
Are CSIRO scientists being gagged?
Three years ago, the CSIRO found itself in hot water for gagging scientists from commenting on climate change. Today, it looks like the organisation may still be trying to censor scientists’ public comments.
CSIRO serves up a muddled meal
After copping flak for its previous meat-heavy diets, the CSIRO is now trying to please greenies and vegos as well with a confused new set of dietary recommendations that will probably annoy everybody.
Oz Post and Medibank the cream of the public sector earners
The high salary earners of the public sector are streets ahead of the best paid politicians, write Bernard Keane and Crikey intern Emily Finlay.
Murray-Darling: same mess it always was
In the first of a two-part series, Bernard Keane looks at just how little has changed — and how much has been spent — in the fight to save the Murray-Darling Basin.
Why are CSIRO scientists spruiking for the coal industry?
Just when did it become normal for publicly-employed scientists to spruik for the coal industry? asks Clive Hamilton.
Deconstructing the mining industry’s ETS data
A panel of Crikey experts deconstruct the mining industry’s job data manipulation for Australia’s emissions trading scheme.
The coming global catastrophe: what will we tell the next generation?
A British Government advisor is predicting a global catastrophe by 2030 over diminishing food, water and energy supplies. What will you tell your children if he’s correct? asks Martin Flanagan.
Political snippets: What happened to the CSIRO?
CSIRO: a once great institution … Costello shows his merits … Browsing the Jacko collection
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GM food … World Youth Day … the Murray Darling … GM Food … global warming …
CSIRO scientist’s GM letter campaign ‘backfires’
A CSIRO scientist’s campaign to sway chefs from an anti-GM food stance has hit hurdles, writes Katherine Wilson.
CSIRO scientist asks chefs to leave GM foods alone
Deputy Chief of CSIRO Plant Industry, TJ Higgins, has written to more than 50 chefs asking (or should that be lobbying) them not to boycott GM products. Katherine Wilson explains.
“Fantastic plastic” to defuse extreme green causes
The CSIRO is part of this morning’s announcement of a “fantastic plastic” material that could make desalination much less destructive. Science has a way of overtaking extreme green causes and neutralising them, writes Ben Sandilands.
