Climate change
Have we earned our place in the future?
High School Students Devise More Accurate Climate Modeling Method
Gone solar
Where is the leadership on health research and climate change?
Alarm bells are ringing right around the world on climate change (see some of the most recent examples at the bottom of this post). But does the health and medical research sector have its thumbs jammed firmly in its ears? In the article below, Dr...
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Carbon price tax cuts deferred
DEFERRED, I say, damnit! The ABC had them “dumped” with Sabra Lane pronouncing:
And the Minister put the best spin he could on what is effectively another broken promise.
If the Feds wanted to use the Budget to improve population health….. (some out-of-the-box ideas)
If the Federal Government wanted to use the forthcoming Budget to boost population health, what would it do? Raise taxation generally (plus specific hikes for tobacco, alcohol, and unhealthy foods), and remove subsidies on the use of fossil fuels....
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Via Dolorosa
Corruption and short-termism are pushing us along the path of sorrows.
By George Monbiot, published on the Guardian’s website, 10th May 2013
Climate clippings 73
In this edition I’ve stuck to scientific articles, and, incidentally have used a couple (items 3 and 4) from stuff I gathered around this time last year when I thought I might be launching a new blog. For reasons we won’t go into it didn’t happen at that time.
1. Arctic ice watch