Erin McEwan PhD candidate in Geological Sciences University of Canterbury New Zealand’s 2016 Kaikoura earthquake stopped the Waiau Toa – also known as the Clarence River – in its course. Within hours, the river flooded outside its channel and changed course. In the seven years since the magnitude 7.8 earthquake,
There’s no such thing as a free lunch — and no such thing as free money. The cashed-up Boomers who thought they’d make a killing by feeding rooftop solar, subsidised by taxpayers, back into the grid soon came a gutser. Not only was the feed-in tariff taxable
John Maunder Recently on a visit to Melbourne, I had lunch with colleagues from the Bureau of Meteorology. It was suggested that it might be a good idea to rename the title of my last book “Fifteen Shades of Climate” to better reflect its contents. After seeking advice it appeared
cfact.org The Italian parliament, demonstrating confidence in Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, this week formally backed her plan to reintroduce nuclear power plants into Italy’s energy mix, reversing the nation’s 1987 moratorium on nuclear power. Meanwhile, energy-starved Germany is feeling the pinch from shuttering all of its
voicesforfreedom.co.nz I have been reading about the proposed changes to parking, speed limits and road layout for our village. My first question is: “What is the problem that this proposal is solving?” The ‘Streets for People’ project is one that is being rolled out around the country – and
As I’ve reported several times before, claims of a so-called “Sixth Mass Extinction” are not just exaggerated, but almost entirely fact-free. Their central claims — that X number of species are going extinct, and that this is Y times the “background rate” — are at best highly conjectural, at
cfact.org Despite public proclamations of innocence, it turns out BOEM and NOAA clearly acknowledge the deadly threat of offshore wind development to marine mammals. Not surprisingly they do it in documents that are subject to judicial review, lest they be caught fibbing. Of course these admissions are well hidden,
cfact.org The relationship between China and Russia poses the greatest danger faced by America and the West since the Hitler-Stalin Pact in 1939 initiated WWII. If alarm bells are not ringing all across Washington, DC – they should be. China was already a global power based on its expanding
Is there anything good about wind turbines? The monstrosities are a blight on rural landscapes: a munching, menacing monster to birds and bats (including dozens of endangered wedge-tailed eagles in Tasmania) and a toxic nightmare to both build and dispose of. And for all that, we get unreliable, intermittent
G P Stephenson John Tamihere is a former Labour Cabinet minister and the chief executive of Whanau Ora and West Auckland Urban Maori organisation Te Whanau o Waipareira. He is tane vice-president of Te Pati Maori. OPINION: If we were playing Jeopardy, the answer is Maori, and the winning
Over the weekend, Germany shut down its last three remaining nuclear power plants and experts are mixed on the repercussions, if any. With climate change solutions a top priority and many countries working on expanding nuclear energy, German officials decided to make good on the promise to remove the reactors.
Mackenzie Fries Diana Furchtgott-Roth Mackenzie Fries is a member of the Young Leaders Program at The Heritage Foundation . http://www.heritage.org/ Diana Furchtgott-Roth is the director of the Center for Energy, Climate and Environment and the Herbert and Joyce Morgan Fellow at The Heritage Foundation . http://www.
David Wojick cfact.org David Wojick, Ph.D. is an independent analyst working at the intersection of science, technology and policy. For origins see stemed.info/engineer_tackles_confusion.html For over 100 prior articles for CFACT see cfact.org/author/david-wojick-ph-d/ Available for confidential research and
John Maunder A panel discussion on “Climate Change: Both Sides of the Story” was held at a Rotary Conference in Cambridge, New Zealand on June 28 2008. I was President of the Rotary Club of Otumoetai for 2007-08 at this time, and the Rotary District Governor John Tarbutt asked
Another day, another dodgy study, over-hyped by a sensationalist and scientifically illiterate legacy media. I hate to break it to you, despite what the headlines have been gushing, but thylacines (the “Tasmanian Tiger”) probably did not survive “into the 1980s and beyond”. Even I’d like to believe otherwise,
