Environment
More of Beijing’s Climate Puppets
The BFD has recently reported on the Rich Kids Funding Eco-Terrorism and on China’s useful idiots secretly pushing the CCP’s global domination agenda via the climate movement. But, as other recent revelations show, the tentacles of Beijing’s influence reach into every level of the environmental movement. Australia’
Green Gaffer Shouts at Clouds
Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has made his fortune entirely by literally shipping large chunks of Australia over to the world’s largest carbon emitter, to be turned into gigatonnes of carbon belched from steel refineries. But he totally cares about “saving the planet” from “catastrophic climate change”, donchaknow. It’s
EVs Are Awful Even When They’re Dead
As BFD readers may know, I’m not exactly an electric car evangelist. It’s not that there is anything intrinsically wrong with EVs as vehicles, I’m just not buying the “environmental” hype. There is little convincing evidence that EVs are in any way more “environmentally sound” than modern
Weather Eye with John Maunder
John Maunder The following data sets and comments are from the climate4you.com website developed by Professor Ole Humlum who is a Danish Professor Emeritus of Physical Geography at the University of Oslo, and Adjunct Professor of Physical Geography at the University Centre in Svalbard. The website climate4you.com which
Wellington City Council Draft District Plan: Submission on SNAs
Barbara McKenzie Wellington SNA Committee stovouno.org Barbara McKenzie has a PhD in German Literature. ‘Nobody Owns Land’ (Former Deputy Mayor Jill Day, 2019) The Wellington City Council’s Draft District Plan presents the details of its Significant Natural Areas policy, including SNA designations on both private and public land.
Weather Eye with John Maunder
John Maunder https://www.climate4you.com/Text/Climate4you One example of what is contained in the above website are the charts of Arctic and Antarctic surface air temperatures from January 2000 to September 2011. Each month Professor Ole Humlum of the The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), in Norway publishes
Streams of Beer and Whisky
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains… the little streams of alcohol Come trickling down the rocks Harry McClintock. Well, it wasn’t quite Heywire Mac’s vision of hobo paradise, nor Shane MacGowan’s dream vision of Brendan Behan, but a hiker in Hawaii recently discovered a literal river of
More Inconvenient Hydrogen Truths
Hydrogen is suddenty the big thing gripping the febrile minds of climate alarmists and the “renewable” energy troughers who scurry behind them, hands outstretched. Like fusion power, it’s just a few years away, supposedly, from being a cheap, abundant and clean energy source. But, also like fusion power, is
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Twice the Size of Texas Is Fake
Dr. Patrick Moore cfact.org “A huge, swirling pile of trash in the Pacific Ocean is growing faster than expected and is now three times the size of France. According to a three-year study published in Scientific Reports Friday, the mass known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is about
The Countries with the Cleanest Environments in the World Are Also the Most Economically Free, Research Shows
Dr Rainer Zitelmann fee.org Dr. Rainer Zitelmann is a historian and sociologist. He is also a world-renowned author, successful businessman, and real estate investor. Zitelmann has written more than 20 books. His books are successful all around the world, especially in China, India, and South Korea. His most recent
Weather Eye with John Maunder
John Maunder The chart below shows that since 1979, when reliable satellite observations became available, there has been an overall warming trend in the average tropospheric temperatures, apart from, at times, milder temperatures since about 1999, but with three significant warm periods associated with the El Nino events in 1998
Mining Company Threatens to Sue Bob’s Army
In 2013, forestry company Gunns tried to sue environmental protesters, ultimately unsuccessfully. Earlier this year, the Tasmanian government lost its second bid to enact laws aimed at stopping protesters invading workplaces, including working forests. So, for the time being, environmental activists retain their almost free reign to disrupt Tasmania’s
New Zealand Farmers Are Already at ‘Net Zero’
Owen Jennings F.A.R.M NZ farmers are leading the way under the “net emissions target” set by the Government. “Ruminant methane emissions from New Zealand livestock are, by any definition, at net zero now, thirty years ahead of CO2 emitters,” according to F.A.R.M Chairman Robin
Government Squanders Opportunity to Wage War on Rabbits
The Government’s failure to set targets or implement proper reporting measures for rabbit control as part of its $1.3 billion Jobs for Nature programme shows poor oversight and wasteful spending, National’s Conservation spokesperson Jacqui Dean says. Rabbits are an ecological disaster. They’re running rampant across large
Weather Eye with John Maunder
John Maunder Among the many climate science meetings I have attended, the most significant, at least in terms of climate change is concerned, was my involvement in the UN sponsored International Conference held 35 years ago in the beautiful town of Villach, Austria. One hundred experts from 30 countries attended