Environment
Weather Eye with John Maunder
John Maunder Some of the answers to the complexities of the climate system are given in my recently published book Fifteen shades of climate… the fall of the weather dice and the butterfly effect. The following are extracts are from pages 197-201. The Greenlandic Vikings’ Apogee The Greenlandic Vikings’
Electric Power Fantasies Are Lining Up
David Wojick cfact.org David Wojick, Ph.D. is an independent analyst working at the intersection of science, technology and policy. Seems like every big policy gun wants to take a shot at fantasizing the decarbonization and electrification of the energy system. No doubt that is where the government policy
Letter to the Editor: Where Is All the Extra Electricity Coming From?
Dear Editor With all of the talk about replacing vehicles that use fossil fuels with electric vehicles, there appears to be no real attempt to address where the additional electricity required to charge a greatly increased fleet of such vehicles will come from. Certainly not from renewable resources, as we
ACT Welcomes SNA Pause
Mark Cameron ACT Primary Industries spokesperson ACT welcomes the Government listening to our concerns about Significant Natural Areas – but there needs to be a complete rethink of this policy not just a pause. Private property rights are under threat thanks to the Government’s directive to councils to identify and
Significant Natural Areas a Minefield
Mark Cameron ACT Primary Industries spokesperson The Rural Communities Minister yesterday showed how fraught the Government’s land grab on Significant Natural Areas (SNAs) is. Private property rights are under threat thanks to the Government’s directive to councils to identify and manage SNAs. At the moment if someone’s
Letter to the Editor: Lithium Batteries
Dear Editor I note the PM announced yesterday that petrol/diesel-powered cars will be phased out and replaced by EVs. I wonder if she has considered the environmental impact her decision will have on our planet as the demand for lithium and cobalt increases? Lithium-ion batteries are a
International Energy Agency’s Green Energy Fantasy Is a Hoot
David Wojick cfact.org David Wojick, Ph.D. is an independent analyst working at the intersection of science, technology and policy. Looking for laughs? The International Energy Agency has produced a laugh filled report, grandly titled: “Net Zero by 2050: A roadmap for the global energy system“. Redesigning the global
Welcome to the Australian Devil?
Despite having lived in Tasmania for 16 years, I’ve only seen the famous Tasmanian devil in the wild twice. Both were shortly after I moved here. I happened to move to Tasmania right about the time that the devastating Devil Facial Tumor Disease was first becoming widespread. Since then,
New Rules Set to Encroach on Private Property Rights
Susan Short Secretary democracyaction@xtra.co.nz Anger has erupted around the country over the Government’s much stronger approach to protect indigenous biodiversity, as outlined in the Draft National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity (NPSIB). Due to take effect in July 2021, it contains a set of objectives and
‘Sustainability’ Misses the Point
Joakim Book aier.org Joakim Book is a writer, researcher and editor on all things money, finance and financial history. He holds a masters degree from the University of Oxford and has been a visiting scholar at the American Institute for Economic Research in 2018 and 2019. It’s winter
Spare the Mice
Many of you will know that parts of Australia are currently suffering a once-in-a-lifetime mouse plague. The plague is affecting rural parts of Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales, and South Australia, resulting in the destruction of crops and people’s livelihoods. This is a tragedy for all
Another Toxic Legacy of Climate Alarmism
What is it about the climate-obsessed green-left that drives them to maniacally advocate the worst possible “solutions” for the least imaginable problems. Despite the reflexive screeching of “denier!”, very few people actually deny that climate change exists. The alarmist mantra, “climate change is real”, is an empty straw-
Despite Major Conservation Efforts, Populations of New Zealand’s Iconic Kiwi Are More Vulnerable Than People Realise
Isabel Castro Massey University Isabel Castro is a wildlife biologist with broad interests including animal behaviour, parasite-host interactions, anatomy, morphology, sensory biology, and conservation. Her research is on island species, particularly birds, but also introduced mammals and charismatic land snails. She has a passion for solving conservation problems, making
Why Won’t the Greens Do Anything Useful?
Pictures of Green MPs wearing scarves supporting Palestinians abound this week, after the terrorist group Hamas committed war crimes in their extreme terror attacks on Israel and Jewish Israeli citizens. It never seems to occur to them that the Palestinians committing the attacks are terrorists and the aggressors in these