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Complaining about Jon Faine

I sent this complaint into the ABC today after hearing some outrageous commentary from Jon Faine. If you were unfortunate enough to tune in as well, I encourage you to also make a complaint. You can do so here.
I tuned into 774 to hear Jon Faine “interviewing” Dr Peter Singer. I understand that Jon has [...]

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Hybrid and electric cars

Video maker Peter Sinclair has produced a fantastic 9 minute YouTube clip on hybrid cars and renewable energy.

A feature of the video is the Chevy Volt, the new General Motors car that uses an electric battery that is re-charged from a socket, or from a petrol engine while driving. Genius.
It also goes over Better [...]

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Alan Kohler shows he doesn’t know about politics

Alan Kohler, of Business Spectator fame, wrote yesterday in Crikey:
Against all expectations, Tony Abbott and Greg Hunt have actually come up with a clever climate change policy, and certainly one that will change the debate in Australia.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will now have to quickly do a deal with the Greens to get a government [...]

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Closer to dangerous tipping points: Arctic emissions increase

A new report shows that carbon emissions from the Arctic have increased dramatically:
ARCTIC emissions of a powerful greenhouse gas jumped 30 per cent in recent years in a worrying hint that global warming might unlock vast stores frozen in permafrost, scientists say.
The 30.6 per cent rise in emissions from the Arctic from 2003-2007, to about [...]

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Weathermen amongst most trusted authorities on climate change; many are skeptics

Columbia Journalism Review reports a worrying fact: a significant number of US weathermen on TV believe climate change is a scam, and two thirds of Americans trust weathermen for information about climate change.
Coleman’s crusade caught the eye of Kris Wilson, an Emory University journalism lecturer and a former TV news director and weatherman himself, and [...]

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