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Australia cutting jobs in climate research

samedi 6 février 2016 à 01:00

Australia is cutting hundreds of jobs in climate research in order to make its research organization "collaborate better with industry".

Apparently this refers to the global heating industry.

"Mitigation and adaptation" is the last ditch excuse of the planet roasters: the pretense that cleverness can prevent global heating from causing disasters, so we don't need to work expeditiously to curb it.

Coal mine in Australia

samedi 6 février 2016 à 01:00

A proposed giant coal mine in Australia has been suspended because the export coal market has shrunk.

That is good for the Great Barrier Reef, but burning Indian coal in India will pump almost as much CO2 as burning Australian coal in India.

US coal use

samedi 6 février 2016 à 01:00

US coal use is declining a noticeable amount.

This is good because it reduces toxic pollution. Burning natural gas doesn't make much of that. However, natural gas implies methane leaks, so replacing coal with gas doesn't reduce global heating the way companies claim.

Refugee children in Australia

samedi 6 février 2016 à 01:00

Refugee children in Australia, who are now at risk to be sent to Nauru, have tried to kill themselves.

Pakistan blocks foreign journalists from Balochistan

samedi 6 février 2016 à 01:00

Pakistan blocks nearly all foreign journalists from Balochistan, and tells newspapers there what to publish.