Knowledge

Killing renewables softly with endless reviews

You have to feel sorry for people working in renewable energy. Their industry has been reviewed to within an inch of its...

Alternatives to a Cable Car on Mt Wellington (Kunanyi)

No Pulp Mill Alliance Public Meeting

Protest in the 21st century: is naked the new balaclava?

For those of us who grew up with marches and rallies as the default type (or stereotype) of protest, some of the...

Part 2 of the Leon Compton Interview with Geoffrey Cousins ABC radio Tuesday 11 February

“… what has held this mill up has got nothing to do with political support, or legal support. The project received support...

Geoffrey Cousins on the the latest changes to the pulp mill legislation

Interview on ABC Hobart radio, February 11, 2014. Leon Compton: If a Government trying to assist the Pulp mill project shows the...

Climate science must be part of national curriculum

A guest speaker at the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society’s (AMOS) annual conference tomorrow will call for climate science to be included...

Global warming stalled by strong winds driving heat into oceans

The “pause” in global warming since 2001 can be explained by the discovery of unusually strong winds in the Pacific, climatologists have...

Pulp Friction: one independent’s perspective

The mill is a mirage, a cruel hoax all political parties are exploiting to distract voters from the real problems Tasmanians face....

Arm End: Reserved for the Public or a Private Development?

There is a battle underway over the control of a recreational reserve in a corner of Tasmania. The story deserves to be...