I see the biggest single grant was $94Million in 2010 to birth the Australian Carbon Trust Limited headed by one Michael Rann – that later transformed into Low Carbon Australia which later again was integrated into the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). CSIRO seems to be the biggest single grants recipient with about $48million – … Continue reading A Quarter $Billion in climate change grants over three years 2010-2012→
Prime Minister and Resources Minister just announced “Investment To Unlock Potential Of Australia’s Critical Minerals Sector”. Quote “The measures, which are part of the 2022-23 Budget, include a $200 million Accelerator grants program, $50 million to support research and development and an updated industry strategy.” For those not familiar with resources projects in the Wide … Continue reading Aussie Fed. Govt. picking “critical minerals” winners→
Thoughts on the Batman by-election and the South Australian election. I see 39.7% of first preferences at Batman were for the Greens. Yet the Greens are – [1] against the dams which are the foundation of your water supply – [2] pushing for more expensive & unreliable electricity from non-viable sources – and [3] Are … Continue reading 40% of inner Melbourne voted Green→
Over the Christmas-New Year period I have noticed several “new faces” presenting on the ABC News24 TV Channel and I stupidly think “Oh a new face maybe a new viewpoint” and I pay attention to the “political tone” of their questions to interviewees. I have been impressed that whether the subject be Sydney hottest day … Continue reading ABC TV staff vetting is ironclad 100% efficient→
For years now the BoM have had this link to Indigenous Weather Knowledge in the far bottom right corner of their home page. I have not noticed the content change over time. Issues around Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ATSIP) are much in the news lately with the 50th anniversary of the 1967 referendum, … Continue reading Indigenous Weather Knowledge→
Signing on to Paris climate deal exactly as Donald Trump becomes US President Elect seems to me provocative and contrary to our national interest. But Hey – Turnbull & Co were expecting a win by Hillary. Pushing on with this tit for tat plan reveals the intensity of GreenLeft beliefs at the core of the … Continue reading GreenLeft Australian Federal Govt messes with President Elect Trump→
The Ch9 TV weather lady for Sydney mentioned this last night – and I see this article in USAToday – A double scorcher: June joins May with heat record – Of course NOAA is quoting weather station data assembled by the GHCN latest effort where most sites are in urban heat islands and then they … Continue reading NOAA claim that May and June 2014 were hottest evah for our globe→
Primarily exposing faulty methodologies behind global temperature trend compilations