BoM trumpets January the warmest month on record for Sydney

The BoM blah-blahs on – Every station in the metropolitan area recorded its highest January mean temperature on record and most stations (including Sydney Observatory Hill) also broke records for mean maximum and minimum temperatures. Not a word on the above BoM page of the ever growing urban heat island driving temperatures hotter for 150 … Continue reading BoM trumpets January the warmest month on record for Sydney

A Quarter $Billion in climate change grants over three years 2010-2012

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

Open letter to: Minister for Climate Change and Water

The Federal Minister in Australia that is. Dear Minister Wong, I note your press release re the Governments newly released $12.9Billion water plan. The water plan will, sadly, fail to deliver value to Australia because it repeats the same mistakes that have dogged water policy for over a decade now. Many years of Green anti-dam … Continue reading Open letter to: Minister for Climate Change and Water