|
Climate Change, Truth and Trust |
|
Written by Ian Dunlop
|
|
Saturday, 05 May 2007 |
 Climate change is the most serious issue to confront humanity in
centuries, of an entirely different dimension from the typical political
agenda, says Ian Dunlop. Action must be taken within months to avoid catastrophe.
It is of great concern to see misrepresentation and obfuscation escalating in the climate change debate. The article in the Sydney Morning Herald
at Easter (6 April 2007) by Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull
commenting on the second IPCC Climate Change report has to be the most
blatant piece of hypocrisy in decades.
The Minister stated: “The IPCC report should serve as a
reminder that the world must move beyond the Kyoto Protocol to find
real global solutions to climate change.” Just so, which is in
stark contrast to the action of the Australian Government in fighting
tooth and nail for years to water down the Kyoto obligations and
frustrate any global agreement. Having finally negotiated an eight per
cent increase in Australian emissions rather than a reduction, in a
final act of perfidy it then refused to ratify the Protocol.
“ We cannot solve a global problem unless all of the world’s emitters are part of the solution.”
Why therefore has Australia spent the last ten years doing everything
possible to subvert any global initiatives, particularly anything which
might involve the binding emissions reductions so essential to a
meaningful global solution?
“ While very important the science in the IPCC report is not new. That
is why for years now Australia has been forming its environmental and
water policies on the basis that climate change is a fact not a theory
----- . ” This claim must be something of a surprise to the rest
of Federal Cabinet most of whom are on record expressing diametrically
opposite views, ranging from “extremism” and “scaremongering” (John
Howard) to “ entertainment” (Ian McFarlane), that is until the
community issued a wake-up call last year.
|
|
Last Updated ( Saturday, 05 May 2007 )
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Longevity: upsides and downsides |
|
Written by Jan Lee Martin
|
|
Saturday, 05 May 2007 |
 The upside of longevity….
Biotech researchers can now produce new heart tissue with off-the-shelf
inkjet technology, improving precise cell placement and, in effect,
“printing” the tissue. Nanotechnology also offers new ways to replace
tissue, with damaged cells being rebuilt one atom at a time to create a
flawless, brand new, youthful cell.
These are just two examples of a host of breakthroughs hitting the
headlines in the scientific and medical press around the world. So
where will they take us? Are we finally looking at the dream of
eternal youth and perfect health becoming reality? And if so, what will that mean?
|
|
Last Updated ( Saturday, 05 May 2007 )
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
US and Oz behaving as tyrants: Malcolm Fraser |
|
Written by Jan Lee Martin
|
|
Saturday, 05 May 2007 |
 Australia’s government and close ally the United States behaved in a tyrannical way and for “evil purpose” by jailing militants at Guantanamo Bay, former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser said on Monday (30 April).
The story, posted on the US news website, www.commondreams.org, describes Malcolm Fraser as "a conservative and mentor to current Prime Minister John Howard". It quoted a speech to the Australian National University in which the former Prime Minister said that Australia seemed to have lost its democratic path under the man who served as his treasurer and centre-right Liberal Party deputy before becoming leader in 1996.....
|
|
Last Updated ( Saturday, 05 May 2007 )
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
|
<< Start < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next > End >>
|
| Results 33 - 40 of 119 |
