MET BUREAU HELPS VICTORIA WARM

Anthony Watts tells of a retired school principal he met on his Australian tour who has an eye for graphs.  Ken, the school principal, was alarmed at a Bureau of Meteorology graph which showed a strong warming trend for Victoria.

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PRICES RISE AS NZ PASSES ETS

Paul Chapman in Wellington for the U.K. Telegraph reports on the harsh reality of life for New Zealanders as they go it alone.

"The government has pressed ahead with plans to slash the nation's carbon output, despite widespread opposition and New Zealand's larger neighbour Australia shelving its own scheme.

Motorists were hit by a 3c (1.4p) rise in the price of a litre of petrol overnight, while householders face a 5 per cent increase in gas and electricity prices."

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CHOOSE THE TIMING OF YOUR CLIMATE TIPPING POINT

Today we offer the choice of 'climate tipping point' timing to suit your needs.  Thanks to Marc Morano at Climate Depot we have the choice of a few days, weeks, months or years.  Choose whatever suits your agenda!

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OUR FARMS BUFFETED BY AN ILL WIND

Putting aside the very serious concerns some rural residents of Victoria have about nearby wind farms and their own health; has the government really analysed the costs and stated benefits of further wind farm projects?

Weekly Times editor Ed Gannon muses on the effects of the renewable energy target legislation passing in the Senate this week.

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OCEAN ACIDIFICATION: THE 'EVIL TWIN' OF GLOBAL WARMING

Sherwood and Craig Idsho look at some recent claims of 'changing' ocean acidity.

 "This "steady acidification of the oceans is said by them to be yet another "insidious consequence of rising levels of atmospheric CO2," and that "evidence gathered over the last years suggests that ocean acidification could represent an equal (or perhaps even greater) threat to the biology of our planet." But is this really so? 

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GILD THE LILY TO SELL YOUR STORY

Willie Eschenbach writing at the website Watts Up With That? reviews some of the information posted online about Australian rainfall and drought.

"First, the factual error. The website links the claim of the “worst drought in the last millennium” to that noted scientific journal, the Guardian newspaper."

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