August 2025

August 1, 1976 – Oak Ridge report on “The Global Carbon Dioxide Problem” released – All Our Yesterdays

August 1, 1964 – Popular Mechanics says the air around us is changing – All Our Yesterdays

August 2, 1972, Paul Goodman dies – All Our Yesterdays

August 2, 2000 – BHP shows its true colours – All Our Yesterdays

 August 3, 2019 – another eco-fascist massacre – All Our Yesterdays

August 4, 1978 – “A Terminal Mesozoic ‘Greenhouse’: Lessons from the Past” – All Our Yesterdays

August 4, 1980 – “Towards a Troubled 21st Century” reports Time Magazine – All Our Yesterdays

August 5, 1997 – “Climate Change Policies in Australia” briefing – All Our Yesterdays

August 6, 2009 – Governor Paterson versus the Greenhouse Effect – All Our Yesterdays

August 7, 1991 – “Draft Ecology Plans released” – All Our Yesterdays

August 7, 2007 – Cate Blanchett asks “Who on Earth Cares” – All Our Yesterdays

August 7, 1933 – Elinor Ostrom born – All Our Yesterdays

August 8, 2006 – MIT Review on “Storing Carbon Dioxide under the Ocean” – All Our Yesterdays

August 9, 1999 – The Australia Institute calls for emissions trading – All Our Yesterdays

August 9, 2000 – a new Greenhouse Strategy – including on LNG. Yeah, yeah sure. – All Our Yesterdays

August 10, 2000 – States’ greenhouse gas failure – All Our Yesterdays

August 10, 2021- climate protest with burning pram… – All Our Yesterdays

August 11, 2005 – Bob Brown in the Senate – All Our Yesterdays

August 12 2003 – French heatwave – All Our Yesterdays

August 13, 2004 – “Stabilisation wedges” – All Our Yesterdays

 August 13, 2009 – Senate kibboshes “CPRS” – All Our Yesterdays

August 14, 2021 – It’s raining (again) oh no our world’s at an end… – All Our Yesterdays

August 14, 2000 – Carbon Capture Technology will save us. Oh yes. – All Our Yesterdays

August 15, 1977 – “Theoretical climate effects of doubling the atmospheric carbon dioxide content” – All Our Yesterdays

August 16, 1971 – “The changing chemistry of the oceans.” – All Our Yesterdays

August 16, 2000 – No future for the Sydney Futures Exchange – All Our Yesterdays

August 17, 1988 – “The Greening of Congress” – All Our Yesterdays

 August 18, 1997 – MENSA turns out to be dumb as a rock. – All Our Yesterdays

August 19, 2002 – Bush skips the Earth Summit – All Our Yesterdays

August 20, 1996 – Denialist wastes time, energy in stupid smear – All Our Yesterdays

August 21, 1986 – Lake Nyos disaster – All Our Yesterdays

August 22, 1960 – JFK says “we must climb to the hilltop” – All Our Yesterdays

August 23, 2002 – Stafford Beer dies – All Our Yesterdays

August 23, 2000 – Nick Minchin in gloat mode – All Our Yesterdays

August 24, 1981- “Overlapping effect of atmospheric water, carbon dioxide and ozone….” – All Our Yesterdays

August 25, 1969- “Global Circulation in the Atmosphere” Conference in London – All Our Yesterdays

August 26, 1991- We cannot delay says Brundtland – All Our Yesterdays

“Climatic Change appears to be underway, in fact.” – the 1965 commencement speech that should have rocked the world. – All Our Yesterdays

August 27, 1970 – Sydney Town Hall packed with greenies wanting action. – All Our Yesterdays

August 28, 2000 – Victorian power generators refuse to sign up to reduction plan, because it is sticks as well as carrots. – All Our Yesterdays

August 29, 1981 – New York Times editorial “Heating up the Atmosphere” – All Our Yesterdays

August 30, 1998 – Fourth International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies – All Our Yesterdays

August 31, 2006 – activists try to “Reclaim Power” – All Our Yesterdays