On this Day – March 4, Academic paper about CO2 submitted (1970), the fake Greenhouse office gets a boss/skewered (1998/2004), Republicans are evil (2003) and perfect FT letter (2023)

56 years ago, an academic paper is submitted.

March 4, 1970 – “Variations of the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere in the northern hemisphere” submitted

28 years ago the entirely fake “Australian Greenhouse Office,” set up to be a stabvest for John Howard, gets a “boss” (who never briefs Howard).

March 4, 1998 – The Australian Greenhouse Office gets a boss…

A journo gets a good scoop. Evil Republican (tautology) pollster teaches them how to lie, dooming the planet even more than it was already doomed.

March 4, 2003 – “Luntz memo” exposes Bush climate strategy 

So important I blogged it twice…

March 4, 2003 – Republicans urged to question the scientific consensus…

The ombudsman reveals the AGO for what it is.

March 4, 2004 – The Australian National Audit Office skewers the Australian Greenhouse Office

Three years ago – another heart-breakingly brilliant letter in the Pink’Un

March 4, 2023 –Letter in FT: Global carbon price call is a classic delaying tactic