Right now this is just a listing. When I have time/skills I will do something a little more imaginative, visually attractive/user-friendly…
1600s
1661
1700s
December 22, 1759 – “What have ye done?”
March 21, 1768 – Joseph Fourier born
1800s
1824
Will have to write something about Fourier, citing Fleming, J. (1999) Joseph Fourier, the ‘greenhouse effect’ and the quest for a universal theory of terrestrial temperatures. Endeavour, Vol 23, 2, 72-5.
1853
August 23, 1853 – first International Meteorological Conference
1856
August 23, 1856 – Eunice Foote identifies carbon dioxide as greenhouse gas
1859
August 27, 1859 – The Oil Age begins. UPDATED TO BE a) accurate b) less Eurocentric
1861
Feb 7, 1861- 161 years ago, a scientist identifies carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas
1882
August 13, 1882 – William “Coal Question” Jevons dies
1893
September 20, 1893 – first American-made gasoline-powered car hits the road.
1883
January 6, 1883 – The New York Times reports on the Atmosphere
1895
1900s
1906
October 28, 1906 – the birth of the Press Release
1912
July 17, 1912 – Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal on climate change
1919
January 16, 1919 – banning things that people like turns out not to work
1927
October 2, 1927/64 – Svante Arrhenius and Guy Callendar die.
1928
December 7, 1928 – Noam Chomsky born
1930
November 20, 1930 – the Fox is born!!
1936
September 7, 1936 – The Anthropocene does for the Thylacine…
1937
May 19, 1937 – Guy Callendar’s carbon dioxide warning lands on someone’s desk
1942
October 2, 1942 – Spaceflight!!
1943
April 19, 1943 – the Warsaw Ghetto uprising began.
November 19, 1943 – FIDO used for the first time
1947
September 9, 1947 – The Daily Worker talks about melting the ice-caps
1948
March 30, 1948 – The Conservation Foundation founded
1950
March 5, 1950 – first computer simulation of the weather…
July 1, 1950 – “Is the World Getting Warmer?” asks Saturday Evening Post
1952
July 2, 1952 – Rachel Carson says Arctic warming
December 5, 1952 & 2009 London sees climatic pollution events
1953
May 5, 1953 – Western Australian newspaper carries “climate and carbon dioxide” article
May 5, 1953 – Gilbert Plass launches the carbon dioxide theory globally
May 18, 1953 – Newsweek covers climate change. Yes, 1953.
May 25, 1953 – “I read about them in Time Magazine” (Gilbert Plass’s greenhouse warning
July 12, 1953 – “The Weather is Really Changing” says New York Times
November 18, 1953 – Macmillan tells the truth about committees
1954
March 1, 1954 – Lucky Dragon incident gives the world the word “fall out”
March 2, 1954 – UK newspaper readers get Greenhouse lesson from Ritchie-Calder
April 23, 1954 – Irish Times runs carbon dioxide/climate story. Yes, 1954.
May 28, 1954 – Will we control the weather?!
1955
January 2, 1955 – Commie newspaper covers climate
June 9, 1955 – Royal Society misses the point (tbf, easily done)
October 23, 1955 – LA Times article says “our weather is changing”
1956
February 9, 1956 – Scientists puzzle over where the carbon dioxide is going….
March 15, 1956 – scientist explains climate change to US senators
March 19, 1956 – Washington Post reports Revelle’s statements
May 28, 1956 – Time Magazine reports on “One Big Greenhouse”
June 29, 1956 – Just DRIVE, she said…
October 16, 1956 – will H-bombs knock the world off balance!?
November 27, 1956 – New York Times science writer who covered C02 build-up dies.
1957
January 9, 1957- Daily Worker ponders climate change
January 23, 1957 – New Zealand scientist warns about consequences of carbon dioxide build-up
April 4, 1957 – New Scientist runs story on carbon dioxide build-up
July 1, 1957- A key “year” in climate science begins…
4 July, 1957 – popular UK magazine The Listener mentions carbon dioxide build-up
October 1, 1957 – US Oil company ponders carbon dioxide build-up…
December 30, 1957 – a letter from Gilbert Plass to Guy Callendar
1958
Jan 1 1958 – Control the weather before the Commies do…
Jan 8 , 1958 “The masters of infinity… could control the world’s weather”, says LBJ
January 26, 1958 – “Mystery of the Warming World” in Washington Star
Feb 12, 1958- the Unchained Goddess is unchained…
March 18, 1958 – Military man spots carbon dioxide problem
June 21, 1958 – Washington Post reports ‘world turning into a ‘greenhouse’
September 12, 1958 – Letter in The Times about … carbon dioxide build-up
November 19, 1958 – doctor warns of long-term problem of carbon dioxide build-up
1959
March 11, 1959 – Warmer Arctic Raising World’s Sea Level…
June 7, 1959 – another letter about carbon dioxide build up in the Times of India
October 8, 1959 – Shell says “nothing to see here” on carbon dioxide build-up
November 1, 1959 – M1 motorway section opened
1960
Keeling’s first paper
March 22, 1960 – US Television warning of carbon dioxide build up, courtesy Athelstan Spilhaus…
May 20, 1960 – Spengler suggests decline of the … whole shebang
November 19, 1960 – Guy Callendar gives advice on unpopularity of C02 theory
1961
January 30, 1961 – New York Times reports world is cooling
August 21, 1961 – The UN holds a “new sources of energy” conference.
September 11, 1961 – New York Times reports “Air Found Gaining in Carbon Dioxide”
November 23, 1961 – “The Day the Earth Caught Fire” (in Denmark)
1962
January 14, 1962 – As much truth as one can bear, James Baldwin
July 8, 1962 – New York Times on ‘Glasshouse Effect”
July 9, 1962 – rainbow bomb parties as hydrogen bomb explodes
September 27, 1962 – “Silent Spring” published as a book
1963
February 4, 1963 – A UN conference on technology for “less developed areas” starts
March 12, 1963 – first scientific meeting about C02 build-up
March 12, 1963 – first ever carbon dioxide build-up conference
June 13 1963 – Revelle, Von Braun and Teller talk futures
November 11, 1963 – “Is man upsetting the weather?”
November 13, 1963 – Ritchie Calder warns of trouble ahead because of carbon dioxide…
November 23, 1963 – Doctor Who begins
1964
January 11, 1964 – The Merchants of Doubt have work to do
January 18, 1964 – Nature mentions atmospheric carbon dioxide build-up
April 4, 1964 – President Johnson’s Domestic Council on climate…
April 14, 1964 – RIP Rachel Carson
October 2, 1927/64 – Svante Arrhenius and Guy Callendar die.
December 2, 1964 – Mario Savio’s “bodies on the gears” speech at Berkeley..
1965
Feb 8, 1965- All the way with LBJ – first President to say “carbon dioxide is building up”
April 15, 1965 – Murray Bookchin warns about carbon dioxide build-up
June 1, 1965 – Tom Lehrer warns “don’t drink the water and don’t breathe the air”
July 9, 1965 – “Spaceship Earth” is launched, trying to get us to see our fragility (didn’t work)
1966
February 20, 1966 – US Senators told about carbon build-up by physicist
March 8, 1966 – Spaceship Earth blasts off…
March 27, 1966 – The “Conservation Society” to be launched
May 7, 1966 – scientist warns public about carbon dioxide build-up…
July 22, 1966 – “The Conservation Society” holds launch event
1967
January 27, 1967 – James Lovelock told to keep schtum about climate change by Shell science boss
February 14,1967 – John Mason (Met Office boss) dismisses carbon dioxide problem
March 1, 1967 – Carbon dioxide as important waste problem
March 20, 1967 – Solar Energy advocate warns of carbon dioxide build-up
July 26, 1967 – Allen Ginsberg tells Gary Snyder it’s “a general lemming situation”
October 24, 1967 – editor of Science warns about C02 build-up
October 27, 1967 – “the Swedish environmental turn” picks up speed
December 7, 1967 – Swedish “Monitor” program talks environmental crisis
December 13, 1967 – Sweden begins to save the world…
1968
January 8, 1968 – LaMont Cole to AAAS about running outta oxygen, build-up of C02 etc
January 19, 1968 – Engineers are not ecologists…
January 21, 1968 – Ultima Fule on Ultima Thule
February 12 1968 – The Motherfuckers do their motherfucking thing, with garbage in New York.
March 18, 1968 – Bobby Kennedy vs Gross National Product
March 31, 1968 – Can the world be saved?
April 13, 1968 – the New Yorker glosses air pollution, mentions carbon dioxide
May 17, 1968 – “Some prophets of darkness warn of polar icecaps melting…”
May 29, 1968 – UN body says “let’s have a conference, maybe?”-
July 15, 1968 – first(?) UK government attention to the possibility of climate change
July 19, 1968 – “man has already rendered the temperature equilibrium of the globe more unstable.”
July 22, 1968 – Gordon Macdonald tries to warn about carbon dioxide build-up…
July 30, 1968 – the UN says yes to an environment conference
August 19, 1968 – Is Man Spoiling the Weather? (yes)
November 17, 1968 – UK national newspaper flags carbon dioxide danger…
November 23, 1968 – “Hell upon Earth” warning about environmental destruction,inc. climate
December 3, 1968 – UN General Assembly says yes to a conference about environment. C02 mentioned.
December 24, 1968 – “Earthrise” photo
December 26, 1968 – “Global Effects of Environmental Pollution” symposium
1969
January 28, 1969 – Santa Barbara Oil spill
March 11, 1969 – NASA explains need to monitor C02 build-up to politicians
April 25, 1969 – Keeling says pressured not to talk bluntly about “what is to be done?”
May 28, 1969 “Ecology and Politics in America” teach-in, Berkeley,
May 29, 1969 – “A Chemist Thinks about the Future” #Keeling #KeelingCurve
June 10, 1969 – pro-nukers mention carbon dioxide in a New York Times article
September 17, 1969 – trying to spin Vietnam, Moynihan starts warning about #climate change
September 30, 1969 -US activist publication mentions climate change
October 22, 1969 – Edmund Muskie mentions CO2 build up
November 5, 1969 – House of Lords question about the greenhouse effect
November 27, 1969 – Canberra Times runs pollution article, mentions melting ice-caps
December 29, 1969 – AAAS symposium on “Climate and Man”
1970
January 1970 – Yale biologist muses on science, politics, pollution, warming.
January 7, 1970 – “Ecology Action East” is “intersectional”
January 11, 1970 – A new Ice Age on its way?
January 17, 1970 – The Bulletin reprints crucial environment/climate article
January 26, 1970 – US science bureaucrat writes “what’s going on?” memo about #climate
Feb 2, 1970 – For once, “Time is on our side”
February 16, 1970 – Sports Illustrated readers appreciate eco-warning
March 4, 1970 – American scientist vs ice age fears in Melbourne
April 8, 1970 – Australian National University students told about C02 build-up…
April 29, 1970 – Washington DC symposium talks about carbon dioxide
April 23, 1970 – book review nails coming #climate problems…
June 22, 1970 – US Congressman talks about ‘the Imperilled Environment,’ including C02 build-up
July 7, 1970 – an Australian banker goes “Full Extinction Rebellion”, 50 years early…
July 28, 1970 – American journalist warns about melting the icecaps…
August 2, 1970 – LA Times runs #climate change front page story
August 3, 1970 – Nixon warned about climate change and icecaps melting
August 12, 1970 – US Senate warned about climate change
August 25, 1970 – Margaret Mead and James Baldwin rap on race…
December 18, 1970 – Science article about “Man-Made Climatic Changes”
1971
1971, Jan 6: the whiff of sulphur (taxes) and 20 more years of #PredatoryDelay
Jan 15, 1971 – greenwash before it was called greenwash #propaganda
April 5, 1971- a UK scientist explains “pollution in context”
February 19, 1971 – Nature editorial on “The Great Greenhouse Scare
February 24, 1971 – aims of the Department of the Environment
March 13, 1971 – Club of Rome guy’s ethics are clubbed
May 11, 1971 – U Thant gets The Message
May 21, 1971 – Marvin Gaye asks “What’s Going On?”
June 7, 1971 – Australians warned, on television, about ecological breakdown. #ABC
June 16, 1971 – “Ecology Action” formed in Sydney.
July 13, 1971 – Stephen Schneider “predicts” an ice age (so the myth goes)
August 14, 1971 – Stanford Prison Study begins…
August 23, 1971- the Powell Memorandum
August 23, 1971 – nuggets of ecological wisdom from Nugget Coombs.
August 28, 1971 – snarky opinion piece in New York Times. Stephen Schneider rebuts days later.
August 30, 1971 – Bob Carr (ex- NSW premier) ‘gets’ climate change
September 9, 1971 – of Australian Prime Ministers and American scientists…
September 22, 1971 – Australian communist talks about climate change
October 8, 1971 – Lord Kennet pushes back against Nature’s “John Maddox” on the greenhouse effect.
October 15, 1971 – “Man’s Impact on the Climate” published
1972
Jan 14, 1972 – “A Blueprint for Survival” hits the headlines
February 16, 1972 – Dept of Env boss “we can’t be complacent”
February 21, 1972 – Horizon and the backlash against “selling doomsday”
May 17, 1972 – New York Times reports carbon dioxide build-up worries…
May 8, 1972 – “Teach-in for Survival” in London
June 16, 1972 – David Bowie and (Five Years until) the End of the World. Also, Stockholm
July 6, 1972 – “Workers and the Environment” conference in London…
August 21, 1972 – Nature editor John Maddox says C02-temperature fear “found wanting”
September 1, 1972 – “Man-Made Carbon Dioxide and the “Greenhouse Effect” published in Nature
September 2, 1972 – Adelaide FOE asks “is technology a blueprint for destruction?” (Spoiler – ‘yes’)
November 2, 1972 – “Eco-pornography … Advertising owns Ecology”…
December 3, 1972 – #climate scientists write “gizza grant” letter to President Nixon
1973
February 8, 1973 – American ecologist explains carbon build-up to politicians
March 16, 1973 – North Sea Oil for the people?! (Nope)
March 31, 1973 – Protest in Piccadilly Circus
April 19, 1973 – first film to mention global warming released (Soylent Green)
May 5, 1973 – Miners advertise for a greenie to join them
May 27, 1973 – World Council of Churches wrings its hands
June 8, 1973 – Australian Treasury dismisses carbon dioxide build-up. Yes, 1973.
June 8, 1973 – Australian Treasury forced to acknowledge carbon dioxide…
June 14, 1973 – Education for the Future? Meh.
July 5, 1973 – The Predicament of Mankind discussed
August 26, 1973 – Sir Kingsley Dunham points out the C02 problem
September 10, 1973- Ozone concerns on display in Kyoto…
September 11, 1973 – CIA coup topples Chilean democracy
October 17, 1973 – the coup at the Australian Conservation Foundation
October 18, 1973 – “how on earth do you stop using fossil fuels?”
November 7, 1973 – Energy security avant la Ukraine: Nixon announces “Project Independence”
November 20, 1973 – “Is the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Disintegrating?”
November 29, 1973 – Australian politician warns of climate change
December 13, 1973 – Edward Heath announces Three Day Week
1974
January 5, 1973 – An academic article about the Arctic emerges from the Met Office
January 9, 1974 – The UK sets up a “Department of Energy”
Jan 10 1974, -: Clean Air call for #Manchester
Feb 5, 1974 – Energy security, meet anti-Arab sentiment #propaganda
February 23, 1974 – CSIRO Solar energy conference
March 12, 1974 – Clean Coal advert in the Wall Street Journal
April 15, 1974 – Kissinger cites climate concerns…
April 15, 1974 – war criminal Henry Kissinger gives climate danger speech
April 25th, 1974 – Swedish prime minister briefed on carbon dioxide build-up
July 29, 1974 – the World (will be heating) according to GARP
October 14, 1974 – UK Chief Scientific Advisor is warned about carbon dioxide build-up.
November 1, 1974 – UK civil servants writing to each other on “Climatology”
November 20, 1974 – BBC airs “The Weather Machine”
December 9, 1974 – UK Department of Energy launches “energy efficiency” programme
1975
April 22, 1975 – UK Civil Service scratches its head on #climate
April 28, 1975- Newsweek’s “The Cooling World” story.
August 8, 1975 – first academic paper to use term “global warming” published
August 18, 1975 – it’s gonna get hotter, not cooler, say scientists
August 30, 1975 – The Science Show does climate change…
October 3, 1975 – Three members of Congress introduce first bill for a national #climate program.
October 26, 1975 – “The Endangered Atmosphere” conference begins…
November 1, 1975 – Stephen Schneider tries to clear up the “Carbon Dioxide Climate Confusion.”
November 13, 1975 – climate testimony to House of Reps committee
December 11, 1975 – German scientist gives stark climate warning in Melbourne
December 22, 1975 – “Scientist Warns of Great Floods if Earth’s Heat Rises” (surely “when”?)
1976
January 19, 1976 – The carbon consequences of cement get an early discussion.
March 17, 1976 – UK Weather boss dismisses climate change as “grossly exaggerated”
May 18, 1976 – US congress begins hearings on #climate
June 18, 1976- UK Meteorological Office explains things to Cabinet Office
June 22, 1976 – Times reports “World’s temperature likely to rise”
September 13, 1976 – US news broadcast on ozone and climate.
October 12, 1976 – Jule Charney throws (private) shade on fellow climatologists…
November 28, 1976 – climate modelling workshop in USA
December 1, 1976 – Met Office boss still saying carbon dioxide build-up a non-issue
December 30, 1976 – President Jimmy Carter is lobbied about #climate change
1977
January 4, 1977 – US politician introduces #climate research legislation
February 23, 1977 – UK Chief Scientific Advisor worries about carbon dioxide build-up.
March 27, 1977- what we can learn from Dutch arrogance and aviation disasters?
May 20, 1977 – Australian Prime Minister says “coal, not solar” is the future
June 6, 1977 – German scientist Hermann Flohn asks “Whither the Atmosphere and the Earth’s climate?”
June 20, 1977- “Alternative Three” – An early Climate Hoax
July 15, 1977 – “Heavy Use of Coal May Bring Adverse Shift in Climate”
July 24, 1977 – Climate change as red light? “No, but flashing yellow.”
July 25, 1977 – New York Times front page story “scientists foresee serious climate changes”
July 26, 1977 – Australians warned about cities being flooded #CanberraTimes
July 27, 1977 – Pro-nuclear professor cites #climate concerns at Adelaide speech
September 7, 1977 – #climate scientist Stephen Schneider on Carson for the last time…
October 14, 1977 – a UNESCO education conference mentions climate change…
October 20, 1977 – Australian petition on solar energy and carbon dioxide build-up…
November 24, 1977 – Canberra Times reports “all coal” plan would “flood US cities”
1978
February 1, 1978 – US TV show MacNeill Lehrer hosts discussion about climate change
Feb 18, 1978 – “#Climate Experts see a Warming Trend”
Feb 21, 1978 – “Carbon dioxide, climate and society” workshop
April 4, 1978 – UK Chief Scientific Advisor worries about atmospheric C02 build-up
May 3, 1978 – First and last “Sun Day”
May 10, 1978 – Women told that by 2000 “we will be frantically searching for alternatives to coal.”
June 6, 1978 – Exxon presentation about carbon dioxide build-up
July 12, 1978 – US Climate Research Board meeting
October 4, 1978 – the Interdepartmental group on Climatology meets for the first time…
October 8, 1978 – The Times runs an “ice caps melting” story
November 27, 1978 – “Impacts of climate on Australian Society and Economy” begins…
November 30, 1978 – House of Lords debate on Atmospheric Changes…
December 10, 1978 – Academic workshop on “Climate/Society Interface” begins in Toronto…
December 28, 1978 – fly the plane. Don’t keep tapping the fuel light.
1979
January 31, 1979 – Alvin Weinberg’s “nukes to fix climate change” speech reported
February 7, 1979 – Met Office boss bullshits about his carbon dioxide stance
February 12, 1979 – First World Climate Conference opens
March 26, 1979 – Exxon meets a climate scientist
March 29, 1979 – Health impacts of carbon dioxide discussed…
April 1, 1979 – JASONs have their two cents on the greenhouse effect
April 2, 1979 – AAAS workshop in Anaheim begins…
April 27, 1979 – Ecology Party first TV broadcast ahead
June 14, 1979 – the messy inclusion of climate change in energy politics
June 20, 1979 – Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the White House
June 29, 1979 – Thatcher uses carbon dioxide build-up to shill for nuclear power
June 29, 1979 – G7 says climate change matters. Yes, 1979.
July 18, 1979 – US Senators ask for synthetic fuel implications for greenhouse warming. Told.
July 23, 1979 – Charney Report people meet – will conclude “yep, global warming is ‘A Thing’.”
July 27, 1979 – Thatcher’s Cabinet ponders burying climate report
July 30, 1979 – scientists warn US Senators about synfuels and carbon dioxide build-up
October 9, 1979 – Hermann Flohn warns Irish of “possible consequences of a man-made warming”
December 11, 1979 – conference on “Environmental Effects of utilising more coal” in London
1980
February 4, 1980 – IIASA taskforce on Climate and Society
Feb 11, 1980 – First UK Government climate report released.
February 29, 1980 – Texaco and Exxon talk about setting up a greenhouse taskforce…
April 3, 1980 – US news anchorman Walter Cronkite on the greenhouse effect
April 8, 1980 – UK civil servant Crispin Tickell warns Times readers…
April 16, 1980 – Melbourne Age reports “world ecology endangered”
April 24, 1980 – the climate models are sound…
May 1, 1980 – ABC talks about atmospheric carbon dioxide measurement
August 10, 1980 – “Energy, Climate and the Future” seminar in Melbourne
July 24, 1980 – “Global 2000” report released.
August 1, 1980 – Wall Street Journal does excellent #climate reporting
September 15, 1980 – Australian scientists hold “Carbon Dioxide and Climate” symposium in Canberra
October 25, 1980 – Australian radio’s The Science Show talks about climate change…
November 17, 1980 – International meeting about carbon dioxide build up.
1981
January 1, 1981- “Climate Change And Society” published
January 15, 1981 – US calls for effort to combat global environmental problems
February 25, 1981 – National Party senator nails the climate problem
Feb 26, 1981 – Science writer warns readers about the greenhouse in the Guardian….
July 31, 1981 – US politicians hold “carbon dioxide and climate” hearings.
August 22, 1981 – New York Times front page story costs #climate scientists their jobs.
December 2, 1981 – “Is the world getting warmer?” (YES)
December 8, 1981 – Thames TV shows “Warming Warning” documentary
1982
January 4,1982 – Global 2000 Report updated
March 25, 1982 – congressional hearings and CBS Evening News report
June 28, 1982 – Secretary of State for Energy justifies flogging off public assets
August 17, 1982 – Crispin Tickell sounds the alarm bell
September 15, 1982/1990 – “Environmental Justice” is born. And so is Captain Planet…
October 25, 1982 – Exxon and “Climate Processes & Climate Sensitivity” symposium
1983
1983, Jan 12: RIP to the “master organizer in the world of science”, Carroll Wilson
March 30, 1983- EPA sea level rise conference
May 13, 1983 – idiots get their retaliation in first…
July 1, 1983 – Australian High Court “saves” Franklin River (it woz the activists wot won it)
September 1, 1983- #climate change is all in the game, you feel me?
October 18, 1983- US news networks tell the truth about #climate. Yes, 1983.
October 18, 1983 – All US news networks run “greenhouse effect” stories
October 20, 1983 – The Australian says “‘Dire consequences’ in global warm-up”.
October 21, 1983 – “Changing Climate” report released
October 24, 1983 – EPA releases study on sea-level rise
October 30, 1983 – Carl Sagan hosts ‘nuking ourselves would be bad’ conference.
November 15, 1983 – “Energy Futures and Carbon Dioxide” report…
December 20, 1983 – Documentary on “the Climate Crisis” shown
1984
January 3, 1984 – US report on energy transition to combat climate released.
January 24, 1984 – Canadian TV documentary and discussion about #climate
February 28, 1984 – Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse Effect hearings
June 7, 1984 – UK diplomat pushes for more environmental action
December 13, 1984 – Christian Science Monitor monitors the #climate science – ooops.
1985
April 30, 1985 – New York Times reports C02 not the only greenhouse problem
June 24 1985 – Climate change rears its head at a development meeting…
July 10, 1985 – French state commits terrorist act
October 15, 1985 – Villach meeting supercharges greenhouse concerns…
December 10, 1985 – Carl Sagan testified to US Senators on #climate danger
1986
January 27, 1986 – Engineers try to stop NASA launching the (doomed) Challenger Space Shuttle
June 24, 1986 – New Yorkers get to watch a documentary on “The Climate Crisis”
June 26, 1986 – “our children will grow old in a world that fragmenting and disintegrating.”
July 3, 1986 – House of Lords debate about the atmosphere and fuel use…
September 5, 1986 – a “Safe Energy” rally, in London
September 23, 1986 -Joe Biden suggests urgent #climate action…
1987
March 20, 1987 – The “sustainable development” Brundtland Report was released
April 11th, 1987 – A matter of… Primo Levi’s death
April 27, 1987 – “Our Common Future” released.
July 9, 1987 – “Unpleasant surprises in the greenhouse” warns Broecker
July 23, 1987 – Calvin (and Hobbes) versus climate change!
September 17, 1987 – report on “The Greenhouse Project” launch
1988
January 1, 1988 – President Reagan reluctantly signs “Global Climate Protection Act” #CreditClaiming
February 8, 1988 – BBC Horizon on The Greenhouse Effect
February 26, 1988 – Australian climate scientist Graeme Pearman warns of “Dramatic Warming”
February 27, 1988 – Canberra “Global Change” conference ends
March 7, 1988 – “We are ratcheting ourselves to a new warmer climate”
March 10, 1988 – Congressional staff (go on a) retreat on Climate
March 25, 1988- World Meteorological Organisation sends IPCC invites.
May 11, 1988 – “Greenhouse Glasnost” USA and USSR to co-operate on climate
June 2, 1986 – US Senators get going on climate
June 13, 1988 – “‘Greenhouse Effect’ Could Trigger Flooding, Crop Losses, Scientists Say”
June 22 ,1988 – Roger Rabbit on forced consumption (and so on to #climate apocalypse)
June 23, 1988 – it’s time to stop waffling and say the greenhouse effect is here
June 26, 1988 – it’s SHOWTIME for climate…
June 28, 1988 – Greenies want deep emissions cuts. Doesn’t happen. #TorontoTarget
July 7, 1988 – foolish “Jumping the greenhouse gun” editorial in Nature.
July 26, 1988, – Australian uranium sellers foresee boom times…
August 3, 1988 – Exxon tries to downplay “the greenhouse effect.” Again.
August 4, 1988 – Hawke Cabinet asks for “what can we do?” report on climate.
August 22, 1988 – scientists say “Australia, expect #climate refugees”
August 31, 1998 – Green dollar growing on trees?
September 3, 1988 – Ann Landers is Greta Thunberg avant la lettre…
September 27, 1988 – Margaret Thatcher comes out as a lentil-eating greenie…
September 27, 1988 – UNEP should become world eco-regime
October 5, 1988 – Vice Presidential Debate and ‘the Greenhouse Effect’
October 6, 1988 – coal lobby says greenhouse effect “greatly exaggerated”
November 1988 – Australian Mining Journal says C02 is a Good Thing
November 4, 1988 – no quick fix on climate, warns Australian Environment Minister
November 6, 1988 – Australian cartoonist nails response to #climate change
November 9, 1988 – Tolba gives “Warming Warning” speech at first IPCC meeting
November 11, 1988 – IPCC finishes its first meeting
November 23, 1988 – Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke gives greenhouse speech
November 29, 1988 – Australian parliamentarians taught climate
December 14, 1988 – Greenhouse Glasnost gets going…
December 19, 1988 – the launch of “Ark”
December 25, 1988 Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands says “the earth is slowly dying”
1989
January 5,1989 – National Academy of Science tries to chivvy Bush.
Jan 27, 1989 – UN General Assembly starts talking #climate
January 30, 1989 – “Hawkie” flies off to flog coal
Jan 30, 1989 – Je ne fais rein pour regretter… #climate jargon
February 27, 1989 – Barron’s “Climate of Fear” shame…
March 11, 1989 – warm words at The Hague, where the climate criminals should be sent…
March 13, 1989 – UK Energy Department shits all over everyone’s future by dissing Toronto Target
March 23, 1989 – cold fusion!!
March 24, 1989 – Exxon Valdez vs Alaska. (EV wins)
April 11, 1989 – “Ark” sinks its cred
April 14th, 1989 – 24 US senators call for immediate unilateral climate action
April 18, 1989 – begging letter to world leaders sent
May 12, 1989 – USA says it will, after all, support the idea of a #climate treaty
June 3, 1989 – Liberal Party to outflank Labor on #climate?!
June 4 , 1989, 1992, 1996 – from frantic concern to contempt for everyone’s future…
June 9, 1989 – the Australian Labor Party versus the unions versus the planet #climate
July 5, 1989 – Nuclear tries to regain some credibility, latching on to greenhouse
July 11, 1989 – Australia says “sure, we’ll take #climate refugees.” Yeah, nah.
July 20, 1989 – Bob Hawke fumbles the green football…
July 30, 1989 – UK Conservative politician warns “we have at most 25 years to take action.”
August 14, 1989 – South Australia creates “interdepartmental committee on #climate change”…
August 17, 1989 – Space shields to save the earth…
August 24, 1989 – a Sydney council takes greenhouse suggestions on-board (or says it will).
August 30, 1989 – A global tax on emissions?!
September 24, 1989 – Petra Kelly disses the Australian Prime Minister
September 26, 1989 – Australian Union body tries to add green to red…
October 6, 1989 – Hawke Government given climate heads up by top scientist
October 7, 1989 – Alexander Downer says mining lobby”weak and gutless”, too soft on greenies
October 21, 1989 – Langkawi Declaration on environmental sustainability…
November 1, 1989 – “Greenhouse Action Australia” launches…
November 1, 1989 – Senior Australian politician talks on “Industry and Environment”
November 6, 1989 – Noordwijk conference – “alright, we will keep talking”
November 8, 1989 – ALP Minister says environmentalism a “middle-class fad” – “greenies” respond…
December 4, 1989 – first anti-climate action economic “modelling” released in Australia
December 4, 1989 – Greenhouse tax urged…
December 17, 1989 – a big #climate conference in Egypt begins…
December 25, 1989 – business press pushback about Global Warning “panic” begins…
December 27, 1989 – Greenhouse effect = “socialist hokum”
1990
Jan 31, 1990 – Environmental Racism – then and now… Guest post by @SakshiAravind
Feb 5 1990 – A president says what he is told…
February 1, 1990 – Australian Financial Review ponders carbon tax… (via FT)
March 3, 1990 – The Science Show on the “backlash to Greenhouse warnings”
March 19, 1990 – Bob Hawke gives #climate speech
April 9, 1990 – Australian business launches “we’re green!” campaign
May 3, 1990 – From Washington to Canberra, the “greenhouse effect” has elites promising…
May 4, 1990 – coal industry sweats over greenie influence
May 20, 1990 – “Ironing out the Greenhouse Effect”
May 25, 1990 – Thatcher opens Hadley Centre
May 30, 1990 – Midnight Oil do a gig outside Exxon’s HQ in New York
June 5, 1990 – The Australian Capital Territory adopts the “Toronto Target”
July 16, 1990 – Canberra Times gives denialist tosh a platform
July 28, 1990 – American #climate denial comes to London
August 6, 1990 – another climate documentary shown…
August 8, 1990 – Ministers meet, argue for Toronto Target
August 12, 1990 – Channel 4 shows crackpot documentary “The Greenhouse Conspiracy”
August 29, 1990 – The Australian mining and forestry industries threaten to spit the dummy
August 30, 1990 -Australian diplomats (probably) tried to water down IPCC recommendations
September 4, 1990 – Industry whines about environment minister’s speech
September 5, 1990 – Australian Environment Minister promises deep carbon cuts – “easy”…
September 8, 1990 – Australian #climate denialist spouting his nonsense…
September 15, 1982/1990 – “Environmental Justice” is born. And so is Captain Planet…
September 21, 1990 – Ministers call for Toronto Target to be federal policy …
October 11, 1990 – Australian Federal Government makes climate promise, with fingers crossed
October 13, 1990/97 – Ros Kelly defends the Interim Planning Target vs Australia does nothing
October 16, 1990 – Green groups say yes to “Ecologically Sustainable Development”
October 27, 1990 – The Economist admits nobody is gonna seriously cut C02 emissions
November 3, 1990 – money for independent climate scientists? Yeah, nah
November 3, 1990 – more smears about the IPCC, in the Financial Times
November 6, 1990 – Second World Climate Conference underway
November 19, 1990 – “The US should agree to stabilising CO2 levels”
December 24, 1990 – Australia as renewable energy superpower
1991
January 10, 1991 – “Separate studies rank 1990 as world’s warmest year” #ShiftingBaseline
February 22, 1991 – Denialist gloating about influence on Bush
April 3, 1991- Does coal have a future?
May 13, 1991 – UK Energy minister fanboys nuclear as climate solution. Obvs.
June 26, 1991 “environment is not flavor of the month any more”
July 8, 1991 – UK Prime Minister chides US on #climate change
July 21, 1991 – “Greenhouse Action for the 90s” conference leads to “The Melbourne Declaration”
July 22, 1991 – two #climate idiots on the Science Show
September 22, 1991 – ESD RIP. Australia’s chance of a different future… squashed flat.
September 24, 1991 – Australian denialist gives “Greenhouse Myths” seminar.
September 25, 1991- European Commission proposes a carbon tax…
October 9, 1991 – Greens get labeled religious fanatics, don’t like it.
November 9, 1991 – Australian TV station SBS shows demented ‘”Greenhouse Conspiracy” ‘documentary’
December 2, 1991 – “Ecologically Sustainable Development” bites the dust…
December 19, 1991- Will UN negotiations go as usual and “commit us to global catastrophe”?
1992
Jan 3, 1992 Greenpeace vs POTUS on Climate Change
January 19,1992 – they gambled, we lost
January 20, 1992 – Gambling on climate… and losing #auspol
January 22, 1992 – “Greenhouse action will send Australia to the poorhouse”
January 23, 1992 – denialist bullshit in the Fin
January 28, 1992 – Ros Kelly versus Industry Commission on greenhouse plans
Feb 2, 1992- that “sarcastic” memo about exporting pollution…
February 5, 1992 – Liberal leader Hewson snubs the Australian Conservation Foundation
Feb 25 1992- business groups predict economic chaos if action is taken on #climate
February 27, 1992 – climate denialists continue their effective and, ah, well EVIL, work
March 6, 1992 – #survival emissions versus outright denial
March 13, 1992 – Australian climate advocates try to get government to see sense… (fail, obvs).
March 30, 1992 – Thelma and Louise could teach humans a thing or three….
April 12, 1992 – seminar asks “How sustainable is Australian Energy?” (proposes switch to gas)
April 13, 1992 – Denialist tosh – “The origins of the alleged scientific consensus”
April 21, 1992 – President Bush again threatens to boycott Earth Summit
May 8, 1992 – UNFCCC text agreed. World basically doomed.
May 13, 1992 – Australian business predicts economic armageddon if any greenhouse gas cuts made
June 1, 1992 – “environmental extremists” want to shut down the United States, says President Bush
June 4 , 1989, 1992, 1996 – from frantic concern to contempt for everyone’s future…
September 13, 1992/1994- Scientists traduced, ignored
October 5, 1992 – Ignoreland hits the airwaves. #Neoliberalism
November 5, 1992 – Jeremy Leggett calls Australian petrol price cuts “insane”
December 14, 1992 – UK “releases “National programme on carbon dioxide emissions”
1993
January 18, 1993 – Australian unions and greenies launch first “Green Jobs” campaign
Jan 18, 1993 – Job’s not a good un. “Green Jobs in Industry Plan” achieves … nothing. #auspol
January 28, 1993 – Parliament protest – “Wake Up, the World is Dying” – Guest Post by Hugh Warwick
February 4, 1993 – Australian business versus the future (spoiler: business wins)
February 11, 1993 – Liberal Party plans would not meet climate goals, says expert
February 17, 1993 – President Clinton proposes an Energy Tax.
March 23, 1993 – UK “The Prospects for Coal” White Paper published.
March 26, 1993 – UK government to ratify climate treaty
March 29, 1993 – C02 Disposal symposium takes place in Oxford
April 12, 1993 – “environmental economics” gets a puff piece
April 17, 1993 – Paul Keating versus the idea of a carbon tax…
April 21, 1993 – Bill Clinton says US will tackle carbon emissions.
April 22, 1993 – Clinton’s announcement used by anti-carbon pricing Aussies
April 28, 1993 – Australia to monitor carbon tax experience
May 19, 1993 – President Clinton begins to lose the BTU battle…
May 26, 1993 – more “green jobs” mush
June 5, 1993 and 2011- let’s have a march for #climate… It will make us feel good.
June 8, 1993 – Clinton defeated on his “BTU” tax.
June 16, 1993 – Oooh, an international conference….
July 2, 1993. Denialists versus the facts, again.
July 6, 1993 – Australian bipartisanship on climate? Not really…
August 27, 1993 – international negotiations edge forward
September 14, 1993 – scientists suffer backlash (not outa thin air though)
September 21, 1993 – Manchester says “no, not hot air”. Yeah, right.
November 25, 1993 – House of Commons briefing on carbon taxes
December 21, 1993 – European Union agrees to ratify UNFCCC
1994
January 25, 1994: UK government releases “Sustainable Development Strategy”
February 3, 1994 – Greenhouse burden “unfair” on Australia
Feb 11, 1994 – President Clinton proclaims the end of environmental racism. Yeah, right.
Feb 15, 1994 – Isaac Newton versus the Global Forum #Manchester
Feb 24 1994 – the death of Abbey Pond
March 2, 1994 – A green budget needed in Australia…
March 16, 1994 – “We could bail from Rio” says former Environment Minister
March 21, 1994 – Yes to UNFCCC, yes to more coal-fired plants. Obviously. #auspol
March 21, 1994 – Singleton Council approves Redbank power station
April 24, 1994 – a carbon tax for Australia?
June 3, 1994 – Greenpeace warns of climate time bomb
June 15, 1994 – Canberra Times soils itself by publishing denialist claptrap
August 24, 1994 – first signs of a split in the anti-climate action business coalition…
September 2, 1994 – International Negotiating Committee 10th meeting ends
September 13, 1992/1994- Scientists traduced, ignored
October 31, 1994 – Four Corners reports on Greenhouse Mafia activity
November 21, 1994 – Skeptic invited to engage with IPCC (Spoiler, he doesn’t)
December 28, 1994 – Australian Financial Review says “say yes to Tradeable Emissions Quotas”
1995
Jan 9, 1995,: “Efficiency” promises vs hated and feared regulation/taxation #Predatory Delay #auspol
January 12, 1995 – Australian carbon tax coming??
Jan 16, 1995: There’s power in a (corporate) union #auspol
January 22, 1995 – UK Prime Minister John Major told to implement green taxes on #climate
Jan 23, 1995 – The Larsen B starts to break up with us.. (Ice, Ice, baby)
January 25, 1995 – Australian electricity reforms mean more greenhouse gases…
February 6, 1995 – Australian business versus a carbon tax
February 7, 1995 – Business Council of Australia vs a carbon tax. Of course
February 10, 1995 – Faulkner folds on carbon tax – doesn’t have the numbers in Cabinet
Feb 21, 1995 – an invitation to engage in the IPCC is declined, again…
March 16, 1995 – Victorian government plans brown coal exports
March 29, 1995- Kuwaiti scientist says if global warming happening, it’s not fossil fuels. #MRDA
April 7, 1995 – First “COP” meeting ends with industrialised nations making promises…
April 8, 1995 – Australian environment minister says happy with “Berlin Mandate”
May 12, 1995 – Another bet between cornucopians and realists
August 7, 1995 – decent Australian journo reports on utter bullshit #climate economic “modelling”
November 16, 1995 – another skirmish in the IPCC war
December 29, 1995 – Sydney Morning Herald points out year has been hottest yet…
1996
February 2, 1996 – denialist sprays #climate science with his bullshit
March 7, 1996 – Australia hauled over coals for its definition of “equity” #auspol
April 25, 1996 – Greenpeace slams Australian government on #climate obstructionism
May 1, 1996 – US Congressman says climate research money is “money down a rat hole”
May 27, 1996 – Not just a river in Egypt – denial in #Australia, organised, ramifying…
May 30, 1996 – Denialist goons smear scientist
May 31 1996 – Rocket Scientist Charlie Sheen uncovers warmist alien conspiracy!!
June 4 , 1989, 1992, 1996 – from frantic concern to contempt for everyone’s future…
July 4, 1996 – article in Nature saying ‘it’s partly us’
July 25, 1996 – Australian PM John Howard as fossil-fuel puppet
August 18, 1996 – Ex-CSIRO #climate boss shows he has lost the plot
November 10, 1995 – moronic “Leipzig Declaration” by moronic denialists
November 10, 1995 – Ken Saro-Wiwa and other Ogoni executed
November 26, 1996 – Australian climate modelling is ridiculed
1997
March 2nd, 1997- RIP Judi Bari
March 14, 1997 – Australian senator predicts climate issue will be gone in ten years…
May 6, 1997 – The so-called “Cooler Heads” coalition created
May 10, 1997 – Murdoch rag in denialist shocker
May 19, 1997 – an oil company defects from the denialists. Sort of.
June 8, 1997 – US oil and gas versus Kyoto Protocol, planet
June 11, 1997 – US ambassador says Australia should stop being so awful on #climate
June 23, 1997 – Australian Prime Minister skips climate meeting to fanboy Thatcher #auspol
June 23, 1997 – RIP Hermann Flohn
July 25, 1997 – US says, in effect, “screw our promises, screw the planet”
August 19 1997 – “The denialists take Canberra” with “Countdown to Kyoto” conference
August 20, 1997 – Australian Mining Industry operative misrepresents the #climate science. Obvs.
September 19, 1997 – John Howard condemns the South Pacific to hell. Again.
September 28, 1997 – Australian denialist spouting tosh to his US mates.
October 1, 1997 – Global greens gather in Melbourne, diss Australian #climate policy
October 10, 1997 – Australian businesses say ‘yes’ to a decent Kyoto deal
October 16, 1997 – Australian businessman declares climate change “no longer an issue”
October 20, 1997 – Greenpeace tries to give John Howard solar panels…
October 22, 1997 – US and Australian enemies of #climate action plot and gloat
November 5, 1997 – Global Climate Coalition co-ordinates an anti-Kyoto conference
December 26, 1997 – #climate denial machine exposed again and again
December 31, 1997 – Government slags off Australian Conservation Foundation
1998
Feb 26, 1998 – Australian “clean coal” is on the way (again).
March 4, 1998 – The Australian Greenhouse Office gets a boss…
March 31, 1998 – another report about #climate and business in the UK
March 31, 1998 – two business-friendly climate events in UK and Australia
April 20, 1998 – National Academy of Sciences vs “Oregon petition” fraud
April 23, 1998 – Michael Mann’s Hockey Stick paper published.
April 26, 1998 – “Industrial Group Plans to Battle Climate Treaty”
April 26, 1998 – New York Times front page expose on anti-climate action by industry
April 29, 1998 – Australia signs the Kyoto Protocol
May 21, 1998 – “Emissions Trading: Harnessing the Power of the Market”
June 4, 1998 – A New South Wales premier signs a carbon credit trade…
June 27, 1998 – we’ll trade our way outa trouble (not)
July 23, 1998 – denialists stopping climate action. Again.
August 17, 1998 – Emissions Trading considered (again)
September 1, 1998 – Sydney Futures Exchange foresees a bright future. Ooops.
September 19, 1998 – Public Health Association calls for “life-saving green taxes”
September 26, 1998 – Howard decision only to ratify Kyoto if US does leaks.
November 18, 1998 – coal guy becomes Australian environment ambassador
November 26, 1998 – “National Greenhouse Strategy” (re)-launched
November 30, 1998 – Exxon and Mobil merge
December 9, 1998 – Canberra bullshit about environment
1999
March 8, 1999 – Direct Air Capture of C02 mooted for the first time
March 19, 1999 – industry cautiously welcoming emissions trading…
November 12, 1999 – John Howard and mates say “nope” to renewables
2000
Feb 22, 2000 – Japanese coal-burning to be dealt with by Australian trees?
April 3, 2000 – Australian diplomats spread bullshit about climate. Again
May 24, 2000- Australian denialist nutjobs have nutjob jamboree
June 20, 2000 – Australian business writes the rules.
June 27, 2000 – crazy but well-connected #climate denialists schmooze politicians
July 14, 2000 – Miners versus the ALP/ and climate action
August 22, 2000 – Minchin kills an Australian Emissions Trading Scheme
September 4, 2000 – industry says sky will fall if there’s a carbon tax
September 28, 2000 – Liberal MP goes full cooker on Kyoto as threat to sovereignty.
October 7, 2010 – Julia Gillard scraps the “Climate Assembly” idea
October 25, 2000 – James Hansen writes a letter
November 7, 2000 – Australian “The Heat is on” report released
November 9, 2000 – Tyndall Centre launched
November 22, 2000 – protests at COP6 at The Hague
November 25, 2000 – CoP meeting ends in official disarray…
2001
January 17, 2001 – Enron engineers energy “blackouts” to gouge consumers
January 29, 2001 – President Bush announces “energy taskforce” #TaskforceAnnouncementGrift
March 7, 2001 – CNN unintentionally reveals deep societal norms around democracy
March 13, 2001 – Bush breaks election promise to regulate C02 emissions…
April 1, 2001 – John Howard sucks up to George Bush on climate wrecking
April 30, 2001 – Dick Cheney predicts 1000 new power plants
May 7, 2001 – The American way of life is non-negotiable. Again.
May 11, 2001 – Bush Signs Oil Lobbying Organization’s Executive Order
July 21, 2001 – Sleeping protestors beaten by Italian Police
July 27, 2001 – Minerals Council of Australia versus the Kyoto Protocol
August 9, 2001 – OECD calls on Australia to introduce a carbon tax. Told to… go away…
October 26, 2001 – BioEnergy Carbon Capture and Storage mooted
2002
Jan 22, 2002 – Exxon and on and on
January 31, 2002 – Antarctic ice shelf “Larsen B” begins to break up.
Feb 4, 2002- Global Climate Coalition calls it a day (“Mission accomplished”)
Feb 14, 2002 – George Bush promises “Clean Skies” to distract from Kyoto-trashing…
March 6, 2002 – ABARE cheerleads Bush. Blecch.
March 15, 2002 – GM bails from Global Climate Coalition
April 19, 2002 – Exxon got a top #climate scientist sacked.
May 14, 2002 – well-connected denialists gather in Washington DC to spout #climate nonsense
June 5, 2002 – John Howard says Australia won’t ratify Kyoto Protocol
June 25, 2002, 2003 and 2008 – CCS’s first hype cycle builds
August 14, 2002 – Australian economists urge Kyoto Protocol ratification
August 16, 2002 – “Oil Lobby Urges Bush to Keep Climate Change Off the Table at Earth Summit”
August 17, 2002 – Pacific states urge Australia to sign Kyoto Protocol
September 2, 2002- Peter Garrett argues “community action” vs #climate change
September 3, 2002 – “Kyoto cuts too small, so we’re not going to bother”.
September 17, 2002 – UK Government announces feasibility study into Carbon Capture and Storage
October 19, 2002 – Doctors for the Environment Australia, becomes a thing.
November 22, 2002 – private business battles on #climate become public in Australia
December 5, 2002 – Australian Government CCS support begins…
December 16, 2002 – another knee-capping for renewable energy in Australia…
2003
January 8, 2003 – Energy firms plan to “bury carbon emissions”…
January 16, 2003 – Chicago Climate Exchange names founding members
February 17, 2003 – Bob Carr says John Howard showing poor leadership (too generous!)
February 19, 2003 – “CCS to be studied by IPCC”
February 24, 2003 – UK Energy White Paper kinda changes the game (a bit).
Feb 27, 2003 – the “FutureGen” farce begins…
March 4, 2003 – Republicans urged to question the scientific consensus
March 4, 2003 – “Luntz memo” exposes Bush climate strategy
June 11, 2003 – US and Australian think tanks conspire vs (pluralist) democracy
June 25, 2003 – the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum is created
June 25, 2002, 2003 and 2008 – CCS’s first hype cycle builds
July 28, 2003 – James Inhofe shares his genius
August 7, 2003 – John Howard meets with business buddies to kill climate action
August 10, 2003 – a UK temperature record tumbles…
August 26, 2003 – Australian “plan” to save biodiversity
August 28, 2003 – EPA says Carbon Dioxide is not a pollutant
September 25, 2003 – Bob Carr “strikes greenhouse deal” with European investors
October 24, 2003 – Last flight of the Concorde
December 8, 2003 – Chief Scientific Advisor under microscope for Rio Tinto role
December 23, 2003 – Vestas opens Tasmanian wind turbine factory
2004
January 7, 2004 – geoengineering our way outa trouble?
January 9, 2004 – UK Chief Scientific Advisor lays into President over climate inaction
January 13, 2004 – Bob Carr rallies states for emissions trading
January 29, 2004 – John Daly, Australian skeptic, dies
February 18, 2004 – “An Investigation into the Bush Administration’s Misuse of Science”
March 4, 2004 – The Australian National Audit Office skewers the Australian Greenhouse Office
March 24, 2004 – Launch of Coal21 National Plan
May 6, 2004 – Australian Prime Minister John Howard meets business, to kill renewables
July 4, 2004 – @WWF_Australia try to shame John Howard into #climate action…
September 21, 2014 – big #climate march in New York. World saved.
October 29, 2004 – Aussie environmentalists win a court case…
December 16, 2004 – “2 degrees of warming to be a catastrophe”
2005
2005, January 13: UN Secretary-General calls for “decisive measures” on climate change
Feb 16, 2005- The Kyoto Protocol shambles into futile existence, despite Uncle Sam’s best efforts
March 30, 2005 – The Millennium Ecosystems Report is launched.
May 16, 2005 – Anthony Albanese says critical action on #climate being delayed by 20 years… #auspol
May 16, 2005 – Anthony Albanese, eco-warrior…
July 15, 2005 – The “Stern Review” into #climate is announced…
July 18, 2005 – inconvenient energy targets scrapped
August 11, 2005 – Greenpeace protest Hazelwood power station
August 31, 2005 – “Stop Climate Chaos” launched
September 7, 2005 – “rule out nuclear” say Aussie green outfits.
October 6, 2005 – carbon capture is doable…
October 13, 2005 – “Climate Change: Turning up the Heat” published
December 1, 2005 – David Cameron says “low carbon living should not be a weird or worthy obligation”
December 6, 2005 – CCS is our only hope, says Chief Scientist….
December 15, 2005 – James Hansen versus Bush again…
December 21, 2005 – US activist William Rodgers commits suicide
2006
Jan 5, 2006- strategic hand-wringing about “Our Drowning Neighbours”
Jan 29, 2006 – Attempts to gag James Hansen revealed
February 13, 2006 – Four Corners reveals the “Greenhouse Mafia”
Feb 20, 2006 – Clive Hamilton names a “Dirty Dozen”
April 6, 2006 – the anti-climate dam of John Howard begins to crack…
April 6, 2006 – Canadian “experts” (not) keep culture wars going.
April 20, 2006 – David Cameron does “hug-a-husky” to detoxify the Conservative “brand”
May 15, 2006 – Australian Prime Minister John Howard spouting “nuclear to fix climate” nonsense
May 16, 2006 – UK Prime Minister Tony Blair goes nuclear…
May 18, 2006- Denialist nutjobs do denialist nutjobbery. Again.
July 17, 2006 – Australian Prime Minister shits on renewables, blah blah “realistic”
August 26, 2006 – First “Climate Camp” begins
September 4, 2006 – Royal Society to Exxon: “Knock it off with the funding to #climate deniers”
October 5, 2006 – Greenpeace sues Blair Government over shonky energy “consultation”
October 11, 2006 – “Climate Institute” begins tour of rural Victoria
October 30, 2006 – Stern Review publshed.
November 2, 2006 – “RIP C02” says New Scientist
November 4, 2006 – Australians “Walk against Warming”
December 6, 2006- Turns out 0.1% of a Very BIG NUMBER is … quite a lot…
December 10, 2006 – Shergold Group announced
December 30, 2006 – “Industry snubs climate strategy”
2007
Jan 1 2007, – “If we fail to act, we end up with a different planet”
January 3, 2007 – Smoke, Mirrors and Hot Air, says Union of Concerned Scientists
Feb 1, 2007- Jeremy Grantham slams Bush on #climate
February 5, 2007 – Australian Prime Minister trolled by senior journalist
February 6, 2007 – Rudd taunts Howard on 2003 ETS decision
February 9, 2007 – Virgin on the ridiculous
February 13, 2007- Industry is defo allowed to silence scientists…
February 16, 2007 – Liberals say climate is a “mass panic”
Feb 25, 2007 – “Clean Coal Initiative” as move in game of one-dimensional electoral chess #auspol
March 5, 2007 – Nick Minchin versus reality, again
March 14, 2007 – Australian Treasury eyeroll about politicians on #climate, (scoop by Laura Tingle).
March 14, 2007 – Top Australian bureaucrat admits “frankly bad” #climate and water policies
March 17, 2007 – Edinburgh #climate action gathering says ‘Now’ the time to act
March 22, 2007 – Unions talk good game on climate
March 26, 2007 – Lavoisier Group lay into CCS
March 30, 2007 – Climate as “the great moral challenge of our generation” #auspol
April 17, 2007 – UN Security Council finally discusses the most important security issue of all…
April 27, 2007 – Coal-bashing campaign by gas company ends
May 22, 2007 – “Clean coal” power station by 2014, honest…
June 21, 2007 – ABC unleashes “Carbon Cops” on the world. ACAB – All Climate Activists Barf…
July 2, 2007 – Australia learns it has been left “High & Dry” on #climate change
July 12, 2007 – #Australia gets swindled on #climate change…
August 2, 2007 – Russia plants a flag on the Arctic sea-bed.
August 13, 2007 – Newsweek nails denialists
September 6, 2007 – “The Future of Coal under Cap and Trade” hearings…
September 10, 2007 – shiny #climate promises versus grim reality
October 12, 2007 – Judge grants mining licence, doubts climate change
October 13, 1990/97 – Ros Kelly defends the Interim Planning Target vs Australia does nothing
November 19, 2007 – Gordon Brown announces first Carbon Capture and Storage competition at WWF event
December 12, 2007 – Canada leaves Kyoto Protocol as Australia joins
December 12, 2007 – RIP William Kellogg
December 20, 2007 – UK opposition leader David Cameron gives clean coal speech in Beijing…
December 30, 2007 – Bert Bolin dies.
2008
January 2, 2008 – tiresome (but sound) “Green Fatigue” warning is made.
March 27, 2008 – James Hansen writes a letter to Kevin Rudd
April 2, 2008 – Senator Barack Obama blathers about coal
April 5, 2008 – Charlton Heston dies, star of first movie to mention the greenhouse effect
April 9, 2008 – US school student vs dodgy (lying) text books
April 16, 2008 – Aussie trades unions, greenies, companies tried to get CCS ‘moving.’
June 13, 2008 – activists stop coal train, throw coal off. Convictions eventually quashed…
Carbon Capture? Far from ready… June 17, 2008
June 18, 2008 – Carbon Capture and Storage is going to save Australia. Oh yes.
June 25, 2002, 2003 and 2008 – CCS’s first hype cycle builds
June 30, 2008 – Judge stops a coal-burning power plant getting built.
July 3, 2008 – Greenpeace activists enter New South Wales coal power station
July 3, 2008 – Greenpeace occupies an Australian coal plant.
July 7, 2008 – Liberals start back-tracking on climate promises.
July 9, 2008 – President Bush operating at his peak intellectual capacity
July 10, 2008 – first Australian #Climate Camp begins, near Newcastle
July 31, 2008 – another day, another “Strategic Review”
August 4, 2008 – Police pepper spray #climate campers
August 29, 2008 – business tells Labor to go softly (Labor then does, obvs).
September 10, 2008 – Greenpeace Kingsnorth protesters acquitted
September 15, 2008- business splits over what to extort from Rudd…
September 28, 2008 – “Wake Up Freak Out” posted online
October 30, 2008 – a worker-greenie coalition? Maybe…
November 20, 2008 – Green capitalism flexes a (weak) BICEP
November 26, 2008 – pre-CPRS meeting (yawn)
November 26, 2008 – Climate Change Act becomes law
November 28, 2008 – somebody shuts down a coal plant, solo
December 1, 2008 – Climate Change Committee fanboys carbon capture
December 16, 2008 – “The Australian” attacks on climate change
December 17, 2008 – European Parliament says yes to funding CCS
December 18, 2008 – Tim DeChristopher does his auction action
2009
Feb 3, 2009 – Physical encirclement of parliament easier than ideological or political. #auspol
Feb 23, 2009 Penny Wong flubs the CSPR… The CPSR.. THE PCRS. Oh, hell. #auspol
March 2, 2009 – Washington DC coal plant gets blockaded
March 6, 2009 – the UK gets its first “low carbon industrial strategy”
March 9, 2009 – Scientist tries to separate fact from denialist fiction
March 9, 2009 – Carbon price being weakened by lobbying…
April 23, 2009 – denialists caught denying their own scientists…
May 2, 2009 – Australian Liberals warned of wipe-out if seen as “anti-climate action” #auspol
May 9, 2009 – Another white flag goes up on the “Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme”
The Guardian holds a climate summit. We. Are. Saved. June 15, 2009.
June 17, 2009 – Blistering speech about how “The Climate Nightmare is Upon Us” by Christine Milne
June 19, 2009 – Liberals warn ‘woke’ companies…
September 30, 2009 – Tony Abbott says #climate science is “absolute crap”
October 17, 2009 – Maldives cabinet meets underwater
November 6, 2009 – Kevin Rudd playing politics with the climate
November 24, 2009 – the Climate War in Australia goes kinetic…
December 5, 1952 & 2009 London sees climatic pollution events
December 15, 2009 – Daily Express expresses its irresponsibly idiocy…
December 15, 2009 – Monbiot versus Plimer on Lateline
December 27, 2009 – Art exhibition in Copenhagen saves the world
2010
January 11, 2010 – Bad news study about trees and the warming Arctic…
January 14, 2010 – Investors hold UN summit on #climate risk
Jan 21, 2010 – The flub that sank a thousand policies #auspol
February 2, 2010- Abbott on Direct Action, CPRS for 3rd failure…
Feb 10, 2010 – Dutch scientists try to plug denialists’ holes in the dike
February 28, 2010 – Australian Prime Minister says won’t walk away from climate. (Then does, obvs.)
March 1st 2010 – scientist grilled over nothing burger…
March 10, 2010 – ABC chairman gives stupid speech to staff
March 13, 2010 – first UNEP Emissions Gap report
March 18, 2010 – “Solar” by Ian McEwan released.
March 24, 2010 – Scientists explain another bad thing on the horizon, this time on soil.
March 28, 2010 – protestors block Newcastle coal terminal #auspol
April 10th, 2010 – activists hold “party at the pumps”
May 15, 2010 – another pointless overnight vigil.
May 20, 2010 – climategate keeps delivering for denialists
June 3, 2010 – Merchants of Doubt published
June 30, 2010 – CCS will be at 5GW by 2020. (nope).
July 10, 2010 – Rio Tinto amplifies the message…
August 5, 2010 – academics call for insurance industry to get involved in climate fight
August 15, 2010 – Russia halts grain exports because of droughts and heatwaves
August 15, 2010 – a walk against warming fails to catch fire. #RepertoireRot
August 16, 2010 – Polar Bears going through the motions
August 12, 2010 – BZE launches energy plan for Australia
October 19, 2010 – Greenpeace trolls ANZ Bank
November 13, 2008 – Coal industry tries to get some ‘love’
December 19, 2010 – CCS dies in Queensland
2011
January 20, 2011 – Shell tries to change the subject from its own emissions
February 10, 2011 – Australia gets a “Climate Commission”
February 15, 2011 – Lenore Taylor’s truth bombs
February 18, 2011 – Scientist quits advisor role (because ignored on climate?)
Feb 19, 2011 – defunding the IPCC
February 25, 2011 – Alan Jones versus sanity
February 27, 2011 – “Metamorphosis” statement by Climate Camp
March 5, 2011 – Australian “wingnuts are coming out of the woodwork”
March 23, 2011 – Ditch the Witch rally in Canberra
May 14, 2011 – a day of action/mourning on climate
May 25, 2011 – Aussie #climate scientist smeared rather than engaged. Plus ca change…
June 1, 2011 – Japanese office workers into short sleeves to save the planet
June 5, 1993 and 2011- let’s have a march for #climate… It will make us feel good.
June 12, 2011 – Nazi smears used by denialists, obvs
July 14, 2011 – “Four Degrees or More: Australia in a Hot World” conference closes
August 22, 2011 – anti-carbon pricing rally flops
August 31, 2011 – anti-carbon tax protesters call Anthony Albanese a “maggot”
2012
March 10, 2012- RIP Sherry Rowland
March 7, 2012 – George Christensen and his culture war hijinks.
March 22, 2012 – flash mobs and repertoire exhaustion
May 2, 2012 – CCS is gonna save us all. Oh yes.
May 4, 2012 – The Heartland Institute tries the Unabomber smear. It, er, blows up in their face…
May 23, 2012 – wicked problems and super-wicked problems all around…
May 31, 2012, an Australian climate minister makes a song and dance
July 18, 2012: Climate Justice poem – “Tell Them” by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner – hits the internet
August 16, 2012 – Tony Windsor calls Tony Abbott an “absolute disgrace” on carbon tax/climate
November 12, 2012 – Greenpeace smeared by Queensland extractors, of course
December 31, 2012 – Murdoch employee throws predictable inaccurate shite at Greens…
2013
Jan 7 2013 – Paper (briefly) wraps rock. But coal wins in the end… #auspol
January 7, 2013 – Australian climate activist pretends to be ANZ bank, with spectacular results
January 8, 2013 – Australian Prime Minister connects bush fires and #climate change
January 25, 2013 – Lord Stern admits #climate “worse than I thought”
January 28, 2013 – Doomed “Green Deal” home insulation scheme launched in the UK
February 15, 2013 – the carbon bubble, will it burst?
February 17, 2013 – celebrities arrested at Whitehouse, protesting Keystone XL
Feb 17, 2013 – Scientists, activists, actors, arrested outside Whitehouse, protesting #Keystone
February 22, 2013 – Idiotic “Damage” astroturf attempted by miners
March 25, 2013 – Australian Department of Climate Change axed
April 8, 2013 – Margaret Thatcher died
April 10, 2013 – US companies pretend they care, make “Climate Declaration”
April 18, 2013, Liberal Party bullshit about “soil carbon” revealed to be bullshit
May 8, 2013 – we pass 400 parts per million. Trouble ahead.
June 18, 2013 – Feeble ’Wind Fraud’ rally in Canberra
July 2, 2013 – Ignorant man who became prime minister disses wind farms
July 2, 2013 – Boris Johnson, expert on energy systems, attacks windfarms
July 11, 2013- “don’t be evil” my fat arse….
July 13, 2013 – future Australian PM ridiculed for #climate idiocy
July 29, 2013 – unreadable denialist screed published.
August 9, 2013 – BP writes the rules (de facto)
August 25, 2013 – The IPA loses support, for being stupid climate deniers.
August 27, 2013 – absurd claim of Nobel-prize winners’ support for Liberal non-policy is debunked.
September 12, 2003 – Newcastle Herald thinks the future of coal looks ‘cleaner’…
September 18, 2013 – Feeble denialists launch feeble denialist “report”
September 18, 2013 – Greenpeace try to occupy the “Arctic Sunrise.”
September 20, 2013 – CCS project mothballed/killed.
September 23, 2013 – Media Watch versus climate denialists …
November 8, 2013 – “One religion is enough” says John Howard
November 21, 2013 – “Cut the Green Crap” said UK Prime Minister
2014
Jan 2 2014: “This very expensive GLOBAL WARMING bullshit has got to stop”
January 20, 2014 – Gummer sledges “green extremists”
Feb 9, 2014 – A Farage-o of nonsense about climate change
February 4, 2014 – CCSA and TUC release Economic Benefits of CCS report
February 26, 2014 – Advanced Propaganda for Morons
March 17, 2014 – Carbon Bus sets off to the North
March 20, 2014 – industry groups monster reef defenders
July 20, 2014- the “Green Blob” blamed
September 8, 2014 – Lobster boat blockaders have charges dropped.
October 2, 2014 – Low emission technologies on their way, says Minerals Council of Australia
November 14, 2013, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse’s 50th #climate speech
2015
Jan 19, 2015 -Four utilities pull out of an EU CCS programme…
February 3, 2015 – UK tries to puzzle out industrial decarbonisation
Feb 13, 2015 – We refuse to divest ourselves of illusions
February 14, 2015 – No love for coal from UK politicians
May 8, 2015 – denialist denies in delusional denialist newspaper
August 1, 2015 – World Coal Association tries to say coal is lifting people out of poverty.
September 16, 2015 – Turns out big companies are ‘climate hypocrites’?
2016
May 9, 2016 – South Australia’s last coal-plant shuts down
2017
Jan 24, 2017 – Climate activist is court in the act
February 20, 2017 “Clean Coal” money being spent on PR
March 28, 2017 – Heartland Institute spamming science teachers
March 28, 2017 – Trump “brings back coal”
2018
August 20, 2018 – Greta Thunberg’s first protest
October 31, 2018 – Extinction Rebellion makes its declaration of rebellion
November 17, 2018 – XR occupy five bridges in London
2019
March 15, 2019 – New Zealand school strike launched, called off.
May 2, 2019 – Committee on Climate change report on net zero by 2050
2020
February 22, 2020 – CO2 pipeline accident – “Like something out of a zombie movie”
2021
November 16, 2021 – Chancellor cuddles up to oil bosses, of course.
2022
November 7, 2022 – journalist covering JSO protest arrested
December 31, 2022 – FT publishes letter about Thatcher and Just Stop Oil
2023
January 4 2023 – can green groups survive abeyance?
January 10, 2023 Labour launches a Climate and Environment Forum
March 4, 2023 –Letter in FT: Global carbon price call is a classic delaying tactic