April 1, 2001 – Lindsey Tanner warns the ALP…
April 1, 2002 – Renewables policies in UK and Australia
April 2, 2001 – Post-”Bush pulling out of Kyoto” joy from various Australian nutjobs
April 2, 1978 – First Australian Coal Conference begins
April 3, 2008 – CCS demo plant in Australia
April 3, 2001 – Kyoto Protocol most serious challenge to Australian sovereignty since Coral Sea
April 4, 1979 – DOE and AAS meeting
April 4, 1979 – Olof Palme u-turns on nuclear referendum
April 5, 1950 – IGY born at a dinner
April 7, 2006 – Howard versus moths and cockatoos …
April 8, 1995 – Fred Pearce writes “World lays odds on global catastrophe”….
April 9, 2011 – rally in Brisbane about coal exports
April 10, 1979 – National Coal Board top scientist versus 19th century physics
Sherlock Holmes and the Carbonic Acid Affair -“I wrote it as a bet” : interview with John Gribbin
April 11, 2016 – “Juliana versus US”
April 12 1991 – Hawke’s “Energy Guide”
April 12, 1968 – brief mention of carbon dioxide build-up in Science
April 13, 2012 – Bob Brown announces resignation
“Can CO2-induced warming be detected yet?” C02 Newsletter Vol 1. no. 6, from 1980…
April 14, 2014 – MCA launches “Australians for Coal”
April 14, 2018 – David Buckel’s climate-inspired suicide
April 15, 2007 – climate change as force multiplier
On this day April 16 – risk averse societies, renewables as “Mickey Mouse” and CCS as salvation
Rallying the troops – the “Stop Santos” rally April 16, 2026.
April 17, 2000 – Howard pushing carbon sinks…
April 17, 1993 – Keating abjures a carbon tax
April 18, 1990 – Bush’s delayed conference ends
April 20, 1970 – Recycling begins
Event report/analysis: “It comes down to what your definition of ‘movement’ is”
April 21, 1971 – a forum on “Energy, Economic Growth and the Environment” in Washington DC.
Event report: “How to create a cooler, greener and wilder Unley” Monday 20 April 2026.
April 22, 1971 – “Utilization of solar energy” (because fossil fuels = CO2)
April 22, 1996 – Denial on Earth Day
April 25, 1989 – Tony Blair, eco-warrior
April 26, 1978 – The first tank of Grim news…
April 28, 1987 – meeting between NERC and DOE
April 29, 1997 – the “Challenge for Australia on Global Climate Change”