June 2026

June 1, 2008 – Shadow environment minister jumps from plane

June 2, 2012 – RIP Deni Greene

June 3,  2002 – Japan ratifies Kyoto Protocol

June 4,  1992 – Australia signs the UNFCCC

June 5, 2006 – Rising Tide boat blockade

June 6, 1957 – CO2 build up studied by Charles David Keeling

June 6, 1990 – ACF, BCA and ACTU hold hands

June 7, 2006 – TUC fanboys CCS

Maps, cars, metaphors and – most of all – the responsibility of intellectuals

June 8, 1953 – two tornadoes and atomic testing… 

“Are scientists people?” Revd Dr Hannah Malcolm on the CO2 newsletter Vol. 2, no. 2

June 9, 1979 – New York Times covers climate change – “Increase of Carbon Dioxide in Air Alarms Scientists”

The Fafocene in images

June 10th (ish) -1972: Frank Fraser Darling says we’re all doomed.

June 10, 2005 – Fossil fuel lobbyist/censor in the White House resigns, gets job with Exxon

“Potential impacts of the CO2 buildup appear to represent by far the largest, most serious, man caused environmental problem that the world will face in the not-too-distant future.” William Barbat, in 1980…

June 11, 2005 – ACF calls for deep cuts. Ignored.

Four questions about our predicament – two psychologists write about the C02 Newsletter Vol. 2, no 1

June 12, 1986 – Tory MP on carbon dioxide build-up, post Chernobyl…

June 13, 1979 – Financial Times article mentions the concerns of Helmut Schmidt (German Chancellor) about carbon dioxide build-up

June 14, 1992 – Rio Earth Summit finishes

June 15, 1973 – Mobil propaganda

June 16, 2012 – Lenore Taylor versus CCS

“I wanted to write the book because I believed the threat of global warming was real” – interview with Harold Bernard, author of 1980 book ‘The Greenhouse Effect’

“The Fafocene diaries”? or “Letters from the Fafocene”? Or…

June 17, 2007 – “Carbon Sense” to the world

June 18, 2004 – Australian government lobbied about renewables. Again

June 19, 1972 – Advertiser letter about fossil fuel impacts…

June 19, 2012 – Abbott having to defend renewables. Oh the hilarity.

June 20, 1999 – Joint press release by TWS, ACF and Greenpeace

June 21, 1986 – The Science Show does climate (again)

June 22, 1992 – Keating has to pretend to give a damn

June 23, 1970 – Melbourne Age asks Pollution – what can be done?

June 23, 1997 – API versus the planet (spoiler: API wins)

June 23, 2009 – Mountain Top removal protest

June 23, 2023 – Le CCS est magnifique – peut-etre.

June 24, 1969 – Ominous Veil reported

June 24, 1994 – “World steels itself for action” Yeah, nah.