December 2023

December 1, 2008 – Climate Change Committee fanboys carbon capture

December 2, 1981 – “Is the world getting warmer?” (YES)

December 3, 1968 – UN General Assembly says yes to a conference about environment. C02 mentioned.

December 4, 1989 – Greenhouse tax urged…

December 5, 1952 & 2009 London sees climatic pollution events

December 6, 2005 – CCS is our only hope, says Chief Scientist….

December 7, 1967 – Swedish “Monitor” program talks environmental crisis

December 8, 2003 – Chief Scientific Advisor under microscope for Rio Tinto role

December 9, 1998 – Canberra bullshit about environment

December 10, 2006 – Shergold Group announced

December 11, 1979 – conference on “Environmental Effects of utilising more coal” in London

December 12, 2007 – Canada leaves Kyoto Protocol as Australia joins

December 12, 2007 – RIP William Kellogg

December 13, 1973 – Edward Heath announces Three Day Week

December 14, 1992 – UK “releases “National programme on carbon dioxide emissions”

 December 15, 2005 – James Hansen versus Bush again…

December 15, 2009 – Monbiot versus Plimer on Lateline

December 16, 2004 – “2 degrees of warming to be a catastrophe”

 December 16, 2008 – “The Australian” attacks on climate change

December 17, 1973 – “Global warming will make nuclear war look like a fire cracker in your backyard.”

December 17, 2008 – European Parliament says yes to funding CCS

On getting things wrong – a meditation and apology

December 18, 2008 – Tim DeChristopher does his auction action

December 19, 1988 – the launch of “Ark”

December 19, 2010 – CCS dies in Queensland

December 20, 1983 – Documentary on “the Climate Crisis” shown

December 21, 1993 – European Union agrees to ratify UNFCCC

December 22, 1759 – “What have ye done?”

December 23, 2003 – Vestas opens Tasmanian wind turbine factory

December 24, 1990 – Australia as renewable energy superpower

December 25, 1988 Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands says “the earth is slowly dying”

December 26, 1968 – “Global Effects of Environmental Pollution” symposium

December 27, 2009 – Art exhibition in Copenhagen saves the world

December 28, 1978 – fly the plane. Don’t keep tapping the fuel light.

December 29, 1969 – AAAS symposium on “Climate and Man”

December 30, 1957 – a letter from Gilbert Plass to Guy Callendar

December 30, 2006 – “Industry snubs climate strategy”

December 31, 1997 – Government slags off Australian Conservation Foundation