February 2024

February 1, 1990 – Australian Financial Review ponders carbon tax… (via FT)

February 2, 2010- Abbott on Direct Action, CPRS for 3rd failure…

February 3, 1994 – Greenhouse burden “unfair” on Australia

February 4, 1980 – IIASA taskforce on Climate and Society

February 4, 2014 – CCSA and TUC release Economic Benefits of CCS report

February 5, 1992 – Liberal leader Hewson snubs the Australian Conservation Foundation

February 6, 2007 – Rudd taunts Howard on 2003 ETS decision

February 7, 1995 – Business Council of Australia vs a carbon tax. Of course

February 8, 1988 – BBC Horizon on The Greenhouse Effect

February 9, 2007 – Virgin on the ridiculous

February 10, 1995 – Faulkner folds on carbon tax – doesn’t have the numbers in Cabinet

February 11, 1970 – Prince Phillip, Prince Charles and the Shell/BP “Environment in the Balance” film…

February 12, 1979 – First World Climate Conference opens

February 13, 2006 – Four Corners reveals the “Greenhouse Mafia”

February 14,1967 – John Mason (Met Office boss) dismisses carbon dioxide problem

February 15, 2011 – Lenore Taylor’s truth bombs

February 16, 1970 – Sports Illustrated readers appreciate eco-warning

February 16, 1972 – Dept of Env boss “we can’t be complacent”

Feb 17, 2004 – Zero Emissions Technology Conference in Australia. At peak excitement of tech solutions

February 18, 2004 – “An Investigation into the Bush Administration’s Misuse of Science”

February 19, 1971 – Nature editorial on “The Great Greenhouse Scare”

February 20, 2017 “Clean Coal” money being spent on PR

February 21, 1972 – Horizon and the backlash against “selling doomsday”

February 22, 1991 – Denialist gloating about influence on Bush

February 22, 2020 – CO2 pipeline accident – “Like something out of a zombie movie”

February 23, 1974 – CSIRO Solar energy conference

February 24, 1971 – aims of the Department of the Environment

February 25, 2011 – Alan Jones versus sanity

February 26, 1988 – Australian climate scientist Graeme Pearman warns of “Dramatic Warming”

February 27, 2011 – “Metamorphosis” statement by Climate Camp

February 27, 1989 – Barron’s “Climate of Fear” shame…

February 28, 1984 – Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse Effect hearings

February 29, 1980 – Texaco and Exxon talk about setting up a greenhouse taskforce…