May 2024

May 1, 1981 – scorching editorial about Energy and Climate received at Climatic Change – All Our Yesterdays

May 1, 1971 – May Day anti-war actions in Washington DC – All Our Yesterdays

May 2, 1990 – Nairobi Declaration on Climatic Change – All Our Yesterdays

May 3, 1989 “Exploration Access and Political Power” speech by Hugh Morgan – All Our Yesterdays

May 4, 2016 – South Australian Premier preening at Emissions Reduction Summit – All Our Yesterdays

May 5, 2000 – Business Council of Australia boss on “Strategic Greenhouse Issues” – All Our Yesterdays

May 6, 1977 – Bert Bolin article in Science about increased atmospheric CO2 concentrations owing to forestry and agriculture – All Our Yesterdays

May 7 1991 & 1992: From Hawke to Hewson, or “the year Australia’s political elite stopped bothering about #climate change” – All Our Yesterdays

May 8, 1980 – Nature article “CO2 could increase global tensions.” Exxon discussed underneath. Delicious ironies abound. – All Our Yesterdays

May 9, 1959 – “Science News” predicts 25% increase of C02 by end of century (Bert Bolin’s guesstimate) – All Our Yesterdays

May 10, 1931 – Daily Oregonian mentioning greenhouse…. – All Our Yesterdays

May 10, 1968 – “The Age of Effluence” says Time Magazine. C02 build-up mentioned… – All Our Yesterdays

May 11, 1990 – the Financial Times on good intentions not cutting it – All Our Yesterdays

May 12, 1971 – Swedish protest against the culling of Stockholm trees (the “Elm Conflict”) – All Our Yesterdays

May 13, 1957 – Guy Callendar to Gilbert Plass on how easy it is to criticise, how hard to build theories – All Our Yesterdays

May 13, 1977 – UK energy experts gather at Sunningdale – All Our Yesterdays

May 14, 2007 – another C40 large cities summit – All Our Yesterdays

May 14, 1979 – The greenhouse effect is … “almost common knowledge” – All Our Yesterdays

May 15, 1932 – great deluge forecast by science, reports New York Times… – All Our Yesterdays

May 15, 1950 – Getting Warmer? Asks Time Magazine… – All Our Yesterdays

May 15, 1972 – Clean Air Conference in Melbourne – All Our Yesterdays

May 16, 1973 Energy and how we live. UNESCO seminar at Flinders – All Our Yesterdays

May 17, 1979 – Martin Holdgate’s A Perspective on Environmental Pollution” published – All Our Yesterdays

May 18, 1967 – NA Leslie at Institute of Petroleum, citing Barry Commoner on C02 build up – All Our Yesterdays

May 19, 1957 – LA Times asks “Is your smoke helping to melt polar icecaps?” – All Our Yesterdays

May 20, 1959 Times of India letter about Teller and CO2 – All Our Yesterdays

May 20, 1976 – UK World Trends committee chair worries about the weather… – All Our Yesterdays

May 21, 1990 – “The Big Heat” documentary – All Our Yesterdays

May 22, 1972 – Horizon doco “Do you Dig National Parks?” – All Our Yesterdays

May 23, 2000 – Deputy Prime Minister versus Greenhouse Trigger – All Our Yesterdays

May 24, 1953 – NYT on “How industry may change climate” – All Our Yesterdays

May 24, 2004 – “The Day After Tomorrow” released – All Our Yesterdays

May 25, 1992 Keating Cabinet discusses Rio – All Our Yesterdays

May 26, 1990 – Times front page about Thatcher going for stabilisation target – All Our Yesterdays

May 27, 1971 – Australia gets a Minister of the Environment – All Our Yesterdays

May 28, 1982 – “International Conference on Rising Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Plant Productivity”  – All Our Yesterdays

May 29, 2007 “Climate Clever” ad campaign in attempt to save John Howard – All Our Yesterdays

May 30, 2007 – Kevin Rudd pledges to ratify Kyoto, set emissions target and create an ETS – All Our Yesterdays

May 31, 1995 – newly-minted MCA meets with Keating… – All Our Yesterdays

May 31, 1981 – RIP Barbara Ward – All Our Yesterdays