2008 February: Climate
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Colin Fraser, Green revolution could still blow up in our face, The Age, 2008 Feb. 3 (it's too early to dismiss the prediction of the world running out of food)
Ian Sample, Global meltdown: scientists isolate areas most at risk of climate change, Guardian, 2008 Feb. 5 (experts assess point at which it is too late to act; disastrous repercussions of warming are spelled out)
Jason Koutsoukis, Tap new oil wells or pay a heavy price, The Age, 2008 Feb. 24 (the Federal Government has backed a push to open new frontiers for Australia's oil and gas supply, saying billions of dollars are at stake)
Steve Colquhoun, Consumers hold power over petrol engine's replacement, The Age, 2008 Feb. 20 (car makers are moving towards an alternative fuel, but which one?)
Jeremy Leggett, Comment: The great fuel folly, Guardian, 2008 Feb. 5 (oil firms' output is down, yet profits skyrocket; it all points to the crisis predicted by the peakists)
Electricity storage: Ne plus ultra, Economist, 2008 Feb. 2 (a new version of an old idea is threatening the battery industry)
Clean coal: Up in smoke, Economist, 2008 Feb. 2 (trouble for America's leading clean-coal project)
Nils Pratley, The growing fly in Big Oil's ointment, Guardian, 2008 Feb. 1 (US group Schlumberger is the world's largest oil -services company; it doesn't own any oil itself, but its 80,000 employees in 80 countries are busy looking for the stuff, and producing it, as contractors; remove them overnight and an awful lot of oil would stop flowing very quickly)
Climate change: Sour times, Economist, 2008 Feb. 23 (the sea is becoming more acidic; that is not good news if you live in it; see also)
Climate change and local government: Grassroots, Economist, 2008 Feb. 23 (Woking has cut its carbon emissions by 21% since 1990, nine percentage points more than the national target)
Kenneth Davidson, Brumby sticks his head in the sand on water, The Age, 2008 Feb. 28 (the Premier refuses to examine better ways to secure water supply)
Australian river-management: Not so gently down the stream, Economist, 2008 Feb. 23 (a nation's lifeblood on life-support)
Chris Hammer, Time running out on climate, The Age, 2008 Feb. 22 (Australia may need to slash its greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 90% by 2050 as part of a massive global effort to avert the most devastating effects of climate change, the Rudd Government has been warned)
Michelle Grattan, Climate change the biggest challenge, Treasury chiefs warn Swan, The Age, 2008 Feb. 1 (climate change is the single most pressing challenge Australia faces over the coming decade, according to a confidential federal Treasury brief prepared for the new Labor Government)
David Adams, In the swim when every drop counts, The Age, 2008 Feb. 17 (as water restrictions grip much of Victoria, pool owners are embracing a sustainable approach to the lifestyle they love)
Tania Branigan, Wild weather hits power supply, Guardian, 2008 Feb. 1 (China's president urges miners to step up coal production as winter storms strain supplies)