2009 July: Climate
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Stephen Sackur, Getting a grip on Greenland's future, BBC, 2009 July 24 (there are few places in the world where the effects of global warming appear to be more dramatic than the Ilulissat ice fjord; how fast is the Greenland Ice Sheet melting?)
Adam Morton, Rural MPs climate change doubters, The Age, 2009 July 23 (a study examining the climate change beliefs of 11 rural politicians has found an overwhelming majority of Coalition MPs interviewed doubted that global warming was linked to greenhouse gas emissions)
Michelle Grattan, Nice breakfast but Fielding unmoved, The Age, 2009 July 14 (the persuasive power of Al Gore hasn't been enough to sway Family First senator Steve Fielding, who says the climate guru did not answer a key question at his Melbourne breakfast yesterday)
Adam Morton, Time is of the essence for one-time sceptic who joined Gore's crusade, The Age, 2009 July 11 (Gary Warden was stuck in a doctor's waiting room with 45 minutes to kill when he noticed the headline on the cover of the latest Time magazine; "Be Worried," it said, "Be Very Worried"; a committed climate sceptic who worked as a senior executive with BHP Billiton, he picked up the magazine and read)
Roger Runningen, Rich nations pledge billions for food plan, The Age, 2009 July 11 (US President Barack Obama and the world's rich nations due to unveil a three-year program of up to $US15 billion in agricultural investments to help the world's poor farmers grow and sell more food)
Duncan Clark, Get ready for a global heatwave, The Age, 2009 July 29 (the world faces a period of record high temperatures as the sun's activity increases, heating the planet much faster than earlier predicted)
Stephen Cauchi, New El Niño drought likely, experts warn, The Age, 2009 July 5 (Australia is set to endure its first El Niño since 2006—and its fifth in 15 years—as water supplies dry up and temperatures continue to rise)
Peter Ker, State faces 'worst-ever' fire season, The Age, 2009 July 29 (Victoria faces a fire season of unprecedented danger, with the state's fire officials expecting conditions to be worse than last summer)
Adam Morton, Timber body under fire over climate aid claims, The Age, 2009 July 27 (timber industry body investigated over claims it misled the public by asserting that buying wood products helps the fight against climate change)
Darren Gray, Up where birds nest, nature gets a hand, The Age, 2009 July 27 (in aftermath of Black Saturday, Victorian authorities give nature a hand by planting hundreds of millions of mountain ash, alpine ash and messmate seeds)
At least seven dead as wildfires rage, The Age, 2009 July 26 (fierce wildfires have sweep across Europe, trapping hundreds of holidaymakers and forcing mass evacuations as firemen struggle to contain flames)
David Shukman, Project to 'grow carbon sinks', BBC, 2009 July 9 (ambitious plans to grow 24 million trees to soak up carbon dioxide and restore the rainforest have got underway in Ghana)
Elliot Fishman, Plan now for the flight from oil, The Age, 2009 July 14 (a fall in car use and a surge in public transport mark a turning point and a challenge for policymakers and politicians)
Kate Lahey, Council plan looks to go from dim sims to diesel, The Age, 2009 July 2 (cooking oil collected from Chinatown's deep fryers could soon grease the wheels of the City of Melbourne car fleet, under a plan by one councillor to reduce Yarra River pollution and cut carbon emissions)
Matt Wade, India rebuffs Clinton's carbon deal, The Age, 2009 July 21 (India's Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has bluntly stated that India will not give in to international pressure to cut emissions)
Roger Harrabin, UN tackles 'climate harm' ships, BBC, 2009 July 16 (the United Nations is discussing rules to cut the soaring emission of greenhouse gases from shipping)
Roger Runningen, Rich nations pledge billions for food plan, The Age, 2009 July 11 (US President Barack Obama and the world's rich nations due to unveil a three-year program of up to $US15 billion in agricultural investments to help the world's poor farmers grow and sell more food)
Pallab Ghosh, US hopes to lead climate debate, BBC, 2009 July 9 (President Obama's chief scientific advisor hopes to take the politics out of science as US engages in climate debate)
Dragonfly discovery a 'UK record', BBC, 2009 July 27 (a dragonfly found laying eggs in a mountain pond has set a UK record for the species, Highland Council's biodiversity officer has said)
Peter Ker and Royce Millar, Brumby's $3.5bn desal gamble, The Age, 2009 July 31 (Victorian taxpayers could be asked to throw a financial lifeline to the state's desalination plant, after the Government agreed to underwrite its new private partners in the multibillion-dollar project)
Peter Ker, State faces 'worst-ever' fire season, The Age, 2009 July 29 (Victoria faces a fire season of unprecedented danger, with the state's fire officials expecting conditions to be worse than last summer)
Melissa Fyfe, Flushing away our future, 13 litres at a time, The Age, 2009 July 26 (first came buckets in the shower; then water-saving shower heads; now, experts are recommending we eradicate the single-flush toilet)
Adam Morton, Victoria proving the dirtiest state, The Age, 2009 July 21 (Victoria is the least climate-friendly state—home to three of Australia's four dirtiest power stations and none of the 12 biggest renewable energy plants)
Melissa Fyfe, Desal bidder faces legal threat over 'lemon', The Age, 2009 July 5 (a bidder for Victoria's desalination plant threatened with legal action by Queensland Government after revelations its Gold Coast plant riddled with problems)
Kenneth Davidson, Denying recycling just won't hold water, The Age, 2009 July 2 (Water Minister Tim Holding is a desperate man representing a desperate government; his press statement last week claimed that a business case undertaken by or for the Government found major recycled water projects too expensive; rubbish)
Kate Lahey, Council plan looks to go from dim sims to diesel, The Age, 2009 July 2 (cooking oil collected from Chinatown's deep fryers could soon grease the wheels of the City of Melbourne car fleet, under a plan by one councillor to reduce Yarra River pollution and cut carbon emissions)
Adam Morton, First climate refugees start move to new island home, The Age, 2009 July 29 (six months ago, the 2700 Carteret Islanders began what will eventually become a big evacuation to Bougainville, about 80 kilometres to the south)
Clouds in climate 'vicious cycle', BBC, 2009 July 24 (low-level clouds dissipate as the ocean warms, causing a positive feedback in global warming, research suggests)
Melissa Fyfe, Flushing away our future, 13 litres at a time, The Age, 2009 July 26 (first came buckets in the shower; then water-saving shower heads; now, experts are recommending we eradicate the single-flush toilet)
Adam Morton and Geoff Strong, Gore to back 'map' of emissions reduction, The Age, 2009 July 14 (a fully costed map for how Australia could reduce greenhouse gas emissions "at emergency speed" will be developed with the backing of former US vice-president Al Gore)
LA Times, El Niño may be two distinct little boys, The Age, 2009 July 5 (two distinct patterns of warming occur in the Pacific Ocean, according to researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, and their frequencies have been changing in recent decades)
Adam Morton, Rural MPs climate change doubters, The Age, 2009 July 23 (a study examining the climate change beliefs of 11 rural politicians has found an overwhelming majority of Coalition MPs interviewed doubted that global warming was linked to greenhouse gas emissions)
Peter Ker and Royce Millar, Brumby's $3.5bn desal gamble, The Age, 2009 July 31 (Victorian taxpayers could be asked to throw a financial lifeline to the state's desalination plant, after the Government agreed to underwrite its new private partners in the multibillion-dollar project)
Melissa Fyfe, Flushing away our future, 13 litres at a time, The Age, 2009 July 26 (first came buckets in the shower; then water-saving shower heads; now, experts are recommending we eradicate the single-flush toilet)
Barcelona gets new water supply, BBC, 2009 July 21 (a desalination plant opens near Barcelona—said to be the biggest of its type in Europe—to ease chronic water shortages)
Peter Ker, The Coorong is dead but can be revived, The Age, 2009 July 23 (the Coorong has undergone a fundamental change according to an extensive research project)
Campbell Robertson, River that nourished civilisation has no water, The Age, 2009 July 15 (it was said to signal the end of time; the Euphrates is running dry)
Melissa Fyfe, Desal bidder faces legal threat over 'lemon', The Age, 2009 July 5 (a bidder for Victoria's desalination plant threatened with legal action by Queensland Government after revelations its Gold Coast plant riddled with problems)
Bridie Smith, Drought runs into 13th year, The Age, 2009 July 1 (Melbourne has endured its driest first half year on record, with less than 50 per cent of the long-term average falling up until late yesterday afternoon)
Navin Singh Khadka, Uncertainties surround future monsoons, BBC, 2009 July 31 (it is almost halfway through the rainy season, and the monsoon in many parts of South Asia continues to remain unreliable)
Matt Wade, India on hold as rain fails to fall, The Age, 2009 July 13 (millions of Indian farmers are gazing up anxiously at the skies, wondering where the monsoon has gone; it's five weeks into the annual wet season, and many parts of the subcontinent have a serious lack of rain; among the worst hit is the north state of Punjab, the bread-basket of India)
Peter Gregory and Paul Millar, Fierce winds lash state, kill woman, The Age, 2009 July 1 (a 49-year-old woman has died after being hit by a falling gum tree as gale-force winds of up to 156 km/h lashed Victoria)