muriel newman Archive

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    Clowns to the left of me, racists to the right… - by frog



    Something ugly crawled out from under a rock this week. In response to the Government’s proposals to repeal the Foreshore and Seabed Act, some strange bedfellows have established the Coastal Coalition. It is a blatantly racist campaign, but is unfortunately supported by some who perceive themselves on the left of the political spectrum. They need to think again. read more
    August 19, 2010 6:19 pm - 93 Comments
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    Carbon neutral cows - by frog



    Gareth Renowden’s Hot Topic blog traces the increasingly bizarre claim from climate science deniers (sorry, doubters) that cows are carbon neutral.  He begins noting an organisation called the “Carbon Sense Coalition” (the name says it all) is covering its own earlier pronouncement that that ‘cows are green’ because they store carbon: Methane breaks down to [...] read more
    July 2, 2008 11:14 am - 38 Comments
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    500 Scientists with Documented Doubts – about the Heartland Institute? - by frog



    DeSmogBlog has published a rapidly growing list of outraged climate scientists – all of whom were listed on the Heartland Institute‘s “500 Scientists with Documented Doubts” statement after the climate change deniers conference in New York last March. Here are just three of the quotes on offer: I am horrified to find my name on [...] read more
    May 2, 2008 9:00 am - 9 Comments
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    Climate change deniers’ last gasp - by frog



    Muriel Newman has a comment in this morning’s Dominion Post titled ‘Climate change, we didn’t do it.‘ As though that, if that were true, it would be a good enough reason to ignore climate change. The column is not online but she makes a similar argument at the Centre for Political Research, where she alleges: [...] read more
    March 13, 2008 8:21 pm - 61 Comments