Peter Garrett
tlambert | March 9, 2010An anonymous person at The Australian writes:
In serious debates, nothing demolishes credibility as readily as inconsistency and exaggeration.
Indeed, which is why The Australian has no credibility on science.
Many Australians, therefore, will find it baffling that six state governments are working off four different sets of figures for the sea-level rises they expect to be caused by climate change. The projected rises vary from 38cm in Western Australia to 80cm in Queensland and Victoria and 90cm in NSW, creating confusion for councils and developers. Fortunately, all fall far short of the…
tlambert | May 3, 2009One of the favourite tactics employed by the Australian in its war on science is quote mining. See, for example, Kininmonth's effort this week. Not surprisingly the Australian's Cut and Paste column is a big on quote mining. For example
Environment Minister Peter Garrett, on ABC1's Lateline on Monday, forecasts sea level rises of 6m:
TONY Jones: The report of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research will be released today.
It says that in west Antarctica the attribution of ice lost to human-driven warming is now strong, and it warns that a number of climate influences could amplify…