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• What is Climate?
  We ask: what is climate? and how we experience the climate effects how we think about it.
• Global Warming, climategate, big business and being green
  The theory of man made global warming is turning into an excuse to derive profit from peoples good nature, what is going on?..
• Climategate, what is going on?
  Global warming, climate change, greenhouse effect and climategate; how 'valid' is the climate science?
• Green Earth Books and Environmental Books
  Books we recommend about green and environmental issues. Great place to start learning how to be more green in your day to day life.
• Carbon Offsets, what they are and how they help
  Carbon offsets can help with reducing overall carbon emissions by possibly balancing out the carbon impact on the environment. This article goes into more detail on the subject.
• Ecologically Sustainable Development, what it is and how you can do it
  Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) is defined and explained in detail in this article; and how it helps you to be more green and eco friendly.
• What is R-Value, U-Value and how do they relate to insulation?
  How the R-value of a buildings insulation or home is calculated and the factors that effect the final R value, and how to use it.
• Michael Jackson and his Green legacy
  The King of Pop is dead - but what is his Green legacy? In this article we have a look at what he has really done for the world and its environment.

• Dueling Climate Reports
  In the interests of free speech I'm reposting this article so it gets better exposure.
• Climate Council, represents who?
  The Climate Commission is being reformed as the Climate Council, we ask who do they represent and what is their funding model?
• Rise of the Eco Warriors Screening
  Rise of the Eco Warriors is a film about spending 100 days in the Borneo jungle and saving wildlife
• Fringe Benefits Car tax change bad for the environment
  The changes proposed by Labor to the fringe benefits car tax will be bad for the environment actually.
• Solar Power Installers, what to look for..
  When looking for a solar power installer, it pays to do your homework and double check that you are getting the best.
• Choosing a water tank
  Water tanks, they come in so many different sizes and forms, it is often hard to work out what to choose and why, we can help..
• Free Green Business Listings
  If you are running a Green or Eco Business, you can list it for free.
• Shale Oil in South Australia, problem or opportunity?
  Potentially massive amounts of shale oil exist in South Australia, is this a good thing or a bad thing?
• Droughts in the USA, not
  It appears that NASA's James Hansen has been caught out spreading unproven conclusions about droughts in the USA, when in actually it is not the case.
• SpongeBob caught up selling Global Warming in schools
  Yep, its true, even good old little SpongeBob SquarePants is in on the act.. See the video below..
• Cancun Cloud Feedback problems
  It appears that a 'weak' paper has been published supporting the IPCC cloud feedback models to coincide with the last day of Cancun.. hmm..
• resignation from American Physical Society over global warming scam
  Prof Hal Lewis has just resigned from the American Physical Society after 67 years membership in disgust at the corruption around the 'global warming scam'
• Climate Disruption
  Climate Disruption equals Climate Change equals Global Warming - the great global rebranding of AGW rolls on..
• WA Greens get evicted a Feedlot Operator for not believing in AGW
  It appears in Western Australia that the Green's have no shame in wrecking a families livelihood because they expressed anti global warming opinions. This has resulted in the family been given 4 days notice of eviction.
• Passive Solar Design advice
  Passive Solar design can be applied to existing buildings as well as new buildings. We explain some useful techniques and give links to useful resources.
• EarthCare Centre open day
  The EarthCare Centre in Western Sydney is having an open day on Sustainable House Day
• Sustainable House Day on this weekend
  Sustainable House Day 2010 in Australia is on this Sunday 12th September
• Forestry investments have all gone rotten
  The Managed Investment Scheme (MIS) operators have all gone to the wall in Australia, we look at why and if they were actually green.
• Self-Assembling Solar Cells Recycle Themselves Repeatedly
  MIT has been researching into creating natural cell like solar cells which are able to reassemble themselves and the research so far looks quite promising...
• Chicago Climate Exchange drops 50%, new record low
  Basically, if it gets any lower it will be ZERO..
• The Skeptic Global Warming Conference
  The Fourth International Conference on Climate Change is taking place in Chicago, Illinois.
• Kids test with added global warming propoganda
  The recent NAPLAN test in Australia has caused an outrage due to it containing an inaccurate article that pits roo meat against beef & the coal industry in terms of environmental impact.
• Is Cap and Trade really the way to care for the planet?
  I reckon Cap and Trade is not the way to go..
• Is Climate Change caused by Photoshop?
  We look at the images used in the media to portray climate change and find quite a few have been run through PhotoShop..
• Most convinced global warming not man made
  It appears that down in Australia that there is an outbreak of common sense occurring.
• Global Warmings unscientific method
  Peer review seems to be more about peer pressure when trying to publish anything that goes against the Global Warming group think.
• National Climate Change Forum response
  This is in response to the National Climate Change Forum being held in Adelaide.

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The GWP is the ratio of the warming caused by a substance to the warming caused by a similar mass of carbon dioxide. Thus, the GWP of CO2 is defined to be 1.0 . CFC-12 has a GWP of 8,500, while CFC-11 has a GWP of 5,000.

• The Misguided Crusade to Reduce Anthropogenic Methane Emissions
  The role of anthropogenic methane (CH4) in global warming is exaggerated. 
• Study Shows Natural Gas Fracking is More Harmful Than Coal
  Natural gas may be a marginally cleaner fossil fuel than coal, but obtaining it through the processing of fracking turns out to be more damaging to the climate than coal ever was...
• Surgical anesthetic gases coming under fire for global warming potential – Only one problem: they haven’t been observed in the atmosphere
  The press release below is from the University of Copenhagen Department of Chemistry. The anesthetic gases isofluran, desflurane and sevoflurane are coming under scrutiny for global warming potential. However, what isn’t stated in the press release...