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A prize-winning science graduate in molecular biology. She has given keynotes about the medical revolution, gene technology and aging at conferences. She hosted a children’s TV series on Channel Nine, and has done over 200 radio interviews, many on the Australian ABC. She was formerly an associate lecturer in Science Communication at the ANU. She’s author of The Skeptics Handbook which has been translated into 15 languages. Each day 5,000 people read joannenova.com.au

Cannibalism to save the world? New Scientist opens that door

Next step: sustainable human steak?

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|2024-03-04T10:51:18-05:00March 3rd, 2024|0 Comments

China built 47GW of coal power last year and is “way off track” to meet emissions targets

Who is building coal? Of the 107 countries they tracked, one country built 47 gigawatts.  The other 106 countries combined built 22 gigawatts. 

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|2024-02-26T09:16:53-05:00February 28th, 2024|0 Comments

Farmers win: Major EU backdown on farming emissions and regulations

Europeans to continue eating.

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|2024-02-12T09:22:37-05:00February 8th, 2024|0 Comments

Green backdowns — Chaos and division strikes UK Labour and German Greens over climate targets

Politicians finally seem to realize the voters don’t want to spend big money on climate change.

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|2024-02-05T10:41:35-05:00February 4th, 2024|0 Comments

One third of UK teenagers think climate change is deliberately exaggerated

Despite being raised on non stop media propaganda and being drip fed the climate bible in school, one third of teenagers have somehow figured it out anyhow.

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|2024-01-27T10:51:13-05:00January 28th, 2024|Comments Off on One third of UK teenagers think climate change is deliberately exaggerated

Backflip! Biggest EU party wants to drop ban on petrol and diesel cars

The European People’s Party (EPP) is theoretically a “centre right” party, despite acting like the radical left, but that means they stand to lose their voter-base in a blink as the reality of the bans sinks in, which it has.

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|2024-01-27T10:59:20-05:00January 25th, 2024|Comments Off on Backflip! Biggest EU party wants to drop ban on petrol and diesel cars

Building offshore wind can permanently deafen porpoises, but OK now with Bubble Walls?

Ocean noise is such a problem the pile-driving teams use acoustic deterrents — loud noises designed to scare marine life away before they get started on the industrial noise. But even the “safety warning” may itself be dangerous.

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|2024-01-04T13:33:49-05:00January 4th, 2024|Comments Off on Building offshore wind can permanently deafen porpoises, but OK now with Bubble Walls?

Beijing has coldest December since records began 70 years ago

China’s capital Beijing has broken its record for hours of sub-zero temperatures in December dating back to 1951, after a cold wave swept swathes of the country and brought blizzards in its wake, sending temperatures towards historic lows.

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|2024-01-01T13:07:16-05:00January 1st, 2024|Comments Off on Beijing has coldest December since records began 70 years ago

Former Greens Leader Bob Brown says wind and solar industries are profiteering off climate

Every day the Greens sound more like Skeptics

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|2023-12-26T16:02:57-05:00December 28th, 2023|Comments Off on Former Greens Leader Bob Brown says wind and solar industries are profiteering off climate

Chinese Communist Party linked to funding climate activists in the U.S. and U.K.

A climate-focused nonprofit with significant operations in Beijing has wired millions of dollars to fund climate initiatives and environmental groups in the U.S.

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|2023-12-21T09:34:13-05:00December 21st, 2023|Comments Off on Chinese Communist Party linked to funding climate activists in the U.S. and U.K.

Now scientists say your breathing might affect the climate

The main thing we learn from this paper is how easy it is to get money to study climate inanities.

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|2023-12-21T09:44:56-05:00December 20th, 2023|Comments Off on Now scientists say your breathing might affect the climate

COP28: One big global psy-op to screw more money out of a few patsies

And so it comes to pass that all nations have finally agreed to do what they were doing anyway.

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|2023-12-15T09:23:43-05:00December 15th, 2023|Comments Off on COP28: One big global psy-op to screw more money out of a few patsies

Skeptics visit the poster-child of severely “bleached” reefs, and it’s just fine 18 months later

When divers scan the Great Barrier Reef under the water, they find it’s been in record good health for the last two years.

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|2023-12-09T10:18:07-05:00December 9th, 2023|Comments Off on Skeptics visit the poster-child of severely “bleached” reefs, and it’s just fine 18 months later

EVs report 80% more problems than petrol, diesel cars

EV’s are on the verge of becoming uninsurable.

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|2023-12-02T19:35:51-05:00December 2nd, 2023|Comments Off on EVs report 80% more problems than petrol, diesel cars

Australian government throws giant pile of money at renewables — so big, the cost is a secret

If the market won’t build crazy loss-making unreliable generation machines, the government will.

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|2023-11-27T14:53:12-05:00November 25th, 2023|Comments Off on Australian government throws giant pile of money at renewables — so big, the cost is a secret
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