When it comes to assessing the costs, risks and benefits of environmental policy Bjørn Lomborg has always tried to provide balanced, detailed analysis supported by facts and evidence. The economic choices we make - about allocating scarce resources to unlimited wants – should – as Lomborg consistently points out - be made taking into account … Continue reading Bjørn Lomborg: high cost renewables hit the poorest the hardest
Category: Big wind politics
Max Rheese: the time for Health Research on fan impacts is NOW
Australia: National Health & Medical Research Council says more studies on wind turbine noise is needed Max Rheese 2 April 2014 The National Health & Medical Research Council has finally published its long awaited Draft Information Paper: Evidence on Wind Farms and Human Health on which the CEO, Professor Warwick Anderson is seeking public comment. … Continue reading Max Rheese: the time for Health Research on fan impacts is NOW
Angus Taylor: ACT Wind Power Plan Corporate Welfare on steroids
**** True to form, Angus “the Enforcer” Taylor has gone on the front foot over the Power Purchase Agreement signed between Infigen and the ACT. Since then, it appears Thai wind scammers, RATCH have piled in on the deal too. When the deal was announced a few weeks back Angus came out swinging and hasn’t … Continue reading Angus Taylor: ACT Wind Power Plan Corporate Welfare on steroids
Developers furious as opponent’s right to appeal restored in NSW
When it was in power the New South Wales State Labor government stripped opponents of their right to appeal against wind farm developments – why let people have a say, hey? The Liberal (Coalition) government has finally moved to restore them – with developers reacting with their characteristic childish impertinence. Development applications have been handled … Continue reading Developers furious as opponent’s right to appeal restored in NSW
Henry Ergas: the CEFC Labor/Green folly in the extreme
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation is the brainchild of the Green-Labor alliance that left the Australian taxpayer as the unwilling underwriters of highly speculative wind power ventures that conventional banks won't touch with a barge pole. The CEFC is an outfit living on borrowed time - the Coalition have sworn that it'll be scrapped … Continue reading Henry Ergas: the CEFC Labor/Green folly in the extreme
Annie strikes again
Annie and Gus Gardner are hard working rural folk who have shared their battles with the AGL wind factory us at our Wind Power Fraud Rally last year and in letters covered in our posts here, here, here, here, here and here. The outrage that stemmed from the Gardner's reading of the AMA position paper on wind farms … Continue reading Annie strikes again
Senator Chris Back Unloads
Healthy citizens are the greatest asset that any country can have - Winston Churchill This was cited by Liberal Senator Chris Back at our Wind Power Fraud Rally in June 2013 (see our post here). This time we have Chris unloading in the Senate on Infigen, the AMA and the NH&MRC. Occasionally, there are speeches … Continue reading Senator Chris Back Unloads
George to Tony: AMA statement on wind farms and health
Another letter, this time by George Papadopoulos, calling on Prime Minister Abbott to take action on the issue of health and wind farms in light of the recent position statements by the AMA. Subject: FW: AMA statement on wind farm - A need for an official enquiry into corruption To: The Hon. Tony Abbott, MP … Continue reading George to Tony: AMA statement on wind farms and health
Labor’s Martin Ferguson: time to scale back RET
Labor's Martin Ferguson bowed out of Parliament (gracefully) last year amid the brawl over the leadership between Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd. His departure was lamented on both sides of the House as Canberra lost a seasoned policy advocate for mining, industry and enterprise. Martin has just come out swinging about the scale and market … Continue reading Labor’s Martin Ferguson: time to scale back RET
Outrage at AGL’s interference in Doctor-Patient Relationships
The medical profession, as a profession, is meant to self-govern and self-regulate its members in order to uphold the highest ethical standards in delivering medical advice, care and treatment. Integral to which is the almost sacred Doctor-Patient Relationship. That relationship requires utmost confidence in the Doctor's ability to act impartially and in the best interests of … Continue reading Outrage at AGL’s interference in Doctor-Patient Relationships
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