On Line Opinion - Environment http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/section.asp?name=environment Australia's e-journal of social and political debate en-au Copyright 2000-2026, National Forum editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Graham Young) tech@onlineopinion.com.au 60 Detective work on the real causes of Earth's temperature changes beginning to bear fruit editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Tom Harris) What if CO₂ isn’t the main culprit in warming the oceans? New research points to a different suspect: clouds. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23898 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23898 Mon, 16 Mar 2026 07:44:45 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23898 On Line Opinion Trump has scrapped the long-standing legal basis for tackling climate emissions editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Robyn Eckersley) Even if Trump leaves office his changes to the EPA's endgangerment finding will make it almost impossible for the USA to limit CO2 emissions. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23856 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23856 Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:07:22 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23856 On Line Opinion The transition to net-zero emissions is a tax on the air you breathe editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Ronald Stein and Willie Soon) Nonscientists Al Gore, John Kerry, Barack Obama, and Bill Gates support taxing the gas of life – CO2 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23825 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23825 Fri, 23 Jan 2026 08:39:18 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23825 On Line Opinion Importing timber from other countries editor@onlineopinion.com.au (David Leyonhjelm) Australia hasn’t stopped using hardwood. We’ve just outsourced its production, its jobs, and its environmental costs to other countries. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23808 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23808 Tue, 13 Jan 2026 07:47:14 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23808 On Line Opinion Climate change and the obsolescence of moral imagination editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Sam Ben-Meir) The danger of climate change isn’t sudden collapse but smooth continuity. When catastrophe feels normal, responsibility quietly disappears. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23807 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23807 Mon, 12 Jan 2026 07:48:24 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23807 On Line Opinion The world’s population explosion demands new energy and electricity channels editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Ronald Stein and Nancy Pearlman) Utilizing but not replenishing the natural resources of Planet Earth has limitations. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23793 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23793 Wed, 31 Dec 2025 09:39:31 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23793 On Line Opinion Concerns in relation to bushfire preparedness across SE Australia for the 2025/ 26 season and ongoing seasons editor@onlineopinion.com.au (John O'Donnell) South-east Australia is heading into another fire season dangerously underprepared, with high fuel loads, minimal mitigation, and communities and firefighters exposed to avoidable risk. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23770 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23770 Thu, 11 Dec 2025 08:40:56 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23770 On Line Opinion Fossil fuels at COP30: sacred, profane and unmentioned editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Binoy Kampmark) After three decades of climate summits and ever-larger crowds of well-funded delegates, Belém produced only platitudes, voluntary roadmaps, and a sacred silence around the very fuels it claims are cooking the planet. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23757 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23757 Tue, 2 Dec 2025 07:28:47 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23757 On Line Opinion Human CO2 emissions editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Howard Dewhirst) Two centuries of climate data tell an awkward story: global temperatures don’t move in step with human CO₂. If correlation is absent, what exactly is Net Zero meant to fix? http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23756 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23756 Mon, 1 Dec 2025 09:37:58 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23756 On Line Opinion California Governor Newsom remains oblivious that electricity came about after oil editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Ronald Stein) All the parts and components to generate electricity are based on oil derivatives refined from raw crude oil. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23753 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23753 Thu, 27 Nov 2025 07:28:19 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23753 On Line Opinion