Earth Hour: lights, camera, but where’s the action?

The poster boy for this year’s switch-off is British business tycoon and space tourism pioneer Richard Branson, a powerboat racer and sponsor of a fuel-hungry Formula One team and an individual with a giant-sized environmental footprint.
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Bourne defends the appointment of Branson, along with Hollywood actor Cate Blanchett, as the official face of Earth Hour. “They are beginning to walk the talk,” he claimed.
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A gala “green-tie” ball at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo is one of the harder-to-explain activities that organisers are recommending for Earth Hour night. Another is to while away the time in a candlelit bath. And another is to dine at Perth’s swish Hilton Hotel, where the menu is “handwritten on hand-made paper.”

"Bad" News: Scientists Make Cheap Gas From Coal | Wired Science from Wired.com

If oil prices rise again, adoption of the new coal-to-liquid technology, reported this week in Science, could undercut adoption of electric vehicles or next-generation biofuels. And that's bad news for the fight against climate change.

Dismantle Civilisation

We propose that ultimately the only way to put people first is to stop the growth system and dismantle civilisation, and the best place to start is in your own life and backyard.

Forum focuses on climate change agricultural impact

A major conference is being held in Perth this week to address the impact of global warming on Western Australia's agricultural industry.