EU Referendum: The beauties of blogging

...it takes bloggers to bring this to the fore, and more bloggers to expand and develop the theme, backed up by their readers with their invaluable input on comments sections, forums and e-mails.

In the free (and rapid) exchange of information and ideas (and mutual criticism), it is us working as a loose community who most closely approach the scientific ideal. This is, of course, why we are winning the intellectual argument. The political battle, though, has yet to come.

150 to run a non-existent scheme on a non-existent problem | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

If this is how many people Kevin Rudd needs to run nothing, how many thousands will it take to run his colossal emissions trading scheme when it actually exists?

RFK, Jr. 15 months ago: Global warming means no snow or cold in DC | Washington Examiner

Snow is so scarce today that most Virginia children probably don't own a sled.

Climate policy backlash takes shine off Rudd

SUPPORT for Kevin Rudd and his flagship policy, the emissions trading scheme, has fallen sharply following the failure of the Copenhagen climate change conference and Tony Abbott's ascension to the opposition leadership.

Abbott's flailing fists sting Rudd like a bee

TONY ABBOTT'S first big punch was aimed at Kevin Rudd's climate change policy, and it has hit hard.

By proposing an alternative to Rudd's emissions trading system, Abbott has applied the first serious pressure to the policy. Public support crumpled immediately.
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One of the reasons that public support for the Rudd policy is weak is that the government decided to play what Paul Keating would call "tricky-poo" politics on the matter. Rather than campaigning hard to explain the policy and carry public opinion, Rudd decided to step back. He fell silent for most of last year. Why?

Rudd missed opportunity to dump failed emissions scheme

Cap and trade emission plans are fundamentally flawed.

KEVIN Rudd is not showing much political or environmental nous by sticking with his Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme to reduce carbon emissions.

Its big initial political virtue - its diabolical complexity - became a huge political liability when the federal opposition switched from principled support for the CPRS under Malcolm Turnbull to unprincipled opposition under Tony Abbott.