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1977  
15 Events
Tue 4th Jan 1977 US politician introduces #climate research legislation 3rd Jan 2023
Wed 23rd Feb 1977 UK Chief Scientific Advisor worries about carbon dioxide build-up. 22nd Feb 2023
Thu 21st Apr 1977 Australian Parliament debate on Uranium - C02 build up mentioned 20th Apr 2024
Fri 6th May 1977 Bert Bolin article in Science about increased atmospheric CO2 concentrations owing to forestry and agriculture 5th May 2024
Fri 13th May 1977 UK energy experts gather at Sunningdale 12th May 2024
Fri 15th Jul 1977 "Heavy Use of Coal May Bring Adverse Shit in Climate" 14th Jul 2023
Thu 21st Jul 1977 Washington Post reports that it's getting warmer... 20th Jul 2024
Wed 27th Jul 1977 Pro-nuclear professor cites #climate concerns at Adelaide speech 26th Jul 2023
Sun 28th Aug 1977 First Australian"Greenpeace" action, against whaling 27th Aug 2024
Fri 30th Sep 1977 "Carbon Dioxide and climate: carbon budget still unbalanced" 29th Sep 2024
Sat 1st Oct 1977 Worldwatch on "Redefining National Security" 30th Sep 2024
Mon 10th Oct 1977 famous scientist Solly Zuckerman writes to top UK Civil Servant, warning about climate change 9th Oct 2022
Fri 14th Oct 1977 a UNESCO education conference mentions climate change... 13th Oct 2023
Mon 14th Nov 1977 Met Office boss forced to think about #climate change - first interdepartmental meeting... 13th Nov 2022
Mon 12th Dec 1977 UK Government launches energy efficiency scheme, because Jimmy Carter had visited... 11th Dec 2022
1978  
18 Events
Wed 1st Feb 1978 US TV show MacNeill Lehrer hosts discussion about climate change 31st Jan 2023
Tue 21st Feb 1978 "Carbon dioxide, climate and society" workshop 20th Feb 2023
Wed 3rd May 1978 First and last "Sun Day" 2nd May 2023
Tue 6th Jun 1978 Exxon presentation about carbon dioxide build-up 5th Jun 2023
Wed 14th Jun 1978 Man's Impact on Climate is batted about in Berlin 13th Jun 2024
Wed 12th Jul 1978 US Climate Research Board meeting 12th Jul 2023
Thu 10th Aug 1978 Ford Pinto accident sparks class action 9th Aug 2024
Wed 4th Oct 1978 the Interdepartmental group on Climatology meets for the first time... 3rd Oct 2023
Sun 8th Oct 1978 The Times runs an "ice caps melting" story 7th Oct 2023
Fri 17th Nov 1978 British Wind Energy Association launches 16th Nov 2024
Tue 21st Nov 1978 Sydney Channel Ten news on Carbon Dioxide build-up and trouble ahead 20th Nov 2024
Fri 24th Nov 1978 Canberra Times reports "all coal" plan would "flood US cities" 23rd Nov 2022
Mon 27th Nov 1978 "Impacts of climate on Australian Society and Economy" begins... 26th Nov 2022
Thu 30th Nov 1978 House of Lords debate on Atmospheric Changes... 29th Nov 2022
Sun 10th Dec 1978 Academic workshop on "Climate/Society Interface" begins in Toronto... 9th Dec 2022
Wed 13th Dec 1978 BBC Radio talks about climate change "One Degree Over" 13th Dec 2024
Fri 22nd Dec 1978 UK Energy Department chief scientist worries about CO2 levels and pressure to reduce them... 21st Dec 2022
Thu 28th Dec 1978 fly the plane. Don't keep tapping the fuel light. 27th Dec 2023
1979  
17 Events
Wed 31st Jan 1979 Alvin Weinberg's "nukes to fix climate change" speech reported 30th Jan 2024
Wed 7th Feb 1979 Met Office boss bullshits about his carbon dioxide stance 6th Feb 2023
Thu 29th Mar 1979 Health impacts of carbon dioxide discussed... 28th Mar 2024
Wed 4th Apr 1979 DOE and AAAS meet on social science and climate 3rd Apr 2024
Fri 27th Apr 1979 Ecology Party first TV broadcast ahead 26th Apr 2023
Mon 14th May 1979 The greenhouse effect is ... "almost common knowledge" 13th May 2024
Thu 17th May 1979 Martin Holdgate's A Perspective on Environmental Pollution" published 16th May 2024
Mon 4th Jun 1979 Daily Mail reports on climate change without losing its mind 3rd Jun 2024
Fri 29th Jun 1979 Thatcher uses carbon dioxide build-up to shill for nuclear power 28th Jun 2023
Fri 27th Jul 1979 Thatcher's Cabinet ponders burying climate report 26th Jul 2023
Mon 30th Jul 1979 synfuels would be sinful... 29th Jul 2024
Tue 7th Aug 1979 Cabinet Office wonk hopes to pacify greenies 6th Aug 2024
Tue 9th Oct 1979 Hermann Flohn warns Irish consequence of "possible consequences of a man-made warming" 8th Oct 2022
Tue 16th Oct 1979 Exxon memo on the potential impact offossil fuel combustion 15th Oct 2024
Sun 18th Nov 1979 leaked Cabinet Papers reveal effort to "reduce oversensitivity to environmental consideration" 17th Nov 2024
Mon 26th Nov 1979 CCS first glimmerings, by Albanese and Steinberg 25th Nov 2024
Tue 11th Dec 1979 conference on "Environmental Effects of utilising more coal" in London 10th Dec 2023
1980  
19 Events
Mon 4th Feb 1980 IIASA taskforce on Climate and Society 3rd Feb 2024
Mon 11th Feb 1980 First UK Government climate report released. 10th Feb 2023
Fri 29th Feb 1980 Texaco and Exxon talk about setting up a greenhouse taskforce... 28th Feb 2024
Tue 8th Apr 1980 UK civil servant Crispin Tickell warns Times readers... 7th Apr 2023
Mon 14th Apr 1980 Carter's scientist, Frank Press, pushes back against CEQ report 13th Apr 2024
Wed 16th Apr 1980 Melbourne Age reports "world ecology endangered" 15th Apr 2023
Fri 18th Apr 1980 Ad Hoc Panel on Economic and Social Aspects of C02 increase reports back 17th Apr 2024
Thu 24th Apr 1980 the climate models are sound... 23rd Apr 2023
Thu 1st May 1980 ABC talks about atmospheric carbon dioxide measurement 30th Apr 2023
Thu 8th May 1980 Nature article "CO2 could increase global tensions." Exxon discussed underneath. Delicious ironies abound. 7th May 2024
Tue 10th Jun 1980 Redemption Song unleashed on the world ("If you know your history...") 9th Jun 2024
Mon 23rd Jun 1980 G7 in Venice aims to sink Venice... 22nd Jun 2024
Thu 24th Jul 1980 "Global 2000" report released. 23rd Jul 2023
Fri 1st Aug 1980 Wall Street Journal does excellent #climate reporting 31st Jul 2023
Thu 25th Sep 1980 Reagan turns out to be an ignorant fool. Who knew? 24th Sep 2024
Tue 14th Oct 1980 Barry Commoner's "bullshit" advert... 13th Oct 2024
Tue 21st Oct 1980 Conference on "Climate and Offshore Energy Resources" in London 20th Oct 2024
Sat 25th Oct 1980 Australian radio's The Science Show talks about climate change... 24th Oct 2023
Mon 17th Nov 1980 International meeting about carbon dioxide build up. 16th Nov 2022
1981  
9 Events
Thu 1st Jan 1981 Climate Change And Society 31st Dec 2023
Thu 15th Jan 1981 US calls for effort to combat global environmental problems 14th Jan 2024
Wed 25th Feb 1981 National Party senator nails the climate problem 24th Feb 2023
Fri 17th Apr 1981 David Burns writes in New York Times about trouble ahead 16th Apr 2024
Fri 1st May 1981 scorching editorial about Energy and Climate received at Climatic Change 30th Apr 2024
Sun 31st May 1981 RIP Barbara Ward 30th May 2024
Thu 4th Jun 1981 Sydney Morning Herald reprints CSIRO material about carbon dioxide build-up 3rd Jun 2024
Wed 2nd Dec 1981 "Is the world getting warmer?" (YES) 1st Dec 2023
Tue 8th Dec 1981 Thames TV shows "Warming Warning" documentary 7th Dec 2022
1981  
Mon 22nd Jul 1991 two #climate idiots on the Science Show 21st Jul 2023
1982  
6 Events
Mon 4th Jan 1982 Global 2000 Report updated 3rd Jan 2024
Thu 25th Mar 1982 congressional hearings and CBS Evening News report 24th Mar 2024
Fri 28th May 1982 "International Conference on Rising Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Plant Productivity" 13th May 2024
Fri 28th May 1982 "International Conference on Rising Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Plant Productivity" 27th May 2024
Tue 17th Aug 1982 Crispin Tickell sounds the alarm bell 16th Aug 2023
Mon 20th Sep 1982 "Carbon Dioxide, Science and Consensus" event 19th Sep 2024
1983  
9 Events
Fri 13th May 1983 idiots get their retaliation in first... 12th May 2023
Fri 1st Jul 1983 Australian High Court "saves" Franklin River (it woz the activists wot won it) 30th Jun 2023
Tue 18th Oct 1983 All US news networks run "greenhouse effect" stories 17th Oct 2023
Thu 20th Oct 1983 The Australian says "'Dire consequences' in global warm-up". 19th Oct 2023
Fri 21st Oct 1983 "Changing Climate" report released 20th Oct 2023
Mon 24th Oct 1983 EPA releases study on sea-level rise 23rd Oct 2023
Sun 30th Oct 1983 Carl Sagan hosts 'nuking ourselves would be bad' conference. 29th Oct 2023
Tue 15th Nov 1983 "Energy Futures and Carbon Dioxide" report... 14th Nov 2023
Tue 20th Dec 1983 Documentary on "the Climate Crisis" shown 19th Dec 2023
1984  
7 Events
Tue 3rd Jan 1984 US report on energy transition to combat climate released. 2nd Jan 2023
Tue 28th Feb 1984 Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse Effect hearings 27th Feb 2024
Thu 7th Jun 1984 UK diplomat pushes for more environmental action 6th Jun 2023
Mon 18th Jun 1984 OECD holds conference on "environment and economics" 17th Jun 2024
Thu 13th Sep 1984 unsettling Seattle workshop on sea level rise 12th Sep 2024
Sat 1st Dec 1984 they're talking about CCS already... 1st Dec 2024
Thu 13th Dec 1984 Christian Science Monitor monitors the #climate science - ooops. 12th Dec 2022
1985  
2 Events
Wed 10th Jul 1985 French state commits terrorist act 9th Jul 2023
Tue 10th Dec 1985 Carl Sagan testified to US Senators on #climate danger 9th Dec 2022
1986  
7 Events
Mon 27th Jan 1986 Engineers try to stop NASA launching the (doomed) Challenger Space Shuttle 26th Jan 2023
Mon 2nd Jun 1986 US Senators get going on climate 1st Jun 2023
Wed 11th Jun 1986 Washington Post sees a "Dire Forecast for 'Greenhouse Earth'" 10th Jun 2024
Thu 26th Jun 1986 "our children will grow old in a world that fragmenting and disintegrating." 25th Jun 2023
Thu 26th Jun 1986 Australian Environment Council schooled on climate 25th Jun 2024
Sat 30th Aug 1986 Adelaide warned about climate change by Environment Minister Don Hopgood 29th Aug 2024
Sun 12th Oct 1986 Ockham's Razor and the Greenhouse Effect (ABC radio programme) 11th Oct 2024
1987  
6 Events
Fri 20th Mar 1987 The "sustainable development" Brundtland Report was released 19th Mar 2023
Thu 9th Jul 1987 "Unpleasant surprises in the greenhouse" warns Broecker 8th Jul 2023
Sat 22nd Aug 1987 "Civilisation and Rapid Climate Change" - a short book... 21st Aug 2024
Thu 17th Sep 1987 report on "The Greenhouse Project" launch 16th Sep 2023
Thu 17th Sep 1987 Policymakers turn from Ozone to Greenhouse, says Wall Street Journal 2nd Sep 2024
Sat 17th Oct 1987 CHOGM meeting at which Margaret Thatcher has climate "brought home to her" 16th Oct 2024
1988  
31 Events
Fri 1st Jan 1988 President Reagan reluctantly signs "Global Climate Protection Act" #CreditClaiming 31st Dec 2022
Mon 8th Feb 1988 BBC Horizon on The Greenhouse Effect 7th Feb 2024
Fri 26th Feb 1988 Australian climate scientist Graeme Pearman warns of "Dramatic Warming" 25th Feb 2024
Mon 7th Mar 1988 "We are ratcheting ourselves to a new warmer climate" 6th Mar 2023
Thu 10th Mar 1988 Congressional staff (go on a) retreat on Climate 9th Mar 2024
Mon 6th Jun 1988 Scientists say we are entering a new phase 5th Jun 2024
Thu 23rd Jun 1988 it's time to stop waffling and say the greenhouse effect is here 22nd Jun 2023
Sun 26th Jun 1988 it's SHOWTIME for climate... 25th Jun 2023
Tue 28th Jun 1988 Greenies want deep emissions cuts. Doesn't happen. #TorontoTarget 27th Jun 2023
Sat 2nd Jul 1988 Scientists warn of devastation... 1st Jul 2024
Sun 3rd Jul 1988 US Navy kills hundreds of Iranian civilians... 2nd Jul 2024
Wed 6th Jul 1988 Piper Alpha blows up 6th Jul 2024
Fri 15th Jul 1988 "Racing on Capitol Hill for Title of "Mr Greenhouse" 14th Jul 2024
Tue 26th Jul 1988 Australian uranium sellers foresee boom times... 26th Jul 2023
Wed 3rd Aug 1988 Exxon tries to downplay "the greenhouse effect." Again. 2nd Aug 2023
Thu 4th Aug 1988 Hawke Cabinet asks for "what can we do?" report on climate. 3rd Aug 2023
Sat 20th Aug 1988 Hansen's model released 19th Aug 2024
Wed 7th Sep 1988 media looking for more alarmist scientists... 6th Sep 2024
Tue 27th Sep 1988 UNEP should become world eco-regime 26th Sep 2023
Sat 8th Oct 1988 Aussie poet and activist Judith Wright in final speech, warns of environmental problems ahead... 8th Oct 2022
Tue 1st Nov 1988 Australian Mining Journal says C02 is a Good Thing 1st Nov 2023
Sun 6th Nov 1988 Australian cartoonist nails response to #climate change 5th Nov 2023
Wed 9th Nov 1988 Tolba gives "Warming Warning" speech at first IPCC meeting 8th Nov 2023
Thu 10th Nov 1988 Activists demand even steeper emissions cuts than "Toronto." Ignored, obvs. But were right... 9th Nov 2022
Sun 20th Nov 1988 Will Thatcher pick up the Green Gauntlet? (spoiler: no, no she won't) 19th Nov 2024
Wed 23rd Nov 1988 Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke gives greenhouse speech 22nd Nov 2023
Tue 29th Nov 1988 Australian parliamentarians taught climate 28th Nov 2023
Wed 14th Dec 1988 Greenhouse Glasnost gets going... 13th Dec 2022
Mon 19th Dec 1988 the launch of "Ark" 18th Dec 2023
Thu 22nd Dec 1988 Chico Mendes murdered 21st Dec 2024
Sun 25th Dec 1988 Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands says "the earth is slowly dying" 24th Dec 2023
1989  
31 Events
Fri 11th Nov 1988 Gore blames Reagan and Reaganites for loss of US leadership 10th Nov 2024
Thu 5th Jan 1989 National Academy of Science tries to chivvy Bush. 4th Jan 2024
Mon 30th Jan 1989 "Hawkie" flies off to flog coal 29th Jan 2024
Mon 27th Feb 1989 Barron's "Climate of Fear" shame... 26th Feb 2024
Tue 11th Apr 1989 "Ark" sinks its cred 10th Apr 2023
Tue 25th Apr 1989 The Greenhouse Effect - is the world dying? (Why yes, yes it is) 24th Apr 2024
Wed 3rd May 1989 'Exploration Access and Political Power' speech by Hugh Morgan 2nd May 2024
Wed 7th Jun 1989 Money to be made from the Greenhouse, says the Fin 6th Jun 2024
Tue 13th Jun 1989 Engineers want greenhouse plan, immediate action required... #auspol 12th Jun 2024
Tue 4th Jul 1989 UK Energy Committee ponders greenhouse implications 3rd Jul 2024
Sun 16th Jul 1989 Paris agreement on climate... 15th Jul 2024
Thu 20th Jul 1989 New "Ambassador for the Environment" role makes greenies happy 19th Jul 2024
Mon 14th Aug 1989 South Australia creates "interdepartmental committee on #climate change"... 13th Aug 2022
Thu 17th Aug 1989 Space shields to save the earth... 16th Aug 2023
Wed 23rd Aug 1989 Space Mirrors proposed to combat global warming. I am not making this up. 22nd Aug 2024
Thu 24th Aug 1989 a Sydney council takes greenhouse suggestions on-board (or says it will). 23rd Aug 2023
Mon 11th Sep 1989 Bill McKibben's "The End of Nature" published 10th Sep 2024
Sun 24th Sep 1989 Petra Kelly disses the Australian Prime Minister 23rd Sep 2023
Thu 5th Oct 1989 Enviro minister "Richo" warns Hawkie to save "Kakadu" 4th Oct 2024
Fri 6th Oct 1989 Hawke Government given climate heads up by top scientist 5th Oct 2023
Mon 23rd Oct 1989 Republican Governor of New Jersey issues climate executive order 22nd Oct 2024
Wed 1st Nov 1989 Senior Australian politician talks on"Industry and Environment" 31st Oct 2023
Wed 1st Nov 1989 "Greenhouse Action Australia" launches... 31st Oct 2022
Sat 4th Nov 1989 UK Government launches first of many blame-shifting publicity campaigns on #climate 3rd Nov 2022
Mon 6th Nov 1989 Noordwijk conference - "alright, we will keep talking" 5th Nov 2023
Wed 8th Nov 1989 Thatcher gives climate speech to UN General Assembly 7th Nov 2024
Sat 18th Nov 1989 Small Island States say "er, we gotta do something before the waves close over our heads" 17th Nov 2022
Mon 4th Dec 1989 first anti-climate action economic "modelling" released in Australia 3rd Dec 2022
Mon 4th Dec 1989 Greenhouse tax urged... 3rd Dec 2023
Sun 17th Dec 1989 a big #climate conference in Egypt begins... 16th Dec 2022
Mon 25th Dec 1989 business press pushback about Global Warning "panic" begins... 24th Dec 2022
1990  
36 Events
Mon 15th Jan 1990 A political lunch with enormous #climate consequences for Australia #PathDependency #Denial 14th Jan 2023
Thu 1st Feb 1990 Australian Financial Review ponders carbon tax... (via FT) 31st Jan 2024
Mon 5th Feb 1990 A president says what he is told... 4th Feb 2023
Sat 3rd Mar 1990 The Science Show on the "backlash to Greenhouse warnings" 2nd Mar 2024
Sat 3rd Mar 1990 Energy efficiency could save billions a year, Australian government told (says 'whatevs'). 2nd Mar 2023
Mon 9th Apr 1990 Australian business launches "we're green!" campaign 8th Apr 2023
Wed 2nd May 1990 Nairobi Declaration on Climatic Change 1st May 2024
Fri 11th May 1990 the Financial Times on good intentions not cutting it 10th May 2024
Mon 21st May 1990 "The Big Heat" documentary 20th May 2024
Fri 25th May 1990 Thatcher opens Hadley Centre 24th May 2023
Sat 26th May 1990 Times front page about Thatcher going for stabilisation target 25th May 2024
Tue 5th Jun 1990 The Australian Capital Territory adopts the "Toronto Target" 4th Jun 2023
Mon 25th Jun 1990 Ecologically Sustainable Development paper released 24th Jun 2024
Mon 16th Jul 1990 Canberra Times gives denialist tosh a platform 15th Jul 2023
Sat 28th Jul 1990 science writer John Gribbin explains why caution is wrong on global warming 27th Jul 2024
Mon 6th Aug 1990 another climate documentary shown... 5th Aug 2023
Wed 8th Aug 1990 Ministers meet, argue for Toronto Target 7th Aug 2023
Wed 8th Aug 1990 ANZEC says "adopt Toronto target" of sharp carbon cuts. 7th Aug 2024
Mon 3rd Sep 1990 Greenies meet Prime Minister, a cautious dance ensues 2nd Sep 2024
Tue 4th Sep 1990 Industry whines about environment minister's speech 3rd Sep 2023
Sun 9th Sep 1990 classic (?) film Mindwalk released 8th Sep 2024
Fri 21st Sep 1990 Ministers call for Toronto Target to be federal policy ... 20th Sep 2023
Thu 11th Oct 1990 Australian Federal Government makes climate promise, with fingers crossed 10th Oct 2023
Sat 13th Oct 1990 Ros Kelly defends the Interim Planning Target vs Australia does nothing 12th Oct 2023
Tue 16th Oct 1990 Green groups say yes to "Ecologically Sustainable Development" 15th Oct 2023
Sat 27th Oct 1990 denialist letter published (demolished days later) 26th Oct 2024
Mon 29th Oct 1990 the Joint Council of Energy and Environment Ministers of the European Community decide to save the world. 28th Oct 2024
Sat 3rd Nov 1990 money for independent climate scientists? Yeah, nah 2nd Nov 2023
Sat 3rd Nov 1990 more smears about the IPCC, in the Financial Times 2nd Nov 2023
Tue 6th Nov 1990 Second World Climate Conference underway 5th Nov 2023
Mon 19th Nov 1990 "The US should agree to stabilising CO2 levels" 18th Nov 2022
Thu 29th Nov 1990 Australian denial fools (Fred Singer and Brian Tucker) 1990 & 1994 28th Nov 2024
Wed 12th Dec 1990 Paul Keating refers greenhouse issue to Industry Commission 12th Dec 2024
Mon 24th Dec 1990 Australia as renewable energy superpower 23rd Dec 2023
Tue 29th Nov 1994 Australian denial fools (Fred Singer and Brian Tucker) 1990 & 1994 28th Nov 2024
Mon 13th Oct 1997 Ros Kelly defends the Interim Planning Target vs Australia does nothing 12th Oct 2023
1991  
20 Events
Thu 10th Jan 1991 "Separate studies rank 1990 as world's warmest year" #ShiftingBaseline 9th Jan 2023
Fri 22nd Feb 1991 Denialist gloating about influence on Bush 11th Feb 2024
Tue 9th Apr 1991 Peter Walsh goes nuts, urges BHP to sue Greenpeace 8th Apr 2024
Tue 7th May 1991 From Hawke to Hewson, or "the year Australia's political elite stopped bothering about #climate change" 6th May 2024
Mon 13th May 1991 UK Energy minister fanboys nuclear as climate solution. Obvs. 12th May 2023
Sat 8th Jun 1991 UK environment minister Heseltine visits USA, his climate compromise rebuffed 6th Jun 2024
Mon 15th Jul 1991 RIP Roger Revelle 14th Jul 2024
Mon 22nd Jul 1991 two #climate idiots on the Science Show 21st Jul 2023
Fri 2nd Aug 1991 Pledge and Review... 1st Aug 2024
Tue 13th Aug 1991 clouds and silver linings 12th Aug 2024
Sun 18th Aug 1991 Business Council of Australia says "fuck you, future generations," rejects energy efficiency measures 17th Aug 2024
Fri 6th Sep 1991 Titan has a greenhouse effect... 5th Sep 2024
Wed 9th Oct 1991 Greens get labeled religious fanatics, don't like it. 8th Oct 2023
Thu 10th Oct 1991 "United greens attack Hawke" for gross betrayal" 9th Oct 2024
Tue 22nd Oct 1991 Denialist says "no more than 1 degree of warming by end of 21st century". Turd. 21st Oct 2024
Thu 24th Oct 1991 Australian Minerals and Energy Environment Foundation launched 23rd Oct 2024
Tue 29th Oct 1991 Australia told to pay more than poor countries to help save planet. Does it? Of course it doesn't. 28th Oct 2022
Mon 2nd Dec 1991 "Ecologically Sustainable Development" bites the dust... 2nd Dec 2022
Mon 16th Dec 1991 European Energy Charter becomes a Thing. 15th Dec 2024
Thu 19th Dec 1991 Will UN negotiations go as usual and "commit us to global catastrophe"? 18th Dec 2022
1992  
18 Events
Tue 7th May 1991 From Hawke to Hewson, or "the year Australia's political elite stopped bothering about #climate change" 6th May 2024
Sun 19th Jan 1992 they gambled, we lost 18th Jan 2024
Wed 22nd Jan 1992 "Greenhouse action will send Australia to the poorhouse" 21st Jan 2024
Thu 23rd Jan 1992 denialist bullshit in the Fin 22nd Jan 2024
Tue 28th Jan 1992 Ros Kelly versus Industry commission on greenhouse plans 27th Jan 2024
Wed 5th Feb 1992 Liberal leader Hewson snubs the Australian Conservation Foundation 4th Feb 2024
Fri 6th Mar 1992 #survival emissions versus outright denial 5th Mar 2023
Fri 13th Mar 1992 Australian climate advocates try to get government to see sense... (fail, obvs). 12th Mar 2023
Sun 26th Apr 1992 Ros Kelly abjures a carbon tax 25th Apr 2024
Mon 25th May 1992 Keating Cabinet discusses Rio 24th May 2024
Mon 24th Aug 1992 Bureaucrats kill greenie-business consensus on climate action 23rd Aug 2024
Mon 31st Aug 1992 "Community Energy Audit" in Canberra 30th Aug 2024
Thu 5th Nov 1992 Jeremy Leggett calls Australian petrol price cuts "insane" 4th Nov 2022
Mon 9th Nov 1992 Ark sails on, Downunder 9th Nov 2024
Tue 24th Nov 1992 Leonard Cohen's The Future released. 23rd Nov 2024
Mon 21st Dec 1992 Keating in Adelaide 20th Dec 2024
Tue 21st Dec 1993 European Union agrees to ratify UNFCCC 20th Dec 2023
Mon 12th Sep 1994 Greenpeace lays into Keating government over climate failure 11th Sep 2024
1993  
25 Events
Sun 2nd Feb 1992 that "sarcastic" memo about exporting pollution... 2nd Feb 2022
Mon 18th Jan 1993 Australian unions and greenies launch first "Green Jobs" campaign 17th Jan 2023
Thu 4th Feb 1993 Australian business versus the future (spoiler: business wins) 3rd Feb 2023
Thu 11th Feb 1993 Liberal Party plans would not meet climate goals, says expert 10th Feb 2023
Wed 17th Feb 1993 President Clinton proposes an Energy Tax. 16th Feb 2023
Tue 23rd Mar 1993 UK "The Prospects for Coal" White Paper published. 22nd Mar 2023
Fri 26th Mar 1993 UK government to ratify climate treaty 25th Mar 2023
Mon 29th Mar 1993 C02 Disposal symposium takes place in Oxford 28th Mar 2023
Mon 12th Apr 1993 "environmental economics" gets a puff piece 11th Apr 2023
Sat 17th Apr 1993 Paul Keating versus the idea of a carbon tax... 16th Apr 2023
Wed 21st Apr 1993 Bill Clinton says US will tackle carbon emissions. 20th Apr 2023
Thu 22nd Apr 1993 Clinton's announcement by anti-carbon pricing Aussies 21st Apr 2023
Wed 28th Apr 1993 Australia to monitor carbon tax experience 27th Apr 2023
Wed 19th May 1993 President Clinton begins to lose the BTU battle... 18th May 2023
Wed 26th May 1993 more "green jobs" mush 25th May 2023
Tue 8th Jun 1993 Clinton defeated on his "BTU" tax. 7th Jun 2023
Wed 16th Jun 1993 Oooh, an international conference.... 15th Jun 2023
Fri 2nd Jul 1993 Denialists versus the facts, again. 2nd Jul 2023
Tue 6th Jul 1993 Australian bipartisanship on climate? Not really... 5th Jul 2023
Fri 27th Aug 1993 international negotiations edge forward 26th Aug 2023
Tue 14th Sep 1993 scientists suffer backlash (not outa thin air though) 13th Sep 2023
Tue 21st Sep 1993 Manchester says "no, not hot air". Yeah, right. 21st Sep 2023
Fri 24th Sep 1993 A museum exhibition travels to Pittsburgh 23rd Sep 2024
Mon 4th Oct 1993 Coal chief wringing his hands about "greenhouse," promises new tech 3rd Oct 2024
Wed 13th Oct 1993 IIASA and the IAMs - Gaia help us all 12th Oct 2024
1994  
19 Events
Thu 29th Nov 1990 Australian denial fools (Fred Singer and Brian Tucker) 1990 & 1994 28th Nov 2024
Thu 3rd Feb 1994 Greenhouse burden "unfair" on Australia 2nd Feb 2024
Wed 2nd Mar 1994 A green budget needed in Australia... 1st Mar 2024
Wed 16th Mar 1994 "We could bail from Rio" says former Environment Minister 15th Mar 2024
Mon 21st Mar 1994 Singleton Council approves Redbank power station 20th Mar 2024
Fri 3rd Jun 1994 Greenpeace warns of climate time bomb 2nd Jun 2023
Tue 21st Jun 1994 "National Greenhouse Advisory Panel" established. Hilarity ensues. 20th Jun 2024
Tue 28th Jun 1994 Australian Foreign Minister says "then again, maybe we won't" on carbon cuts 27th Jun 2024
Mon 11th Jul 1994 Australian Environment Minister admits not clear if Australia hitting targets (spoilers, it wasn't) 10th Jul 2024
Wed 14th Sep 1994 Business told to brace for climate regulation/tax (which it then handily defeats) 13th Sep 2024
Sun 2nd Oct 1994 twenty years of boredom, for trying to change the system from within (Phillip Toyne becomes civil servant) 1st Oct 2024
Fri 28th Oct 1994 UK agriculture and climate change workshop 27th Oct 2024
Mon 31st Oct 1994 Four Corners reports on Greenhouse Mafia activity 30th Oct 2022
Thu 10th Nov 1994 "profit or planet - choose one" (Victorian electricity) 9th Nov 2024
Thu 17th Nov 1994 "When consumption is no longer sustainable"... 16th Nov 2024
Mon 21st Nov 1994 Skeptic invited to engage with IPCC (Spoiler, he doesn't) 20th Nov 2022
Tue 29th Nov 1994 Australian denial fools (Fred Singer and Brian Tucker) 1990 & 1994 28th Nov 2024
Wed 30th Nov 1994 Another denialist dolt - "Global warming a clouded issue" 29th Nov 2024
Mon 5th Dec 1994 Taxing times for Australia, maybe... 4th Dec 2024
1995  
20 Events
Sun 2nd Aug 1992 Canberra Times reporting that Jastrow idiot #RelevanceDeprivationSyndrome 2nd Aug 2024
Fri 6th Jan 1995 Australian business interests battle a carbon tax with "nobody else is acting" argument 5th Jan 2023
Thu 12th Jan 1995 Australian carbon tax coming?? 11th Jan 2024
Sun 22nd Jan 1995 UK Prime Minister John Major told to implement green taxes on #climate 21st Jan 2023
Wed 25th Jan 1995 Australian electricity reforms mean more greenhouse gases... 24th Jan 2024
Mon 6th Feb 1995 Australian business versus a carbon tax 5th Feb 2023
Tue 7th Feb 1995 Business Council of Australia vs a carbon tax. Of course 6th Feb 2024
Fri 10th Feb 1995 Faulkner folds on carbon tax - doesn't have the numbers in Cabinet 9th Feb 2024
Fri 7th Apr 1995 First "COP" meeting ends with industrialised nations making promises... 6th Apr 2023
Sat 8th Apr 1995 Journo points out the gamble on climate 7th Apr 2024
Fri 12th May 1995 Another bet between cornucopians and realists 11th May 2023
Wed 31st May 1995 newly-minted MCA meets with Keating... 30th May 2024
Wed 27th Sep 1995 Greenhouse progress in Australia? None. Zip. Zero. 26th Sep 2024
Fri 10th Nov 1995 moronic "Leipzig Declaration" by moronic denialists 9th Nov 2023
Fri 10th Nov 1995 Ken Saro-Wiwa and other Ogoni executed 9th Nov 2023
Mon 13th Nov 1995 no Aussie savings of greenhouse gases so far 12th Nov 2024
Thu 16th Nov 1995 another skirmish in the IPCC war 15th Nov 2023
Fri 1st Dec 1995 bullshit modelling put out by Keating Government 1st Dec 2024
Thu 14th Dec 1995 Monbiot nails it with "it's happening" article 14th Dec 2024
Fri 29th Dec 1995 Sydney Morning Herald points out year has been hottest yet... 28th Dec 2022
1996  
10 Events
Fri 2nd Feb 1996 denialist sprays #climate science with his bullshit 1st Feb 2023
Fri 19th Apr 1996 Ark hits the world wide web.. 18th Apr 2024
Thu 30th May 1996 Denialist goons smear scientist 29th May 2023
Thu 4th Jul 1996 article in Nature saying 'it's partly us' 3rd Jul 2023
Wed 10th Jul 1996 National Greenhouse Advisory Panel cops a serve 9th Jul 2024
Fri 12th Jul 1996 medics slam energy companies for outright denial and obstruction 11th Jul 2024
Thu 25th Jul 1996 Australian PM John Howard as fossil-fuel puppet 24th Jul 2023
Sun 15th Sep 1996 A CCS posterchild is born: Sleipner Field comes online. 14th Sep 2024
Tue 26th Nov 1996 Australian climate modelling is ridiculed 25th Nov 2022
Wed 18th Dec 1996 Australian greenhouse emissions sharply UP. 31st Dec 2024
1997  
18 Events
Wed 28th Sep 1977 John Mason being an idiot again. 27th Sep 2024
Sat 13th Oct 1990 Ros Kelly defends the Interim Planning Target vs Australia does nothing 12th Oct 2023
Fri 14th Mar 1997 Australian senator predicts climate issue will be gone in ten years... 13th Mar 2023
Mon 28th Apr 1997 John Howard says Australia should not have signed climate treaty (UNFCCC) 27th Apr 2024
Sat 10th May 1997 Murdoch rag in denialist shocker 9th May 2023
Mon 19th May 1997 BP boss says "If we are to take responsibility for the future of our planet, then it falls to us to begin to take precautionary action now." 19th May 2022
Mon 19th May 1997 an oil company defects from thedenialists. Sort of. 18th May 2023
Mon 23rd Jun 1997 RIP Hermann Flohn 22nd Jun 2023
Wed 23rd Jul 1997 US climate envoy wonders what Australian leaders are smoking... 22nd Jul 2024
Sun 17th Aug 1997 Paper etc industries want "greenhouse minister" 16th Aug 2024
Fri 3rd Oct 1997 CNN pretends to grow a spine (Spoiler, stays jellyfish) 2nd Oct 2024
Mon 6th Oct 1997 Australia says nope to uniform emissions 5% cut. Assholes. 5th Oct 2024
Fri 10th Oct 1997 Australian businesses say 'yes' to a decent Kyoto deal 9th Oct 2023
Mon 13th Oct 1997 Ros Kelly defends the Interim Planning Target vs Australia does nothing 12th Oct 2023
Wed 5th Nov 1997 Global Climate Coalition co-ordinates an anti-Kyoto conference 5th Nov 2022
Fri 7th Nov 1997 Australian governments bang heads in pre-Kyoto bash 6th Nov 2024
Fri 26th Dec 1997 #climate denial machine exposed again and again 25th Dec 2022
Tue 30th Dec 1997 "How seriously should we take the greenhouse effect?" asks deeply unserious economics hack 31st Dec 2024
1998  
18 Events
Wed 4th Mar 1998 The Australian Greenhouse Office gets a boss... 3rd Mar 2023
Tue 31st Mar 1998 two business-friendly climate events in UK and Australia 30th Mar 2023
Mon 20th Apr 1998 National Academy of Sciences vs Oregon petition fraud 19th Apr 2023
Thu 23rd Apr 1998 Michael Mann's Hockey Stick paper published. 22nd Apr 2023
Sun 26th Apr 1998 "Industrial Group Plans to Battle Climate Treaty" 25th Apr 2023
Wed 29th Apr 1998 Australia signs the Kyoto Protocol 28th Apr 2023
Thu 4th Jun 1998 A New South Wales premier signs a carbon credit trade... 3rd Jun 2023
Sat 27th Jun 1998 we'll trade our way outa trouble (not) 26th Jun 2023
Thu 23rd Jul 1998 denialists stopping climate action. Again. 22nd Jul 2023
Mon 17th Aug 1998 Emissions Trading considered (again) 16th Aug 2023
Mon 31st Aug 1998 Green dollar growing on trees? 30th Aug 2023
Sat 19th Sep 1998 Public Health Association calls for "life-saving green taxes" 18th Sep 2023
Sat 26th Sep 1998 Howard decision only to ratify Kyoto if US does leaks. 25th Sep 2023
Wed 18th Nov 1998 coal guy becomes Australian environment ambassador 17th Nov 2023
Thu 19th Nov 1998 John Howard trolls Australia by appointing Mr Coal as Environment Ambassador 18th Nov 2024
Thu 26th Nov 1998 "National Greenhouse Strategy" (re)-launched 25th Nov 2023
Mon 30th Nov 1998 Exxon and Mobil merge 29th Nov 2023
Wed 9th Dec 1998 Canberra bullshit about environment 8th Dec 2023
1999  
6 Events
Mon 8th Mar 1999 Direct Air Capture of C02 mooted for the first time 7th Mar 2024
Tue 27th Apr 1999 2% increase in use of renewables report received 26th Apr 2024
Fri 15th Oct 1999 Australian economy headed for trouble because of carbon dioxide emissions, admits government through gritted teeth. 14th Oct 2024
Thu 4th Nov 1999 Australians have highest per capita emissions 3rd Nov 2024
Fri 12th Nov 1999 John Howard and mates say "nope" to renewables 12th Nov 2022
Wed 22nd Dec 1999 Australian population growth and carbon reductions - not so easy... 21st Dec 2024
2000  
18 Events
Mon 3rd Apr 2000 Australian diplomats spread bullshit about climate. Again 2nd Apr 2023
Fri 5th May 2000 Business Council of Australia boss on "Strategic Greenhouse Issues" 4th May 2024
Tue 23rd May 2000 Deputy Prime Minister versus Greenhouse Trigger 22nd May 2024
Wed 24th May 2000 Australian denialist nutjobs have nutjob jamboree 23rd May 2023
Tue 20th Jun 2000 Australian business writes the rules. 19th Jun 2023
Fri 14th Jul 2000 Wind power providers want carbon labelling... 13th Jul 2024
Fri 14th Jul 2000 Miners versus the ALP/ and climate action 13th Jul 2023
Tue 22nd Aug 2000 Minchin kills an Australian Emissions Trading Scheme 21st Aug 2023
Mon 4th Sep 2000 industry says sky will fall if there's a carbon tax 3rd Sep 2023
Wed 6th Sep 2000 Emission scheme defeated, it's time for a gloating press release... #Climate #auspol 5th Sep 2022
Thu 28th Sep 2000 Liberal MP goes full cooker on Kyoto as threat to sovereignty. 27th Sep 2023
Fri 29th Sep 2000 On campaign trail, George Bush says power plants will require carbon dioxide cuts 28th Sep 2023
Wed 25th Oct 2000 James Hansen writes a letter 24th Oct 2023
Fri 3rd Nov 2000 Australian denialists get American scientist to testify about Kyoto Protocol, smear IPCC 2nd Nov 2022
Tue 7th Nov 2000 Australian "The Heat is on" report released 6th Nov 2023
Thu 9th Nov 2000 Tyndall Centre launched 8th Nov 2023
Wed 22nd Nov 2000 protests at COP6 at The Hague 21st Nov 2023
Sat 25th Nov 2000 CoP meeting ends in official disarray... 24th Nov 2022

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