How the Wivenhoe engineers fell foul of the Floods Commission
As I outlined in the first post, in February this year the Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry reconvened as a result of reporting in The Australian by Hedley Thomas which suggested there had been a major breach of the flood [...]
Could the Wivenhoe flood engineers have done better?
As I mentioned in the other post, which is necessary reading for background, the Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry in its Final Report did suggest that the engineers could have done better – a little, perhaps – but were sufficiently [...]
Amazing rain, and what the flood engineers did about it
Most people had the impression that the four flood engineers, Robert Ayre, John Ruffini, John Tibaldi and Terry Malone, had done pretty well during the Brisbane 2011 flood event, which began on 6 January when the Wivenhoe Dam first exceeded [...]
Quicklink: Planet Under Pressure Conference
Whilst our attention has been focused on the disaster that struck Queensland on the weekend, a major international conference, Planet Under Pressure, is currently under way in London. Here’s a report on what leading scientists have being saying at the [...]
Behind the Seams: Agriculture, land use and aquifers
Because of Crikey’s IT problems last week, there’s a bit of a backlog in Coal Seam Gas: Behind the Seams articles, so we’re publishing this piece here. In CSG and the land: straight from the farmers’ mouths I looked at [...]
Behind the Seams: Moderate voices in the CSG debate – video interviews
Cross-posted from The Wellhead As Kim Jameson reported, The Greens have ramped up the pressure on their key issue of Coal Seam Gas today, as the election enters its closing days. Similarly, Lock The Gate Alliance made an intervention around [...]
Donation Challenge: Let’s get CSG Behind the Seams fully funded
Perhaps serendipitously, LP readers who weren’t following the work Mark, Robert, Brian, myself and others including Pandora Karavan, John Quiggin and Roger Jones are doing on their collaboration with Crikey, Coal Seam Gas: Behind the Seams, saw some of the [...]
Climate clippings 71
1. State of the climate 2012; 2. Southeast Australia’s wet, cool summer; 3. Climate shifts are step-wise; 4. Looking into the deep past; 5. Salt-resistant wheat; 6. Efficiency standards; 7. Understanding the India’s monsoon; 8. Time to end the clean coal charade.
Quick link: Tristan Edis at Climate Spectator
Sorry it’s been so quiet around here – contributing to Behind the Seams has taken up most of my discretionary time recently, and other LP bloggers have been busy with it or other real-life matters! But I’d quickly like to [...]
Behind the Seams: Interview with Kerry Shine MP
Crikey’s website is down today, so we’re publishing the latest Coal Seam Gas: Behind the Seams posts here. NB: You might like to consider donating to support the work of FAQ Research on our Coal Seam Gas project. The project [...]
Behind the Seams: Coal Seam Gas and Agriculture/Land Use
Crikey’s website is down today, so we’re publishing the latest Coal Seam Gas: Behind the Seams posts here. NB: You might like to consider donating to support the work of FAQ Research on our Coal Seam Gas project. The project [...]