Green protester, 20, who caused chaos by gluing himself to a Brisbane street still lives with his parents in emission-spewing five-bedroom mansion with an infinity pool

From The Daily Mail Extinction Rebellion protester Eric Serge Herbert glued himself to Brisbane road The 20-year-old former school captain moved to Sydney for uni but dropped out He is now living with his parents in a five-bedroom waterfront mansion in QLD The waterfront five-bedroom, four-bathroom mansion in Pelican Waters on the Sunshine Coast also…

How to learn nothing from the 2010 flooding in Brisbane

From Griffith University Flood research shows human habits die hard Climate Change experts examine rebuilding New research has come up with ways to quickly assess flood damage to houses while also showing most people didn’t intend to make changes to reduce their vulnerability after the 2010-11 floods in Australia.

Model trumps observation – dam operator caught in fabrication

From Operator of dam ‘invented’ rain data Hedley Thomas, National chief correspondent March 26, 2011 12:00AM EXTREME rainfall so rare it happens on average once every 2000 years has been “invented” by the government operator of a major Queensland dam as part of its explanation for releasing huge volumes of water that caused most of…

Bogus claims on Australian and Brazilian floods from ABC and Dr. Richard Sommerville

This ridiculous video story below from ABC news cites über alarmist Richard Somerville of Scripps in San Diego, and is backed up with this print story. Here’s what the print story headline said: Raging Waters In Australia and Brazil Product of Global Warming Quoting Somerville: “Because the whole water cycle speeds up in a warming…

The Australian cites covered up report of Brisbane flood danger

By Hedley Thomas, The Australian A SECRET report by scientific and engineering experts warned of significantly greater risks of vast destruction from Brisbane River flooding – and raised grave concerns with the Queensland government and the city’s council a decade ago. But the recommendations in the report for radical changes in planning strategy, emergency plans…

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Green protester, 20, who caused chaos by gluing himself to a Brisbane street still lives with his parents in emission-spewing five-bedroom mansion with an infinity pool

How to learn nothing from the 2010 flooding in Brisbane

Model trumps observation – dam operator caught in fabrication

Bogus claims on Australian and Brazilian floods from ABC and Dr. Richard Sommerville

The Australian cites covered up report of Brisbane flood danger