Well, looks like Australia is out of the climate research business

[Keefer]

Climate Change Research Axed in Australia

The fallout from the new government’s budget is still being seen in Australia, but it is already obvious that climate change is a loser when it comes to funding. Prime Minister Tony Abbott has long been skeptical of global warming and the science behind it, but with his new-found legislative power it seems as though he is looking at making that viewpoint into law. According to critics, there is no longer even the pretence of working towards limiting the effects of climate change as the government works to protect the interests of fossil fuel producers and businesses. Whether or not there is a real connection between big business interest and the new budget, Abbott and his cabinet have taken the axe to climate change research and are poised to fundamentally damage all scientific research in Australia in the process.

Full article here:

http://guardianlv.com/2014/05/climate-change-research-axed-in-australia/

[GliderGuider]

1. So it goes. nt

[Downwinder]

2. It is still a testbed. Can't opt out of that.

[GliderGuider]

3. +1

[hatrack]

4. I keep wondering - is Australia Canada with kangaroos?

Or is Canada Australia with polar bears? Other than details of flora and fauna, they're becoming increasingly indistinguishable.

Further proof that there's no news so bad that it can't be ignored into going away, I guess.