For inspiring 'A new agenda,' Naomi Klein wins 2016 Sydney Peace Prize
Awarded the Sydney 2016 Peace Prize, environmental activist Naomi Klein again criticised the Turnbull Government's inaction on climate. Deirdre Fulton from Common Dreams reports. CITING HER WORK "exposing the structural causes and responsibility for the climate crisis", the Sydney Peace Foundation has awarded its 2016 Peace Prize to author and activist Naomi Klein. That work, said the jury, inspires people "to stand up locally, nationally and internationally to demand a new agenda for sharing ..>> view originalDirect Action funds 'spent on projects that would have happened anyway'
The government’s $2.55bn emissions reduction fund, which pays greenhouse gas emitters to pollute less, will inevitably pay for reductions that would have happened anyway, for the same reason that secondhand car markets are full of lemons, an economic analysis has concluded. The centrepiece of the government’s Direct Action climate policy is a reverse-auction, in which polluters bid for funding to pollute less. But the government could not know for sure whether those reductions would have happen..>> view originalSmall blue galaxy could shed new light on Big Bang, IU astronomers say
A faint blue galaxy about 30 million light-years from Earth and located in the constellation Leo Minor could shed new light on conditions at the birth of the universe. Astronomers at Indiana University recently found that a galaxy nicknamed Leoncino, or "little lion," contains the lowest level of heavy chemical elements, or "metals," ever observed in a gravitationally bound system of stars. The study appears in the Astrophysical Journal. The lead author on the paper is Alec S. Hirschauer..>> view originalOldest Space Dust Indicates Earth's Oxygen-Rich Atmosphere 2.7 Billion Years Ago
Scientists believed that the early Earth's atmosphere contained poor concentration of oxygen. However, a study published online on May 11 in the journal Nature reveals that the oldest fossil micrometeorites or space dust contain proof that Earth's ...>> view originalNew helium microscope reveals startling details without frying the sample
When using an electron microscope, having your samples fried or explode isn’t quite the result one wants. But for Professor Paul Dastoor, this was an all-too-common problem. In his work on organic and polymer electronics, conventional electron microscopes were a no-go zone because much of his sample would either boil or blow up under the microscope he was using. However, an alternative is now available in the form of a new prototype helium-based microscope, developed by Dastoor and his team at ..>> view original
Monday, May 16, 2016
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