The secret funding of the Heartland Institute once again focuses attention on the financing of the Institute of Public Affairs and particularly its sustained attacks on climate science and all policies aimed at cutting Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. Despite its refusal to divulge, we can make a good guess at where a large part of its recent funding has come from—right-wing mining billionaire Gina Rinehart. ABC The Drum, 24 February 2012
The Supercharged Politics of a Super El Niño
There are strengthening signs that a super El Niño is brewing in the Pacific Ocean. Firm predictions cannot yet be made but if the event