Environmentalism

Groundless pessimism about the future can be lethal. Climate change can kill. Not just furnace-like summer heat with its killer bushfires, not killer floods sweeping away livestock, houses and [...]

On 17 April, 17-year-old Laeticia Brouwer was attacked and killed by a shark while surfing at Kelps Beds near Esperance. Hers is the third shark-attack death in Western Australia in the past [...]

It has been rightly said that perhaps the scariest phrase one can hear is this: “Hi, we’re from the Government and we’re here to help you.” Whenever you hear those words, you should either turn [...]

Last month, the Texas Academy of Science named ecology professor Eric Pianka of the University of Texas its “Distinguished Texas Scientist” for 2006. The selection would have been literally [...]