Like the ALP, the Greens' determination to stick with the need for carbon pricing is admirable, given the political climate created by Tony Abbott.
"Whilst the 'big five' leagues have shown admirable resilience to the economic climate in terms of revenue generation," the report said, "the imbalance between revenue and costs has, in the main, worsened".
"Whilst the 'big five' leagues have shown admirable resilience to the economic climate in terms of revenue generation, the imbalance between revenue and costs has, in the main, worsened," the report said.
The national climate plan included admirable commitments to a national carbon price, coal phase-out, net-zero building codes, clean fuel standard and regulations to reduce methane, and very nasty hydrofluorocarbons.
It is a shame that Dyson's admirable humanitarianism overlooks this basic fact of climate change.
The good-taste effort by the U.S.O.C. and its athletes is admirable -- and smart in the current climate -- but in this odd version of curb your enthusiasm, playing nice is dulling the edge on the American team.
Jon Huntsman acknowledged an open mind on climate change, and for his admirable honesty was resoundingly rejected in the GOP primary.
It is an admirable goal, and one that remains quite relevant in the philosophical climate of the present day.
These admirable programs, however, are modest in scale, and in the current fiscal climate, their financing is far from secure.
Or, as the TippingPoint manifesto puts it, to "harness the power of the imagination to stabilise the climate" (the metaphors are mixed but the intent is clear and admirable).
Climate and other scientists contributing to the IPCC reports since 1990 have done an admirable job in difficult circumstances, as have many scientists who have expanded humanity's knowledge of global warming.
