Ben has an article about Roger Pielke Jr's criticism of the UK's Climate Change Act on Spiked. The rate of decarbonisation required to meet these targets would, according to Roger Pielke, be ‘more aggressive than has ever been documented in any developed country at...
Munich ReGurgitated
Roger Pielke Jr reports that Al Gore is now presenting data from our favourite insurance company Munich Re to bolster his case that natural disasters are on the increase as a result of global warming. Munich Re, if you remember, is a company that has rather a lot to...
The Conspiracy-Theory Conspiracy Theory
Our previous post, and one the week before looked at the arguments emerging from climate activists about what to make of the existence of an email news circular, operated by Marc Morano, the Communications Director at the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee,...
The Great Global-Warming-Denial-Echo-Chamber Echo-Chamber Irony
Last week, we posted about David Roberts’ conspiracy mongering about the email list operated by Marc Morano, which like its many green counterparts, serves to keep people in touch. Roberts said: Morano's entire job is to aggregate every misleading factoid, every...
A Crisis of Faith in Crisis Politics
Two Popes, two statements, two apparent U-turns: 1. The Vatican declares that evolution by natural selection is not incompatible with its teachings and that Intelligent Design is a 'cultural phenomenon' rather than a scientific or theological one. 2. Dr Vicky Pope,...
The Modern Movement vs. the Miserable Moment
ATTENTION - VISITORS FROM CACC CAMPAIGN WEBSITES AND EMAILS. ALTHOUGH IT IS SPELLED OUT IN WHITE AND BLACK, MANY OF YOU HAVE FAILED TO REALISE THAT WE ARE NOT THE ORGANISERS OF THE EVENT. THE DEMONSTRATION IS ORGANISED BY MODERN MOVEMENT. Thanks, the Editors....
Ragin' Roberts
Over at Gristmill, the angry David Roberts gets his knickers in a twist about an email list: Barnes gets his information on climate change the same place everyone in the right-wing media world gets it: from Marc Morano, the in-house blogger/agitator for Sen. James...
Climate Criminals to the Naughty Step
It's not easy watching It's Not Easy Being Green, BBC2's show about how easy it is being green - if you are a professional environmentalist. After the first episode of the new series, we mentioned that edgy yet ethical rock chick Lauren Laverne had been trying to...
Penguins Are Killing the Polar Bears
This week has been a PR disaster for the North Pole. No sooner had scientists shown that the Antarctic really had been warming up a bit, actually, probably due to climate change and everything, than it was proved that Emperor penguins are more screwed even than the...
activism.plc@gov.ac.uk
At the risk of getting all Exxon-Secrets 'on yo asses'... Thanks to the reader who let us know about Bob Ward's latest career move. Ward, if you remember, left his post of director of communications at the Royal Society to join global risk analysis firm RMS as...