I have an article up on Spiked today... The growth of environmental non-governmental organisations (NGOs) over the past 50 years has been extraordinary. Starting from humble beginnings and means, organisations like Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth, which are both...

Something of a brouhaha is developing over the leaked briefing to David Cameron, claiming that UK energy bills will rise 30% (roughly £300) by 2020. The Telegraph, who reported the leak, say, Mr Cameron is said to be “very worried” about the figures in the paper,...

A recent article in the Telegraph aimed to expose: The aristocrats cashing in on Britain's wind farm subsidies Growing numbers of the nobility are being tempted to build giant wind farms on their estates by the promise of tens of millions of pounds being offered green...

All sorts of claims are made about climate change. The excellent Number Watch site by John Brignell keeps a list of things (claimed to be) caused by global warming. Pointless speculation about climate change is rife. This is perhaps the most absurd instance of it....

I was on BBC Radio Newcastle this morning, discussing what some are calling the North East region's 'energy revolution'. Some. [youtube 0c_o86i7XLY] It's a funny kind of 'energy revolution', when the outcome is a reduction of living standards. I wish I'd said that,...

Bishop Hill links to an article by Oxfam's research director, Duncan Green. Says the Bishop... Duncan Green is head of research at Oxfam GB and has written an article exploring the question of whether the drought in the Horn of Africa is caused by climate change. The...

British PM, David Cameron has written to his Australian Counterpart, Julia Gilllard, to congratulate her on her climate change policy -- the Carbon Tax. The Sydney Morning Herald says, "Your announcement sends a strong and clear signal that Australia is determined to...

A recurring theme of the green argument for 'urgent' and 'strong' action on climate change -- usually also an argument for circumventing the democratic process -- is the claim that 'science says...{insert fatuous pseudo-scientific statement here}' . It's a fig leaf,...

Over at Spiked-Online, I've reviewed The God Species: how the planet can survive the age of humans, by Mark Lynas. Since becoming an advocate of genetic modification (GM) and nuclear power, Mark Lynas has drawn increasingly hostile criticism from his erstwhile...