The third reading of the Climate Change Bill took place in parliament yesterday. More on that later. The reading was preceded by an Early Day Motion (EDM) to include shipping and aviation in the scope of the bill. EDM 2233 - CLIMATE CHANGE BILL (No. 2) - 14.10.2008...
Honi-Soit-Qui-Mal-Y Ponce
After our 'Green Aristocracy' post yesterday, it was amusing to see that Prince Charles has warned that the financial crisis should not distract from the longer-term problem of the "climate crunch". Speaking during a visit to Tokyo, the Prince of Wales said the global...
The New Green Aristocracy: They don’t work for you
An aristocracy is a form of government by an elite that considers itself to possess greater virtues than the hoi polloi, giving it the right to rule in its own interests. Aristocrats were referred to as 'the nobility', or 'nobs'. These days we prefer decisions to be...
The Climate Change Bill and the Nobs
Read Ben's article on the Register, about the Climate Change Bill being debated in Parliament today, and the elite who stand to gain from it. An aristocracy is a form of government by an elite that considers itself to possess greater virtues than the hoi polloi,...
Branding Environmentalism
Another day, another expensive advert from the environmental movement. Not Oxfam this time, but Greenpeace, who must spend a significant portion of the $hundreds of millions they make on their campaigns. [youtube J8dLHZ6jKFc] We have noted before that the...
'Fuel Poverty' or Fool's Poverty?
The recent high oil price created a lot of discussion about 'fuel poverty'. A Guardian article reported yesterday that, Campaigners failed today in a high court bid to force the government to spend more to end fuel poverty. Mr Justice McCombe, sitting in London,...
Who's the Basket Case, Oxfam?
There's an advert for Oxfam running on UK TV at the moment that caught our attention. It is most odd. [youtube eQK6ODxDfDY] The little old lady and her friends seem to be vomiting at injustice, thereby making the world a better place. In a way, this almost represents...
“Welcome to the 21st Century”
A couple of our recent posts have looked unfavourably at the BBC’s coverage of the climate debate, in particular the three part series, Earth: the Climate Wars. But it’s not all bad at the Beeb, and it’s not fair to characterise their output as entirely biased in...
80% and the Climate Change Aristocracy
The Independent newspaper announced yesterday that The UK should cut its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80 per cent by mid-century, the Government's climate change committee recommended today. The committee said a more stringent target than the 60 per cent cut...
Oiling the Wheel of Despair at the Edge of Scare City
The future is bleak. That seems to be the message that everybody wheeled into the public spotlight is keen to tell us. Indeed, if you can't say that the future is bleak, you have no business being on the news. Other than the current comparisons to today's economic...