Climategate and a Tale of Two Georges

One event, seen by two environmental activists called George, produces two, contradicting stories in the Guardian. George Marshall, suggests that CRU email hacking was ‘orchestrated smear campaign’, but one which yielded no evidence of anything questionable, but that...

Hacking the Climate Da Vinci Code

Unless you live a fully sustainable life in a cave without any internet access, you will no doubt be aware of the hacking into a UK climate research institution’s computer system, and the release of emails between prominent figures in the small world of climate...

Why Environmentalism is 'Unethical', Anti-Human, and Elitist

It’s not often we agree with George Monbiot. We cannot change the world by changing our buying habits ... I have always been deeply suspicious of the grand claims made for consumer democracy: that we can change the world by changing our buying habits. But then again,...

Energy Battles

A few posts back we mentioned the Battle of Ideas debate festival organised by the Institute of Ideas. Audio podcasts of the many debates are now available on-line.  There's something there for everyone....

Site Facelift: Climate resistance v3.0

As you can probably see, we have given the site a make-over. We've opted for the most simple possible construction of the site this time, with fewer of the gadgets, widgets and gizmos that were cluttering the pages. We've also made it a bit easier for our more mature...

Dead Babies – Conscripts in the Climate War

The Save the Children Alliance purport to be ... the world's largest leading independent children's rights organisation, with members in 29 countries and operational programmes in more than 100. We fight for children's rights and deliver lasting improvements to...

Climate Science and Climate Scepticism

Ben (C-R editor) gave a presentation at York University last week, in a debate organised by the Freedom Association, alongside Professor David Bellamy and Richard S. Courtney, and opposite Stephen Hockman QC (who intends to establish an international climate change...