Randi, You Old Goat

Nothing can surprise about the climate debate any more. First, UK homeopath-slayer Dr Ben Goldacre lays his climate cards on the table. Now his comrade in arms across the pond, James Randi, has done the same - only completely differently. Get this: Happily, science...

Paging Dr. Goldacre… Warmer Zombies on the Climate Ward

On BBC Radio 4's Any Questions last night, and in his Bad Science column in the Guardian today, Dr Ben Goldacre lays into what he calls the 'zombie arguments' of climate sceptics: ...reigning supreme, is the “zombie argument”: arguments which survive to be raised...

Party Political Broadcast on Behalf of the OPT

On the BBC's Horizon tonight, Sir David Attenborough, patron of the Optimum Population Trust, tackles the question How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth? Except he doesn't. He comes up with an answer alright - 15 billion if we all live like the average Indian, 2.5...

Hari Drama Hari Gaia

In Friday's Independent, Johann Hari has achieved a quite remarkable feat. How I wish that the global warming deniers were right Are you prepared to take a 50-50 gamble on the habitability of the planet? In just 1400 words he manages to cram in just about every...