Wind Energy Debate

A couple of weeks ago, I was on the panel for a debate on the motion 'Britain should be a fan of wind energy' at the Cheltenham Science Festival. John Constable of the Renewable energy Foundation was also against the motion, while arch-environmentalist Jonathan...

The IPCC's 'Politically Correct' Science

Back in 2010, I had a look at an Oxfam report which claimed that, According to the IPCC, climate change could halve yields from rain-fed crops in parts of Africa as early as 2020, and put 50 million more people worldwide at risk of hunger. But it was not the IPCC...

Hickman on Lovelock

Leo Hickman has an interesting interview with James Lovelock here, and a fuller transcript of their discussion here. Given that Lovelock predicted in 2006 that by this century's end "billions of us will die and the few breeding pairs of people that survive will be in...

100% Alarmism

Two numbers from this weekends Guardian/Observer... The first is 25%. Damian Carrington whinges that George Osborne demands massive cuts to windfarm subsidies PM's 'greenest government ever' claim undermined by chancellor's move, which follows pressure from Tory MPs...