The looming UK general election has so far been a contest of the lowest possible expectations. It is a difficult election to get excited about. But one group seems to feel especially hurt at being left out of the debate, with their favourite subject having taken a...
Fortunes of Climate War
Over at Bishop Hill, Andrew Montford wonders, Is there a competition on to see who can be the most revolting climate change activist at the moment? It's a good question, and it arises out of an article posted on Business Green (an on-line news and campaigning site for...
Repealing the Climate Change Act
I have a very short piece over at the Institute of Ideas (IOI) website, outlining the reasons for repealing the Climate Change Act. It is very short, so I won't give much away here: It might be easy to imagine that scepticism towards claims that we face catastrophic...
The Peer-Reviewed Dirt on Monbiot's Dirty New Scare Story
Just when you thought climate alarmism had passed its peak... We’re treating soil like dirt. It’s a fatal mistake, as our lives depend on it Says George Monbiot in today's Guardian... War, pestilence, even climate change, are trifles by comparison. Destroy the soil...
A Decade of Lynas
Mark Lynas writes in the Guardian in the wake of the paper's new climate campaign, We must reclaim the climate change debate from the political extremes Alarmists and deniers need to climb out of their parallel trenches, engage with the developing world and work...
Barry Gardiner's #TimeToAct2015 Photo Album
Yesterday saw the 'Time To Act 2015' protests in a number of cities throughout the world. The Huffington Post proudly announced 'People's Climate March In London Draws 5,000, Including Russell Brand And Naomi Klein'. Have you ever been to Central London on a Saturday...
About 'Denying', 'Deniers', and 'Denial'
There has been some discussion about the D-word recently. The Science of Doom blog considered the historical implications of the word, and argues that its use in the climate debate trivialises the deaths of millions, and urged people to stop using it. Keith Kloor...
Celebs, Comedians, Pop Stars… Climate Whores
While browsing Twitter the other day, I chanced upon this tweet from the Dept. of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)... How should we power London? http://t.co/GixAT5FcJ9 Discussing tonight #powerlondon @jonsnowc4 @JayRayner1 @shappikhorsandi & @prospect_uk—...
Advocating the Science Cake and Politicising it
The science-advocacy axis has provoked much fraught discussion over the years. Crudely put, there appear to be scientist, activists, and activist-scientists, and scientists-activists. The consensus appears to be that political advocacy and science should not be...