When a Butterfly Flaps Its Wings, Environmentalists Just Flap

We're glad to see that the BBC has removed the error we flagged up on Thursday. Where it said The scientists predicted such species would struggle to cope with the 5.4C rise in tropical temperatures expected by 2100.  it now reads The scientists predicted such species...

Fat People are Killing the Butterflies

Steve Connor, science editor at the Independent newspaper warns us that Tropical insects rather than polar bears could be among the first species to become extinct as a result of global warming, a study has found.  What does that even mean? Are the polar bears OK...

How the Marxists Have Fallen (For It)

Over at Political Affairs, which promises "Marxist Thought online", an article published today warns that, according to the latest IPCC report, Mass extinction of species is likely within 60-70 years, on a scale larger than most of the five major extinction events...