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Global warming – climate change – is surely the most famous and possibly the most serious environmental issue of our time. We aim to throw a sceptical light on it. (By the way, we are not “deniers”.)

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Class warfare and flying

Why we posted this: George Monbiot is quite funny – if a tad over the top – on the way the middle classes are taking most of the advantage of cheap flights. But the squabble over flying is also mostly a middle class affair – like most arguments. More »

Themes: Campaigning / Global Warming / Green / Money / Rights. Posted by Richard D North on January 14th, 2009

Climate change debate: too nice to be real

Why we posted this: The great and the good talk about climate change as though everyone really, really cared. They don’t. And the laggards are not being wholly unreasonable.  More »

Themes: Global Warming / Green / Money. Posted by Richard D North on December 3rd, 2008

Learning to accept climate change?

Why we posted this: The British government seem to be softening up the public for the idea that climate change can’t be stopped. We suggest this is good sense and ought to be stated more honestly More »

Themes: Global Warming / Green. Posted by Richard D North on August 7th, 2008

Will high oil prices solve global warming?

Why we posted this: Here are some possible answers to a crucial question. Do high oil prices send better signals on climate change than governments ever could? The answer’s mostly yes. More »

Themes: Global Warming / Green / Money. Posted by Richard D North on May 31st, 2008

“Has global warming stopped?”

Why we posted this: Here’s a controversy in the New Statesman on a vital subject. Is the world really warming? How to judge the remaining hard-line sceptics? More »

Themes: Global Warming / Green. Posted by Richard D North on April 1st, 2008

BBC bungles Bali’s climate policy story

Why we posted this: These pieces show the BBC doing a bad job in an area it thinks it takes seriously. More »

Themes: Global Warming / Green / Interrogating the Media / Media. Posted by Richard D North on November 14th, 2007

The BBC bungles crucial climate report

Why we posted this: It’s a clue to why the BBC’s handling of climate change policy is poor. More »

Themes: Global Warming / Green / Interrogating the Media / Media. Posted by Richard D North on November 14th, 2007

“The Great Global Warming Swindle” swindle

Why we posted this: It’s a bad bit of work by a brilliant journalist. More »

Themes: Global Warming / Green / Media / Truth & Trust. Posted by Richard D North on April 16th, 2007