Sky gets Ratcliffe climate protest wrong
Typically, the media (I've just been watching Sky news) has got in a muddle about the latest direct action protests. Read more...
Climate change.
I have not been following this debate as obsessively as I once did. I haven't added many posts on the subject since early 2014. I'm a climate change sceptic: I think there are huge uncertainties (good and bad) about the phenomenon of anthropogenic global warming but above all about what policy - inevitably quite weak - will likely achieve.Page 4
RDN on Plimer, Paltridge, Monbiot and climate change
The latest climate change row concerns a book by the "denier", Ian Plimer (an Australian geologist) and its most public critic, climate "alarmist", George Monbiot (of the Guardian). George seems to be winning hands-down at the moment. It happens that another Australian, Garth Paltridge, has also produced a climate change book, and it is sceptical rather than refusenik. I hope my review of the books, below, shows how they are both bad. Read more...
Stay home, David Shukman of the BBC!
The Galapagos Islands are under threat from mass tourism and climate change, says David Shukman, reporting from them for the BBC's Today Programme this morning. Read more...
Heathrow’s expansion: not bad for climate change
It seems obvious that expanding Heathrow Airport with a third runway is bad for climate change. But the thought does not bear inspection. Read more...