Comment on climate
Comment on climate
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1 Oct. 13 The Independent ask for views on Owen Paterson’s interpretation of the IPCC’s summary Owen Paterson is a UK cabinet minister and the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). Following a meeting at the Conservative…
27-29 Sept. 13 Following quote used variously by the BBC, Independent & others The latest IPCC report from leading climate change scientists offers neither surprises nor solace to our fossil-fuel hungry world. The science message for policy-makers, business leaders and…
10 Sept. 13 Naomi Klein: ‘Big green groups more damaging than climate deniers’ Guardian Naomi Klein refers to Alice Bows-Larkin and my research in her incisive interview on climate change, highlighting both the denialism of some NGOs and the pandering of many scientists…
6th Sept. DECC won’t back Cameron’s fracking price promise Ecologist The Prime Minister risks misleading the public when he asserts that UK shale gas is likely to reduce energy bills. Anderson notes “Everyone who understands the fossil fuel industry … knows…
The debate on the appropriate level of EU emission reductions for 2030 is being conducted in a scientific vacuum. Certainly the decision is ultimately political, but the neglect of any robust scientific framing is emblematic of how the rhetoric of…
why the near-collapse of Europe’s carbon-trading scheme could be good for reducing emissions A pdf of coaxing the mitigation phoenix is also available The past fortnight has been a time of considerable disquiet for those who consider carbon trading generally…
(the arguments outlined in this commentary apply equally to any politician, civil servant, journalist, NGO or business leader calling for stringent mitigation) The commentary is also available as a pdf: Hypocrites in the air and is now a chapter in Beyond Flying From…
Further to my response to Sue Ion’s comparison of nuclear and wind turbine output, there was some disagreement on Carboncounter as to the numbers I had used. I take the view that this disagreement is unjustified, with my reasons outlined…
Pdf version of the full comment is available at Response to Sue Ion on wind turbine numbers In BBC Radio 4’s the Life Scientific (Tuesday 26th February), Jim Al-Khalili interviewed the former technical director of British Nuclear Fuels, Sue Ion. This is a response…