In which we battle over carbon targets, green tokenism and the economics of climate change.
Category: climate breakdown
The Conspiracy Widens
A final response to Alexander Cockburn.
Alexander Cockburn and the Corruption of Science
This is a response to Alexander Cockburn’s articles on global warming.
Giving Up On Two Degrees
Have we already abandoned our attempts to prevent dangerous climate change?
The Real Climate Censorship
It’s happening, it’s systematic, and it is precisely the opposite story to the one the papers are telling.
Correspondence with Hamish Mykura
Head of History, Science and Religion, Channel 4
A Lethal Solution
We need a five-year freeze on biofuels, before they wreck the planet.
The Target Wreckers
Two ministries seem determined to scupper the government’s plans to combat global warming.
Channel 4’s Problem with Science
It doesn’t give a damn about whether the facts stack up – as long as it creates a controversy.
Just a Lot of Hot Air
An audit of the government’s planned carbon cuts shows they will achieve only half of what it claims.
Another Species of Denial
The Bush administration will do anything except cut the consumption of fuel.
Preparing for Take-Off
The government knows that its airport plans will cancel out all its efforts to tackle climate change.
Here’s the Plan
For fast and effective action on climate change
Selling Indulgences
The trade in carbon offsets is an excuse for business as usual.
The Water Boom Is Over
Global freshwater supplies could start to determine whether or not we can feed ourselves.
Small is Useless
Micro generation can’t solve climate change.
Who’s Paying?
When pundits discuss contentious issues on air, they must reveal their financial interests.
How Much Reality Can You Take?
Does anyone really want to stop climate change?
An 87% Cut by 2030
That’s what we need in the United Kingdom to avoid catastrophic climate change
The Smoke Behind the Deniers’ Fire
It isn’t just Exxon which has funded the climate change deniers – Big Tobacco has also played a strange and disturbing role.