Pretty much Jason Bordoff’s headline in Foreign Policy magazine today, except I left out the “Sorry”. And that’s because I’m not. Sorry, but the Virus Shows Why There Won’t Be Global Action on Climate Change Bordoff believes in what is laughably called the scientific consensus on climate change but he seems, to his credit, … Continue reading
Author Archives: Richard Drake
Half-buried factoids
It can be a quiz. It can just be you showing off. Or, of course, both. Not limited to climate but bonus points if any climate factoid is deemed interesting by 97% of assembled Cliscep experts. All complaints please to DFHunter @all – since all the pubs are closed can we have a climate/general quizz … Continue reading
Culture war 2020
Jaime just said in a comment: Russell, “If the science is not faulty, then the people who deny the science must be insane, driven mad by ideology, racism, sexism, homophobism, fascism, or whatever other “ism” you can concoct.” We’re seeing that tactic fall apart big time, not in the climate change debate, but in the … Continue reading
Election Special
It’s broader than that. In fact, let’s include the amazing recent election in Hong Kong: Just screw Hong Kong, amirite? — Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) December 11, 2019 They are putting their lives at stake for their freedom while some nutjob I being bandied around the globe talking out of a script and is being … Continue reading
The climate crisis and transphobia
With apologies to This Is Spinal Tap, someone at Pink News has just turned all the knobs to weird. Read This is what climate change and transphobia have in common, according to non-binary author Dr Meg-John Barker if you dare. There are some hilarious comments under Helen Joyce’s tweet, mostly from the ‘gender critical’ contingent … Continue reading
A Miracle Just Happened
The hero of Climategate on 17th November 2009 had a tremendous sense of style, as recounted by ‘Dominic’ on Climate Audit almost two months later: I find the initial posting here with the link to the FOIA.zip file at RC almost divine. It was on a thread called “Miracles and Strip Bark Standardization” which had … Continue reading
Remembrance season
This short post with lots of embedded tweets starts with a quiz. Don’t cheat by reading further down before answering, at least in your head. What are the six key anniversaries, four with rather pleasing round numbers attached this year, that we have been in the process of remembering or at least perhaps vaguely … Continue reading
Environmental protections?
More screencaps from my iPhone today. Discuss? Continue reading
Hope, compromise and stepwise refinement
Here was a segment of my Twitter timeline just before midday: Sadly my iPhone screen didn’t allow me to capture with full clarity and imagination what The Guardian thinks hope is. But it seems safe to assume it involves changing the world for the better, progressive intellectual style. For instance: I don't know Ben, there … Continue reading
Climate Change – the Missing Facts
TL;DR David Attenborough’s “Climate Change – the Facts” was unbalanced. It failed to mention twelve key facts. It also failed to interview experts whose views on energy policy have, rightly, been informed by these facts. In its pre-prepared defence of the programme, already used as a stock response to at least three complaints we know … Continue reading
