I’d Bash That: Geek goddess Naomi Oreskes [pictured] may be the hottest date on the climate scene right now, but mental mediocrity is her number 1 turnoff. Only superuser-level nerds need apply, she told Playdork Australia. Who can afford to wait in line for such a ripe pluck? Here’s your back door pass for unlimited … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Journalism
Met Office report — leaked or Leaked?
The Met Office released another climate report yesterday, containing its latest set of projections, CP18. But the day before, an article about what the report would say was published in the Sunday Times, written by their environment editor Jonathan Leake. The Sunday Times article is quite clear and precise about what the report is going … Continue reading
Claim: Scientists Fear Species May Already Be Extinct
From the ‘if it bleeds it ledes’ department, this masterpiece of campfire self-intimidation appeared in Tuesday’s Herald. One can’t help but be impressed by the gullibility of any reporter who still takes the word of David Karoly, the most litigious liar in Australian climate science, at face value. It’s not as if we didn’t try … Continue reading
“You Don’t Know Anything About It”
Unlike economic recession and wars, which pass, climate change does not, and there are deadlines if we want to avoid a point of no return. In fact, scientists calculate that Obama has four years in which to save the world. That was BBC Newsnight’s Science Editor Susan Watts reporting in January 2009. It was the … Continue reading
Fascinating Algorithm
You may have heard about the recent crackdown by internet providers on purveyors of Fake News, which began by the banning of Alex Jones by Facebook and Twitter. First they came for the loony rightwing racist chemtrail conspiracy theorist But I wasn’t a loony rightwing racist chemtrail conspiracy theorist So what me worry? Then it … Continue reading
Breaking: Final Draft Of IPCC Key Climate Alarmist Report Is Not Alarmist Enough!
Yes, it’s true. The forthcoming IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5C has been formally accused of ‘pulling its punches’ in order to let polluters off the hook by none other than Bob Ward, policy wonk at the Grantham Institute. The Graun, of course, has the story. Warnings about the dangers of global … Continue reading
Rupert and the Mystery Denier
Rupert Read teaches philosophy at the University of East Anglia, chairs the Green House thinktank and was “Green Party 2015 MP-Candidate for Cambridge.” He was twittering the other day: BBC Radio wanted to have me on today to debate a climate-denier in the context of the drought/heatwave. I said NO. I told them it was … Continue reading
