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Category Archives: Environment
Is this ‘Game Over’ for climate change mitigation?
Last January, I posted It’s ‘Game Over’ for Fossil Fuels because… “I’d really like to think oil companies will soon admit the game is up: The extraction of fossil fuels is going to become increasingly financially uneconomic and socially unacceptable.” However, … Continue reading
Will it matter 100 years from now?
Here in the UK, I have spent a lot of time trying to decide how to vote in the Referendum on our membership of the EU. Working away from home, I had to apply for a postal vote. Having sent … Continue reading
Open Letter to David Cameron
29 March 2016 The Rt. Hon. David Cameron MP The Prime Minister 10 Downing Street London SW1A 2AA Dear Prime Minister, Whatever happened to the greenest government ever? Given my experience of working in environmental consultancy or regulation, I understand … Continue reading
The post-1998 pause in warming is over
Last month was the warmest February on record; 1.6 C above its pre-industrial average. The post-1998 pause in warming, which has also included the warmest-ever decade, is almost certainly over. Therefore, I hope the ideologically-blinded, not-at-all-like Galileo, pseudo-sceptics will now … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Science, Environment
Tagged Facebook, Global Warming Fact of the Day, Michael Tobis
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It’s ‘Game Over’ for Fossil Fuels
I’d really like to think oil companies will soon admit the game is up: The extraction of fossil fuels is going to become increasingly financially uneconomic and socially unacceptable. After all, it is almost 4 months since Mark Carney said … Continue reading
Please welcome Cumbria to the world of global weirding
Whilst I have the greatest of sympathy for all those affected by flooding in Cumbria, they should not seek to blame the government or the Environment Agency. If anybody is to blame it is the fossil fuel industry, which has … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Civil Disorder, Climate Science, Denial, Environment, Fossil Fuels
Tagged Storm Desmond
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An open letter to James Delingpole (2)
Dear James, Please tell me you are still not mad with me for something I did 5 years ago? If not ‘Pilegate’, I hope you are not still annoyed by the ‘Background’ page of my blog. Can you not see … Continue reading
A brief history of climate change ‘scepticism’
Here is my attempt to make sense of the academic literature categorising the rhetorical positions adopted by climate change ‘sceptics’. However, please note that the term ‘sceptic’ is used solely for convenience: Given that the totality of post-industrial climate change … Continue reading
Disgraceful Volkswagen caught putting profit before planet
I can barely believe it. One of Germany’s best-value exports (i.e. in the non-luxury end of the car market) has been caught faking the CO2 emission test data on its diesel cars in the USA (and, it has subsequently emerged, … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Science, Environment, Ethics, Fossil Fuels
Tagged CO2 emissions, corporate responsibility, deceit, dieselgate, fraud, Volkswagen
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Jeremy and Piers Corbyn – ‘Brothers at Odds’
Here in the UK, the Labour Party has, almost by accident, just voted in the most overtly and unashamedly socialist leader since Michael Foot over 30 years ago. As such, 66-year old Jeremy Corbyn, has already managed to upset many … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Science, Denial, Environment, IPCC, Pseudo science, Religion
Tagged IPCC, Paul Ehrlich, Piers Corbyn, Weather Action
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Anthropocene Reality 