Tag Archives: Atlas Network

An open letter to Anthony Watts

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Rick Altman

Dear Anthony, In your post today, you make a very valid point about the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature (BEST) team publicising their findings before completing their normal PR process (and you may be right that their haste is due to … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Science, Climategate, Cognitive Dissonance, Confirmation Bias, Economics, Environment, Financial Crisis, Hockey Stick Illusion, IPCC, Politics, Scepticism, UNFCCC | Tagged Andrew Montford, Anthony Watts, Atlas Network, Climategate, IPCC, Occupy Wall Street, Richard Muller, Wattsupwiththat? | 12 Comments

Climate Change – It’s an Inside Job

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Rick Altman

The climate change angle can wait; as I want to tackle the ongoing financial crisis first… I have just gotten round to watching a DVD of the award-winning 2010 documentary, Inside Job, brilliantly narrated by Matt Damon, which tells the … Continue reading →

Posted in Civilisation, Climate Science, Consumerism, Economics, Environment, Financial Crisis, IPCC, James Delingpole, Limits to Growth, Modernity, Money Fetishism, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Scepticism, UNFCCC | Tagged Atlas Network, Carpe diem, Herman Daly, Inside Job, IPCC, James Delingpole, John Bolton, life, Occupy Wall Street, Sieze the day, Watermelons | 16 Comments

Why I’m so hacked off with journalists

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Rick Altman

Following on from my previous post – and elaborating upon the research described on my About page – what follows is a summary of why non-scientific journalists are now a threat to the long-term survival of human beings (in anything … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Science, Economics, Environment, Financial Crisis, Hockey Stick Illusion, Limits to Growth, Maketplace of Ideas, Merchants of Doubt, Politics, Pseudo science, Scepticism | Tagged Andrew Montford, Atlas Network, Institute of Economic Affairs, John Blundell, Tim Worstall | 15 Comments

High profile scientist resigns over climate change

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Rick Altman

This kind of headline is appearing in the news with alarming frequency these days. I say “alarming” because I think it should trigger an alarm: This is not news. This is propaganda. It is the equivalent of war-time misinformation designed … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Science, Consumerism, Economics, Environment, Growthmania, Limits to Growth, Merchants of Doubt, Money Fetishism, Optimum Population, Scepticism | Tagged American Physical Society, Atlas Network, Earth Overshoot Day, Institute of Economic Affairs, John Blundell, Peter Jacques | 5 Comments