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Tag Archives: Benny Peiser
Fracking off in Lancashire (and elsewhere?)
I know this is very late but, it is such significant moment, I feel I must comment on the recent decision of Lancashire County Council to refuse to allow fracking to proceed in their county. Never mind that their decision … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Science, Denial, Economics, Environment, Ethics, Fossil Fuels, Hydraulic Fracturing, IPCC, James Delingpole, Merchants of Doubt, Politics, Renewable Energy
Tagged Amber Rudd, Benny Peiser, China, Christopher Monckton, Elysium, Fracking, Geology, groundwater, IPCC, James Cameron, James Delingpole, Lancashire County Council, Lord Lawson, methane, NIMBYism, Titanic
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James Delingpole is full of sheet
Hi folks. Sorry for the distinct Altman of blog posts over the last 12 months (it’s a long story I will not bore you with). James Delingpole is the reason that I started blogging four years ago. (If this is … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Science, Cognitive Dissonance, Confirmation Bias, Denial, Environment, James Delingpole, Maketplace of Ideas, Merchants of Doubt
Tagged Anglia Ruskin University, Benny Peiser, Christopher Booker, Christopher Monckton, Daily Mail, Fine Art, Ian Wolter, In Memoriam, James Delingpole, Melanie Philips, Philip Foster, Sustainability Art Prize
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You know we’re in trouble when…
…The Sunday Telegraph starts advocating polices that will accelerate anthropogenic climate disruption (ACD). Two days ago, one of Britain’s oldest and most-respected broadsheet newspapers decided to shred the last few bits of credibility it might have had by publishing an … Continue reading
Posted in Cognitive Dissonance, Confirmation Bias, Denial, Economics, Environment, Insanity, Intergenerational Injustice, Junk Science, Politics, Populism, Pseudo science
Tagged Benny Peiser, Global Warming Policy Foundation, Insanity, Royal Society, Sir John Beddington, Sir Paul Nurse, Sunday Telegraph
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Reality dawns on people ignoring scientists
I would hereby like to draw together two separate pieces of research published last week: 1. Why Climate Deniers Have No Scientific Credibility – In One Pie Chart (Desmogblog); and 2. AP-GfK Poll: Science doubters say world is warming (Associated … Continue reading
The Three Monkeys – Monckton, Foster and Peiser
Why the picture of monkeys? The short story: 1. Lord Monckton believes Anthropogenic Climate Disruption (ACD) is a myth (i.e. a hoax or a false alarm). 2. Rev. Foster believes that ACD is inconsistent with God’s plan for humanity (i.e. … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Science, Denial, Economics, Environment, Junk Science, Politics
Tagged Benny Peiser, Christopher Monckton, Humour, Philip Foster
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Sampson and the Temple of Economic Dinosaurs
To mark the first anniversary of this blog, last Friday, I re-posted the first ever item on this blog, which summarised the inspiration for my MA dissertation on climate change scepticism in the UK; and the results of my research … Continue reading
Benny Peiser fruitcake
As promised, here is the second of two personal profiles of the founders of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF). Benny Peiser is a social anthropologist who, while at the UK’s Liverpool James Moore University, admitted in 2006 that “… … Continue reading
The Global Wonky Policy Foundation
The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) is actually a very appropriately-named organisation; because it is advocating policies that will ensure global warming is maximised. The GWPF was founded by former Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson (now formally known as … Continue reading
