The following article appered in The Sunday Times on 23rd September: The ‘carbon offset’ child labourers, Indians work off West’s holiday guilt. Extracts: Pumping furiously on a foot treadle in the afternoon heat, six-year-old Sarju Ram is … [Read more...] about Valid Criticism or an Attempt to Discredit Carbon Offsetting?
No! To An Extended Holocene – A Note from Peter Harris
One of the essential prerequisites for the IPCC case for extended global warming is the claim that we face an extended Holocene because orbital geometry now is similar to the 400KY (Stage 11) interglacial which lasted for 28, 000 years. Based on … [Read more...] about No! To An Extended Holocene – A Note from Peter Harris
That Phrase ‘Holocaust Denier’ Again
This article 'Ahmadinejad: The New Boogeyman' compares 'Holocaust denial' to global warming denial: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denies the Holocaust. Let me ask this provocative question: so what? Of course, I understand that people have a visceral … [Read more...] about That Phrase ‘Holocaust Denier’ Again
Australia’s Top Policeman: Climate Change ‘a Bigger Threat Than Terrorism’
Climate change 'a bigger threat than terrorism' CLIMATE change, not terrorism, will be the main security issue of the century, with potential to cause death and destruction on an unprecedented scale, Australia's top policeman believes. In a … [Read more...] about Australia’s Top Policeman: Climate Change ‘a Bigger Threat Than Terrorism’
Greenpeace Rumbled
I rather liked this letter in yesterday's UK Daily Mail, so I thought I would share it: Red alert on Greenpeace IS GREENPEACE more powerful than UK voters? Its lawyers are demanding a judicial review of the Government's decision to reconsider … [Read more...] about Greenpeace Rumbled
Criticism for AP Article ‘Rising Seas Likely to Flood U.S. History’
The Associated Press article 'Rising Seas Likely to Flood U.S. History' is criticised here. The article begins: Ultimately, rising seas will likely swamp the first American settlement in Jamestown, Va., as well as the Florida launch pad that sent … [Read more...] about Criticism for AP Article ‘Rising Seas Likely to Flood U.S. History’