Those experts are at it again: Climate experts are forecasting a drop in global temperatures this year. Which is not entirely unlike looking out of your window at 4pm, and predicting that the sun will have risen this morning.
The Return of the Precautionary Principle
Last Friday, we asked 'what happened to the precautionary principle'. Recent arguments dominating the public discussion on climate change seem to have been about the 'scientific consensus' achieving certainty, rather than advising caution in the face of doubt. Yet on...
Oh, to be in England…
...now that April's there. And whoever wakes in England Sees, some morning, unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England - now! - Robert Browning Oh, to be...
Left, Right and Wrong
When we were wondering why Environmentalism is often assumed to go hand in hand with the political Left, we suggested that Environmentalism and the War on Terror had similar roots in the politics of crisis and fear. A commenter named Harry made an interesting point...
Snowmen Families Hit by Meltdown Double Whammy
Continuing the English tradition of judges making absurd public statements... And following Professor Philip James's call for a "climate plan" to "tackle obesity"... And following Sir David King's "climate change poses a bigger threat than terrorism"... Ladies and...
What Happened to the Precautionary Principle?
It only seems like yesterday that the Precautionary Principle was the standard currency of Environmentalist rhetoric. But like acid rain and global cooling, the precautionary principle seems to be disappearing from the Green lexicon. Increasingly, Environmentalists...
Fat Polar Bears Are Killing the Penguins
This is funny. Funnier is the outrage expressed by Grist readers, of whom Newscloud is funniest: If there is a hell, Inhofe belongs there The Grists need to watch out. And not only on 1 April. All those stuffy, old-fashioned churches want their congregations back....
Women Ultimately Responsible for Fat Swedish Men Killing the Polar Bears
Further to this and this, there's now this: One of Johnsson-Latham's main theories is that global warming is a gender issue because men pollute more because they work more, drive longer, take airplane trips, etc., whereas women pollute less because they are at home...
More Geometric Congruence from the Poorly Physician
We have reported before how climate alarmists seek to draw parallels between the shape of arguments made by the morally reprehensible, and climate change "denialists". At the same time, some like to make analogies of climate scientists and physicians. Andrew Dessler,...
Lights Off… Did the Earth Hour Move for You?
Earth Hour 2008 'happened' yesterday. Except it didn't. The whole point is that nothing happens. Created to take a stand against the greatest threat our planet has ever faced, Earth Hour uses the simple action of turning off the lights for one hour to deliver a...