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The globe is cooling, the newspaper biz is booming and the Great Recession was over the year it started: History explained by the Daily Mail

Posted by bens - 9 September 2013 at 6:25pm - Comments
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David Rose has penned an article in the Mail on Sunday about the Arctic sea ice, and it’s buzzing around the denial-o-sphere like a bumble bee on crystal meth. The thrust of his piece is that the ice is more abundant this summer than the record low of last year (as the vast majority of scientists predicted) and that climate change can therefore be declared bogus.

Article tagged as: arctic, climate change, climate deniers, daily mail, David Rose, misinformation, sea ice

Durban: doom and gloom or the sunny uplands of a new dawn?

Posted by bens - 28 November 2011 at 4:30pm - Comments
Activists raise a wind turbine on the beach in Durban
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Greenpeace and Tcktcktck volunteers raise a wind turbine on the beach at dawn in Durban

Well here we are again, several thousand people gathering in a conference centre to talk about climate change and, supposedly, work towards a deal to actually do something about it. There are good guys and bad guys: campaigners say a deal is possible while journalists sound pessimistic. We’ve been here before, right? Yes, but Durban really is important and maybe, just maybe, this time it’s a little bit different.

Article tagged as: climate talks, cop17, durban, green climate fund, kyoto, south africa, UN

Activists and pod captured by Danish navy, but this isn't over

Posted by bens - 2 June 2011 at 9:30am - Comments
Danish navy arrest Greenpeace activists and capture the Arctic pod
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Danish navy arrest Greenpeace activists and capture the Arctic pod

Climbers working with the Danish navy have just broken into our pod suspended from the Cairn Energy oil rig here in the Arctic seas off Greenland and arrested the two Greenpeace climbers inside.

Article tagged as: arctcic, cairn, climate, deepwater drilling, go beyond oil, iceberg alley, leiv eiriksson, oil drilling, pod

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Posted by bens - 26 September 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

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Flying can seriously damage your health

Posted by bens - 26 September 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

Climate Clinic

Part of the Climate Clinic blog

There's something unhealthy in the air up here in Manchester. As the Labour party conference rumbled on down the road, I sat in a fringe meeting today at the Climate Clinic where the chap from the British Airports Authority allowed the 'sincerity' to drip from his lips like dark honey.

Article tagged as: aviation, climate change, climate clinic

Oh Mandy! You came on a plane...

Posted by bens - 25 September 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

Peter MandelsonPart of the Climate Clinic blog

We stuck a snapper outside Manchester airport on Sunday, wondering if we'd catch any of our oh-so-green politicians letting the plane take the strain. When a silver Merc pulled up outside Arrivals and Jeeves stepped out, our guy asked if he was waiting for a big cheese. 'Er, can't say mate.' So who came waltzing out of the terminal?

Oh Mandy, who knew that you flew here from London?

And Pete, what kind of gent are you, letting your young aide lug all the gear? Having a bag-carrier, it's all a bit Old Labour isn't it? All a bit beer and sandwiches. I thought The Project was all about personal responsibility and a culture of respect. Hmmm...

Article tagged as: climate change, climate clinic, labour, peter mandelson

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