The climate refugee controversy (not)

I was trying to find some recent data on climate refugees just now because of the controversy (in some quarters) over inaccurate UN projections (which, it seems, did not emanate from the UN at all). A Wikipedia site is of considerable assistance in this regard in that, while noting the conceptual problems, it does not [...]

Climate porn

Image source: BBC news Apocalyptic visions of climate change used by newspapers, environmental groups and the UK government amount to “climate porn” according to the (left-leaning) Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR). Apparently, the over-use of alarming images is a “counsel of despair” making people feel helpless, but more sinisterly, they (the newspapers, I suppose) [...]

CO2 we love you

Image source: www.realclimate.org When it come to the outsourcing of the soul, hot on the heels of lawyers and tabloid journalists are PR executives. I’m generalising, of course, as I’m sure PR companies can count some really nice people among their ranks … in fact, I work with some, hence the inclusion of this caveat [...]