Archive for the ‘environmentalism’ Category
Lord May: Environmentalism and Religious Authoritarianism
Posted at 12:49 pm | Filed Under Religion, Viewpoint, climate science, environmentalism
Strangely enough the climate alarmist blogosphere hasn’t mentioned the latest statements of Lord May, former President of the Royal Society and self-appointed scold of Exxon Mobil.
It seems that the noble Lord has taken it upon himself to reveal his real motivations for his concern for the environment and they have nothing to do with the [...]
2012: Why are we so afraid of the future?
Posted at 2:07 pm | Filed Under Michael Crichton, Skepticism, Viewpoint, environmentalism
It’s a truism that films about the future are more about people’s current attitudes and fears projected into the future than real predictions.
And the next, greatest disaster movie 2012 by Roland Emmerich is no exception. It’s really the message of extreme environmentalism that we humans are sinning against nature and Mother Earth and one day [...]
Greenpeace protests and Fijian sea levels
Posted at 5:08 pm | Filed Under climate science, environmentalism
This was reported in the Sydney Morning Herald:
Greenpeace activists have scaled a 50-metre high coal loader and have halted coal loading at a Queensland export terminal as part of a campaign for action on climate change.
The activists, from Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, the Solomon Islands and the Cook Islands, among other countries, are locked on [...]
“Just unspoilt landscapes and the opportunity to consider the threat of climate change”
Posted at 7:44 pm | Filed Under Al Gore, Viewpoint, environmentalism
From The Australian:
LIBERTY, ecology, gastronomy! If only all revolutions were this pleasant.
A Michelin-starred chef, an international adventurer and a veritable UN of diners – French, Swiss, Russian, South African, Singaporean, Australian, plus a Korean celebrity and his film crew – gathered for lunch on a remote sandbank on the Great Barrier Reef.
Surely this was not [...]
Fusion Power, Climate Change and Pascal’s Wager
Posted at 9:42 pm | Filed Under BBC, Religion, Skepticism, Uncategorized, Viewpoint, WeatherAction, Webcomics, climate science, environmentalism
This post may seem a little schizophrenic, but bear with me.
The BBC website, also known as the media arm of Environmental Panic Inc., produced a fascinating article on the struggle to fund the next experimental setup to produce fusion power.
An international plan to build a nuclear fusion reactor is being threatened by rising costs, delays [...]
Reason: The Apocalypse that never happened
Posted at 10:35 pm | Filed Under environmentalism
Just a short note about this article in Reason
Earth Day 1970 provoked a torrent of apocalyptic predictions. “We have about five more years at the outside to do something,” ecologist Kenneth Watt declared to a Swarthmore College audience on April 19, 1970. Harvard biologist George Wald estimated that “civilization will end within 15 or 30 [...]
It’s the end of the world as we know it…
Posted at 4:21 am | Filed Under Religion, Skepticism, environmentalism
My wife found this, but it’s probably the tip of a (rapidly melting) iceberg:
Revelation 16:8 The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and the sun was given power to scorch people with fire. 9They were seared by the intense heat and they cursed the name of God, who had control over these [...]
Richard Branson and BBC Science Cluelessness
Posted at 1:31 am | Filed Under BBC, Science, climate science, environmentalism
This comes from the BBC’s description of the flights of SpaceShipTwo to take people to the edge of space, and then come back to a nice safe landing (hopefully). And all for a mere $200,000 – the world’s most expensive rollercoaster.
Of course, Richard Branson is a man who is extremely adept at being on both [...]
Hands up who wants to live in an eco-slum!
Posted at 12:08 pm | Filed Under Skepticism, Viewpoint, environmentalism
These articles could be subtitled “I knew I was right all along” and “since when did the Conservatives start producing recognizably useful and voter friendly policies?”
Who would have guessed that in 2008, a pledge to give British people flushing toilets would be a shock vote winner?
The Conservatives this week promised to scrap the Government’s plans [...]
Bob Carter: The AGW Global Gravy Train
Posted at 2:12 am | Filed Under Skepticism, Viewpoint, climate science, environmentalism
Life’s pretty exciting these days when you’re a climate researcher, a lobbyist or an environmental activist. There’s a neverending schedule of conferences on climate change around the world to attend.
It’s a shame that very little science actually goes on at these conferences. Just lots and lots of shoulder-rubbing with politicians, scientists, writers, activists and the [...]