New analysis of the latest ExxonMobil funding reports reveals that in spite of recent public statements to the contrary, the company continues to bankroll organizations that misrepresent the science and urgency of global warming. The research, conducted by Greenpeace’s ExxonSecrets.org project, shows that in 2006, ExxonMobil spent $2.1 million funding dozens of prominent climate-denial organizations. … Read More
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Heating up for Wolfowitz at the Bank
The Government Accountability Project (GAP) is accusing beleaguered World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz of trying to weaken references to climate change in the World Bank’s Clean Energy and Investment Framework. GAP has released an internal summary of a February 2006 World Bank meeting on the Framework. The summary includes the following passage: “Feedback from the … Read More
Erasing Climate Change at the World Bank
The scandal at the World Bank is quickly spreading to Paul Wolfowitz’s handpicked deputy, Juan Jose Daboub. First he is accused of trying to remove references to “family planning” from World Bank documents, now the Bank’s Chief Scientist, Robert Watson, is accusing him of trying to erase references to climate change from the Bank’s Clean … Read More
The Real Climate Swindle
Oh dear, Channel Four’s reputation is now in freefall after more revelations on its supposedly ground-breaking programme, “The Great Global Warming Swindle.” On Monday we blogged how Carl Wunsch, who had been interviewed for the programme, now complained that “I am the one who was swindled.  What we now have is an out-and-out propaganda piece … Read More
UK Politicians Fight Over Climate Credentials
Suddenly every British political leader wants to be green. David Cameron, yesterday announced a new set of “environmental taxes” intended to curb air travel. In retaliation, Gordon Brown, the Chancellor will call today for a “new world order” to address climate change and tomorrow he joins Tony Blair in publishing the Government’s strategy for reducing … Read More
“I was Conned By C4”, Says Scientist
The “Great Global Warming Swindle” that showed on Channel Four in the UK last week and tried to argue that carbon dioxide emissions are not to blame for global warming, is it turns out, just a swindle. One of the scientists interviewed, Professor Carl Wunsch, professor of physical oceanography at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology … Read More
Climate Sceptic Alert
Oh yeah? Don’t believe a word of it. You may have thought the long debate over whether humans are warming the Earth was finally over, especially given the recent warnings from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. But today Channel 4 will screen “The Great Global Warming Swindle”, a documentary which claims accepted theories about … Read More
“T-Rex” Says Sensible Strategies Needed on Climate
One person not rushing to promote any climate deal is Exxon’s CEO, “T-Rex” Tillerson, who did though admit yesterday that the planet’s temperature and levels of greenhouse gases are rising. But he also said demand for fossil fuels will keep rising, so policymakers need to “implement sensible strategies” that address climate risks without impeding the … Read More
Sceptics Offer Cash To Undermine IPCC
In the end the reality was even worse than the hype. When the IPCC finally published their report yesterday, it was bleak and damning. It was worse than we thought. They have concluded that average temperatures could increase by as much as 6.4C by the end of the century if emissions continue to rise, with … Read More
The Last Dance of the Dinosaurs
So the dinosaurs are still active. Two of the world’s leading climate skeptics, Fred Singer and Dennis Avery, have a new book out that that claims that climate change goes in 1,500 year cycles which may have more to do with cosmic rays than fossil fuel emissions. If the genuine warming now being seen is … Read More