Author: Andy Rowell

A €10bn (£7bn) project, called Iter, to build a prototype nuclear fusion reactor will be signed off in Brussels by the EU, Japan, China, South Korea, India and the US today. Its proponents argue that prospect of virtually limitless energy is no longer science fiction. Advocates argue that nuclear fusion is the most promising long-term … Read More

One of Britain’s best known and respected conservationists has finally broken his silence over climate change. Sir David Attenborough, the face and voice of the BBC’s programmes on wildlife for the last fifty years, has told today’s Independent newspaper: “I was sceptical about climate change. I was cautious about crying wolf. I am always cautious … Read More

Talking of Africa. A new aid-agency partnership has pledged US$60 million over five years to fund research into how Africa can best deal with the effects of climate change. The scheme called the Climate Change Adaptation in Africa Programme, is a joint project of Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the UK Department for … Read More

As Al Gore’s film, An Inconvenient Truth, premiers at the Cannes film festival, the Exxon-funded climate sceptics are crawling out to attack him. One of those is Myron Ebell, the arch-fossil fuel advocate from the Exxon-funded Competitive Enterprise Institute, the organisation that recently launched the most bizarre adverts promoting the benefits of CO2.