Peter Lilley hypes up shale gas with poor analysis, woolly thinking and an apparent hatred for environmentalists This week’s issue of the Spectator provides a worrying insight into the possible … read more »
New psychological research helps explain why some see intricate government conspiracies behind events like 9/11 or the Boston bombing
Bob Ward: The new national curriculum provide a less in-depth introduction to climate change, and misses out vital information about risks the Guardian
Last week saw the closure of the consultation on the Government’s planned changes to the National Curriculum for pupils aged under 14 in England. The newspaper headlines of the last few weeks … read more »
Once again, it’s been a busy couple of weeks in the national headlines for wind farms, with both the Daily Mail and The Telegraph putting the spotlight on the impacts of turbines on rare … read more »
The government’s refusal to commit to a decarbonisation target is preventing the creation of tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs. The New Statesman
The party’s official energy policy is an incoherent mixture of anti-environmentalism and a disregard for scientific evidence The Guardian
The right-wing press is attempting to fool the public into believing that its opposition to green policies is based on robust evidence, rather than dogmatic ideology. The New Statesman
Correspondence about ‘The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review’ between Bob Ward, Policy and Communications Director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, and Rt … read more »
The EU ETS is the main instrument of European climate policy, and many policymakers envisage it as a driving force of the EU’s transition to a low-carbon economy. By putting … read more »
