Coal companies and their 'sceptic' shills have almost given up on denying climate change, writes Brendan Montague. The new message is that coal is essential ... to end world poverty! And those who advocate climate action are 'harsh, cold-hearted' beasts. The one thing that hasn't changed? It's all lies.
… Climate change? Let them eat coal! Brendan Montague DeSmog.uk | 21st July 2015 Comment Climate Change Fossil Fuels Coal Economics Society Corporations coal-india-cut.jpg Coal companies and their …
Protestors who closed down the coal mine on climate change denier Matt Ridley's estate faced a claim of £100,000 in losses, writes Brendan Montague. But a judge cut that down by over 90% while declaring the eight defendants of 'impeccable character'.
… Matt Ridley coal mine hit with £100,000 climate protest … Montague DeSmog.uk | 20th December 2015 News Coal Protest Climate Change UK Law end-coal-fluor-cut.jpg Protestors who closed down …
An interview with World Resources Institute decarbonisation specialist, Kelly Levin.
… we thought to a lot of these tipping points. Coal NB: One of the biggest causes seems to be use of coal in terms of attributable source. Does the … any proposed strategy for getting away from coal faster? KL: The good news is that the …
World Bank President Jim Kim talks a good talk on cutting support to fossil fuels. But what the bank does, writes Victoria Seabrook, is a whole other story. Not only is the WB Group still pouring money into the sector, but its funding doubled between 2011 and 2015.
… millions of dollars into oil, gas, and coal projects every year, despite repeated … countries to make renewables cheaper than coal and push forward efforts to mitigate the … already has far more reserves of oil, gas and coal than we can afford to burn if we hope to …
The IPCC's 'Representative Concentration Pathways' are based on fantasy technology that must draw massive volumes of CO2 out of the atmosphere late this century, writes Nick Breeze - an unjustified hope that conceals a very bleak future for Earth, and humanity.
… claim we have a few decades of safely burning coal, oil and gas is an utter nonsense. … iron ore on that scale. We don't even produce coal, oil or gas on that scale. Iron ore is … claim we have a few decades of safely burning coal, oil and gas is an utter nonsense. …
Japan’s lack of climate ambition - as the fifth largest global greenhouse gas emitter - is a risk to long-term global security.
… billion dollars and is one of the largest coal financiers in the world. If the level of … billion dollars and is one of the largest coal financiers in the world. …
James Hansen is making his second visit to the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties, COP23 in Bonn to declare the that the Paris Agreement “ambition” is a “hoax”. NICK BREEZE meets the man still raising the climate alarm.
… has to be across the board: oil, gas and coal. Not some cap and trade gimmick which …
'I'm more worried about human stupidity than I am about artificial intelligence!'
… impacts is quoted by the Loss & Damage Coalition to be $400 billion per annum . COP … With emissions still rising and all the major coal, oil and gas producers in the world, …
Anti-EU sentiment and climate change denialism go hand in hand, writes Kyla Mandel. But why? Partly it's down to a belief in unconstrained national sovereignty and economic freedom - threatened by the EU and climate change alike. But it's also because out of the EU, the UK could advance the anti-environment agenda the deniers so passionately believe in, with no one to get in the way.
… have prevented flooding." Namely, dredging. Coal baron and Times columnist Matt Ridley …
Who's the UK's foremost politician setting the agenda on climate change issues? Green MP Caroline Lucas, of course. Nick Breeze caught up with her at a COP21 event at the French National Assembly in Paris. The fossil fuel industry is in its last throes, she told him - but it's fighting back hard, and politicians are giving out very mixed messages: saying one thing, while doing another.
… 1.5C - so long as the world is still building coal and gas burning power stations and other …
Professor Chris Rapley discusses the Climate Change Act 10 years on - and warns we are not acting on a 'scale or pace' to stay beneath the crucial 2ºC of warming. In this interview with NICK BREEZE, he balances the inadequacies of climate policy with the growing willingness of many people to take action
… mean, we have been through periods were coal contributed nothing to the UK electricity …
Internal Glasgow University emails show that it terminated geophysics professor David Smythe's email account and access to scientific papers because his concerns about the impacts of fracking were upsetting its 'industrial research partners', writes Kyla Mandel - not as part of a 'routine review' as previously stated.
… served as an expert witness on the issue of coal bed methane near Falkirk in 2014. He also …
Conservative councillors have passed an application to frack in the Yorkshire Dales by Third Energy, signalling the return of shale gas exploitation in the UK after a five year break, writes Victoria Seabrook. Campaigners vow: 'We will fight on!'
… gas burning turns out to be worse than coal for climate change, and yet the …
Film maker Nick Breeze has conducted a series of interviews with experts on 'geo-engineering' to forestall runaway global warming. Here he presents the distilled wisdom from his meetings - and concludes that we should at least be experimenting with the techniques, and studying their impacts.
… climate changes that are a result of burning coal, oil and gas, nor for ocean …