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Following our recent commentary on the somewhat creative approach to UK greenhouse gas emissions measurement, where we asked Is Sir Humphrey Appleby In Charge of Climate Change Policy?, we greeted the recent announcement by the British Government of a 2% reduction in UK emissions with some caution.
Following release of the figures, environment secretary Hilary […]

This post was originally published at EcoWorldly on 24th March.
Today I have returned home having travelled via London’s infamous Heathrow Airport - known disaffectionately by many frequent flyers as Hellrow. I can fully appreciate this sentiment among travellers and can safely say that by just about any measure, Heathrow is the world’s worst airport. […]

Nuclear power – an abundant source of carbon free energy, or a dangerous and expensive power source with huge risks to our health and environment?
Britain may not have much choice in this matter as its government seems determined to take the nuclear route in an effort to bring Co2 emissions in line with its […]

We’ve had a long cold winter in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere, which has got me thinking: what if the world cools off and returns to the temperatures of our great grandfathers, or even worse, we start sliding even lower?
This is purely a hypothetical exercise - I am not saying there is any basis […]

Last week, I wrote about the frustrations of being an environmentalist that questions the world around him. This Easter weekend, I was presented with an excellent example: the Observer Magazine published “The Climate Change Issue”. Edited by pop star Thom Yorke, with 94 pages at its disposal, this Issue comprehensively failed to mention World Water […]

Returning from the Easter break and getting back to work I had two thoughts on my mind; where is my next blog post coming from (having not read the news for four days I was short on inspiration), and how to put a more positive spin on the topic of climate change? TalkClimateChange covers […]

A group of three environmental groups has launched a frivolous and money draining lawsuit against the United States Government about the missing of deadlines to place the Polar Bear (Ursus Martimus) on the endangered species list.
The plaintiffs; the National Resources Defence Council, the Center for Biological Diversity and Greenpeace. The basis for the claim […]

Last week I wrote of the need to invest tax revenues from motorists into the poor public transport infrastructure which exists in many countries today - an issue set to become a critical developmental factor as both population and our need for mobility grows. Following some brief discussion on the rights and wrongs of […]

“I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes  planning my day difficult,” wrote Elwyn Brooks White, the American writer and champion of the freedom of the individual.
White sums up how I have generally approached life, and I have always had an […]

Fans of the British Television Series “Yes Minister” will be familiar with the trials of Government Minister Jim Hacker at the hands of dastardly civil servant Sir Humphrey Appleby, frequently demonstrating the futility of promoting progress in a government bureaucracy. A typical exchange between the confounded Hacker and slippery Sir Humphrey plays out as […]

It seems to be environmental assessment season around the world, with two major new reports during the last two weeks - the OECD Environmental Assessment and the National Academies Transportation Research Board report.
We all know that thousands of reports are written every year, many are for policymakers and are accepted as the views of experts […]

Much ado has been made about the UK’s latest budget presented by Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling last week.
Green groups universally panned Darling for failing to take a hard line on environmental issues, and particularly for failing to implement a 2 pence tax increase on petrol.
“This was billed as the greenest budget ever. But […]

Paul Yeager at Accuweather recently dug up an article from the BBC which we missed last Summer. The article, entitled "Climate skepticism: The top 10", outlines the ten most common climate skeptic arguments, together with the appropriate rebuffs.

TalkClimateChange began six months ago with our Forums, which have since hosted a lively debate on all aspects of the climate discussion – a debate which has inspired the TalkClimateChange blog read by several thousand people each week.
To continue to provide you with a lively debate, we’ve become part of something bigger. - As […]

There has been a general misunderstanding of modern economics running rampant through the global warming debate, and that is the assigning some sort of evil personality to the oil corporations across the globe.
This is a side effect of two popular social platforms; the Populists who believe all big business is self-serving and conspires […]