Climate Sceptics
Business chiefs pledge to debunk climate sceptics
NEWS: CEOs at Microsoft, Nestle, Pepsi, Tata, Dow Chemical offer new set of climate pledges and say they will debunk those who doubt climate science
BBC apologises for radio show that mocked climate science
NEWS: Half-hour programme did not make clear climate sceptics were a “minority voice”, UK broadcaster admits, in “an unfortunate lapse” of editorial policy
Global warming ‘hiatus’ theory trashed by new study
NEWS: Notion temperatures paused between 1998-2013 dismantled by Stanford researchers in further blow to climate sceptics
This snowball disproves global warming, says US senator Jim Inhofe
NEWS: Sceptical lawmaker brings snow from Capitol Hill into debating chamber in effort to prove climate change is a hoax
Climate sceptics take hold of Capitol Hill
NEWS: Disastrous midterm results for Democrats signals tough two years ahead for US climate policy
Windmills, snails and science tales: Paterson comes out of his shell
COMMENT: The former UK environment secretary Owen Paterson has kicked off a debate on climate policy, but not the one the public want
UK Conservatives lean towards climate scepticism
NEWS: Nearly a fifth of Tory MPs believe global warming is “environmentalist propaganda”, finds Populus poll
Ex UK environment minister Paterson to give GWPF lecture
NEWS: Days after quitting government, former environment minister Owen Paterson agrees to address climate sceptic gathering
Climate denying Europhobes threaten UK growth – Ed Davey
NEWS: UK energy secretary warns that right-wing parties could destabilise the climate for investment in energy, including renewables
Meet the sceptics: why science can’t compete with beachballs
SKETCH: Controversial climate economist Richard Tol speaks in the UK parliament – when he can get a word in edgeways
Russell Brand launches tirade against climate sceptics
NEWS: British star leads a crusade of climate comedy on YouTube
Reasoning with climate change deniers “pointless”
Writer who interviewed Lord Monckton for research says his underlying climate beliefs are based less on facts and more on life experiences
UK Met Office dismisses reports that global warming has stopped
Slow response from organisation to media reports draws criticism for delay
Climate scientists dismiss IPCC “leak” linking warming to cosmic rays
Experts tell RTCC cherry-picked facts nothing new as those looking to discredit climate change science “throw last roll of the dice”
Japan set to meet Kyoto Protocol commitments
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The United States of Climate Change #3: The Montana hunters targeting big changes in the US climate debate
Todd Tanner, founder of the Conservation Hawks tells RTCC why changes in the Montana landscape have spurred him on to start a grass roots climate action movement among the United States 37 million hunters.
Video: Highlights from the first Senate Committee on climate change in 3 years
The US Senate has held its first committee on climate change in three years with the debate not about climate change policy, but whether or not it exists.
Berkley Earth: Average temperature of the Earth’s land has risen by 1.5 °C over past 250 years
Study led by climate sceptic scientist Richard Muller concludes that human Co2 emissions are best explanation for climate change
Only one in five of Generation X in USA concerned about climate change
News survey of Generation X adults living in the USA found only 1 in 5 are concerned about climate change, and around half pay little or no attention at all to issue.
Big brands back away from climate change sceptic think tanks
Coca-cola join GM in withdrawing funding for organisations with links to funding climate denial campaigns.