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Monthly Archives: January 2014
Ehrlich and the ur-IPCC
As I pointed out in the first part of this essay, https://geoffchambers.wordpress.com/2014/01/11/origins-of-environmentalism-1/ Ark II by Pirages and Ehrlich is a political tract, concerned with outlining the kind of political system which, according to the authors, must replace the current capitalist system, … Continue reading
Posted in Paul Ehrlich FRS, Sociology of Climate Change
Tagged Denis Pirages, IPCC, Paul Ehrlich
9 Comments
Origins of Environmentalism (2)
The notion of eco-fascism is doing the rounds again, being brought up (surprisingly) by the normally mild-mannered Andrew Montford at http://bishophill.squarespace.com/blog/2014/1/22/exploring-the-fascist-borderline.html Pointman (who I confess I don’t read as often or as closely as I should) is good on the … Continue reading
Posted in Paul Ehrlich FRS, Sociology of Climate Change
Tagged Denis Pirages, Paul Ehrlich
7 Comments
Origins of Environmentalism (1)
In 2012 I had a couple of internet conversations with Cardiff psychologist and green activist Adam Corner. The first one got a lot of publicity, eg at Bishop Hill and Judith Curry’s Climate Etc., largely because it was the first … Continue reading
Posted in Paul Ehrlich FRS, Sociology of Climate Change
Tagged Dennis Pirage, Paul Ehrlich, Riley Dunlap
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Doctor Phillips and Mr Bean
[Updated 11 January. Transcript completed, except for the first three minutes, which were about accusations of racism] There was an article at Bishop Hill yesterday http://bishophill.squarespace.com/blog/2014/1/8/bean-holds-forth.html about an audio discussion between right wing journalist Melanie Phillips and left wing playwright … Continue reading
Apocalypso Now
Here’s an article I wrote last year and never posted. It’s for Lewis Deane. Today I posted the latest episode of Apocalypse Close, and wrote the final two chapters.. Apocalypse has come to a Close. I’m now working on the … Continue reading
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April Fool
from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3403674/ April the first 2014 is the release date for 10 Billion, a film written by Stephen Emmott, starring Stephen Emmott, and directed by Peter Webber. It’s shot on location in London, and the full cast is: Stephen Emmott, … Continue reading
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Guardian Archive (4): The Missing Years
Paul Matthews has been sending me scans of Guardian articles about climate science from the mysterious “missing years” (see his comment on the previous post). I’d like to thank him and recommend everyone to look at his blog at https://ipccreport.wordpress.com/ … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Tucker, Club of Rome, George Kukla, Guardian, Paul Matthews
3 Comments