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

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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

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Go to climatenuremberg.com/ Do Not Pass Go. Do Not Collect £200

I haven’t looked at my own blog for a week or two. So when I went there, and I found people were still looking in, it was a bit of a surprise. But that’s the internet, a thing that no … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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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