Category Archives: Polar Bear Facepalm

Not making this up.

“According to climate scientists, after decades of dithering we are now beginning to run out of time. In a report in November 2011, the International Energy Agency calculated that – without significant political action – we will pass the point … Continue reading →

This is not news to people who’ve been paying attention, but still…

From here.

Not Tony Abbott, for once. Or anyone else that readers of Manchester Climate Monthly may have been thinking about.  This.

Actually, it’s people like accountants, re-insurers and, um, scientists, who have been scared about this for the longest.  They are trained to see the world less “ideologically”* than your average arts-graduate Grauniad/Telegraph reader. http://www.citylab.com/tech/2014/09/a-major-accounting-firm-just-ran-the-numbers-on-climate-change/379994/ (hat-tip to the super-cool Joe Blakey). … Continue reading →

‘Incredibly, 53% of Tory MPs asked in the poll agreed with the statement that “it has not yet been conclusively proved that climate change is man made”, a further 18% agree that “man-made climate change is environmentalist propaganda”.’ Original story … Continue reading →