Category Archives: Polar Bear Facepalm

Tories slash #climate adaptation spending. “Vote blue go extinct…”

Posted on February 2, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Damian Carrington, writing in the Guardian. What’s interesting is that the next sentence goes – It had risen by almost 20% under Paterson’s predecessor, Caroline Spelman, but fell 41% after Paterson replaced her in September 2012. So, there are Tories … Continue reading →

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Polar Bear Facepalm: #Manchester MP Graham Stringer invites #climate ‘contrarians’ to House of Commons

Posted on January 28, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

What statesmanship!! Among them will be Professor Richard Lindzen, formerly of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who spends much of his time complaining about the politicisation of science while speaking at events such as rallies for ‘Repeal the Climate Change … Continue reading →

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Polar Bear Facepalm: UKIP and #climate change. #beyondparody

Posted on January 19, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

There are more polar bear facepalm opportunities than a man can cope with. Time for a Tumblr, perhaps… http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2014/01/ukips-inconvenient-truth-platform/

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“Greenhouse gas emissions to climb by a third”, predicts crazed eco-group called… BP. Polar Bear Facepalm

Posted on January 17, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

I defy you to make this stuff up. http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jan/15/bp-predicts-greenhouse-emissions-rise-third

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Polar Bear Facepalm: They keep digging up the coal… #climate #wearetoast

Posted on January 11, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

What a species http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/01/07/china-coal-idUKL3N0K90H720140107 http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/researchers-alarmed-at-rise-in-german-brown-coal-power-output-a-942216.html

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Polar Bear Facepalm: Australia’s hottest year

Posted on December 22, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

From here Doomed, I tell you. All doomed…

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Polar Bear Facepalm: #Manchester Airport gets more destinations

Posted on November 26, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly
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Polar Bear Facepalm: Warsaw talks attended by office juniors

Posted on November 14, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

From the Grauniad.

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Polar Bear Facepalm: Ay-up #Manchester, hold your concentration on the concentrations…

Posted on November 10, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Ahead of the Warsaw climate talks, remember that there’s a really dangerous curve ahead.  Text from bbc article.

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Polar Bear Facepalm: Fossil fool subsidies #speciesnottrying

Posted on November 9, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Dumb as a rock.*  Really.       * And I know some rocks that would probably sue for libel over being compared to homo ‘sapiens’.  FFS.

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