Tuesday, July 05, 2011

[We're saved!]: David Cameron to cut business class flights for ministers and civil servants | Environment | The Guardian
Prime minister decrees that all air travel should be in economy seats as he tries to rescue government's green credentials
Impartiality in Science Cast Aside – Political Activism and Attacks on Sceptics Now Called For. | hauntingthelibrary
In a move which once and for all removes any doubt any reasonable person may have had on the impartial nature of climate science, the head of the Royal Society, Paul Nurse, has issued a statement calling for climate scientists to get get involved in activism and political agitation. An interview with the left-wing magazine, The New Statesman, quotes Nurse calling for climate scientists to drop any pretense of impartiality, and start agitating for political change:
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The farce of the great global warming scare will, sadly, continue for some time to come. What is now very clear for all to see, though, is that now it is no longer a question of disinterested scientists interpreting the data, but outright activism with a clearly political agenda. It is now out in the open.
Fatherhood Confronts Climate Change | Sightline Daily
Climate change has arrived a century earlier than predicted. We can’t avoid it. Still, anger and despair, while appropriate, aren’t going to get us far. Taking action to avoid the worst, Hertsgaard argues, has now become “part of a parent’s job description, no less vital than tending to your child’s diet, health, or education.

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