Minister defends green credentials - FT.com

Of all the coalition ministers, few hold such an awkward post as Greg Barker, the minister for climate change.

Despite the prime minister’s vow on coming to office that he wanted to head “the greenest government ever”, difficult economic conditions have forced a shift in focus away from environmental issues.

That change in rhetoric and emphasis was made clear in last month’s Budget when George Osborne, the chancellor, said: “Environmentally sustainable must always be fiscally sustainable.”

The photograph in Mr Barker’s office of he and David Cameron posing in the Arctic – a key moment in Tory attempts to rebrand the party – now looks like a scene from a different political era.

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This is one of the simplest proofs of that proposition I have come across: Roger Pielke, in a post titled Amazing Disconnect from the Scientific Process, notes this astonishing statement in an alarmist paper on global warming:

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Keith Olbermann and Al Gore: the secret emails revealed « » Print The Daily Caller

[Satire, Al Gore] When do you think they will commodify the rain? Someday they will try and turn it to poison. You came onboard to this endeavor full of promise. Has that good tide soured?

You are a part of me. We are all one. My life force drives Current. I am its noble blood.

I intend to be the Defender of Nature. Will you join me? Gold from streams untapped is all the more sweet. Can you taste it on your tongue?

I am standing in an almond now. It stands inside me. My scepter is made from almond wood and laced with sage. It is powerful. Soon I will command the oceans. The fish listen already.