historical perspective

Being an expert in a particular field doesn't make you smart about the big picture. 

Politicians will pass laws - and regulators will issue bans - long before there's strong evidence of harm.

When someone's won a Nobel Prize, who cares how long they served in Cabinet?

Many messages emanating from the world of science are entirely bogus.

Why did Kumi Naidoo leave Greenpeace's top job before a replacement was found? The Guardian prints clichés and asks no hard questions.

A US Senate committee hears that climate science is so intolerant and close-minded, the integrity and reputation of science itself is threatened.

Activists have predicted environmental catastrophe for decades. In addition to a poor track record, they share similar arguments, language, and metaphors.

For 15 years, we've been scolded and cajoled. As the December climate summit approaches, global warming rhetoric has grown seriously threadbare.

It is not the business of today's politicians to decide which energy sources will be used 85 years from now.

Ordinary citizens have been force-fed a diet of dubious climate claims. Is it a surprise that some people now equate climate skepticism with murder?