Difference between revisions of "Climate Resistance"
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:Environmentalism is in the ascendant. It holds that instead of buffering ourselves against whatever Mother Nature has to throw at us, we should try to make the weather marginally different by cutting down on the things that make life worth living.<ref>[http://www.climate-resistance.org/about About], Climate Resistance website, acc 1 May 2010</ref> | :Environmentalism is in the ascendant. It holds that instead of buffering ourselves against whatever Mother Nature has to throw at us, we should try to make the weather marginally different by cutting down on the things that make life worth living.<ref>[http://www.climate-resistance.org/about About], Climate Resistance website, acc 1 May 2010</ref> | ||
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| − | :The evidence for anthropogenic climate change is neither as strong nor as demanding of action as is widely claimed.<ref>[http://www.climate-resistance.org/about About], Climate Resistance website, acc 8 May 2010</ref> | + | :1. There is good scientific evidence that human activities are influencing the climate. But evidence is not fact, and neither evidence nor fact speak for themselves. |
| + | :2. The evidence for anthropogenic climate change is neither as strong nor as demanding of action as is widely claimed. ... Political arguments about climate change are routinely mistaken for scientific ones. Environmentalism uses science as a fig leaf to | ||
| + | > hide an embarrassment of blind faith and bad politics.<ref>[http://www.climate-resistance.org/about About], Climate Resistance website, acc 8 May 2010</ref> | ||
Ben has a limited association with the libertarian and anti-environmental [[LM network]], through speaking at the [[Institute of Ideas]]<ref>"[http://www.instituteofideas.com/events/healthforum.html Science and Health Forum]", Institute of Ideas website, accessed 8 May 2010</ref>, providing articles for [[Culture Wars]]<ref>"[http://www.culturewars.org.uk/index.php/site/contributor/ben_pile/ Ben Pile]", Culture Wars website, accessed 8 May 2010</ref> and [[Spiked]], | Ben has a limited association with the libertarian and anti-environmental [[LM network]], through speaking at the [[Institute of Ideas]]<ref>"[http://www.instituteofideas.com/events/healthforum.html Science and Health Forum]", Institute of Ideas website, accessed 8 May 2010</ref>, providing articles for [[Culture Wars]]<ref>"[http://www.culturewars.org.uk/index.php/site/contributor/ben_pile/ Ben Pile]", Culture Wars website, accessed 8 May 2010</ref> and [[Spiked]], | ||
Revision as of 15:21, 9 May 2010
Climate Resistance is a blog on the climate change debate. Launched in 2007, it is edited by Stuart Blackman and Ben Pile.[1]
It identifies "environmentalism" as the problem in the climate change debate:
- Environmentalism is in the ascendant. It holds that instead of buffering ourselves against whatever Mother Nature has to throw at us, we should try to make the weather marginally different by cutting down on the things that make life worth living.[2]
It states:
- 1. There is good scientific evidence that human activities are influencing the climate. But evidence is not fact, and neither evidence nor fact speak for themselves.
- 2. The evidence for anthropogenic climate change is neither as strong nor as demanding of action as is widely claimed. ... Political arguments about climate change are routinely mistaken for scientific ones. Environmentalism uses science as a fig leaf to
> hide an embarrassment of blind faith and bad politics.[3]
Ben has a limited association with the libertarian and anti-environmental LM network, through speaking at the Institute of Ideas[4], providing articles for Culture Wars[5] and Spiked, [6] and acting as a judge for Debating Matters. [7] Stuart also has a limited association with the LM network through writing for Spiked[8] and speaking at an event of the Battle of Ideas.[9]
Contact
http://www.climate-resistance.org
Resources
Notes
- ↑ About, Climate Resistance website, acc 1 May 2010
- ↑ About, Climate Resistance website, acc 1 May 2010
- ↑ About, Climate Resistance website, acc 8 May 2010
- ↑ "Science and Health Forum", Institute of Ideas website, accessed 8 May 2010
- ↑ "Ben Pile", Culture Wars website, accessed 8 May 2010
- ↑ "Political prejudice dressed up as science", Spiked website, accessed 2 May 2010
- ↑ "People: Judge", Debating Matters website, accessed 8 May 2010
- ↑ "Climate change is not beyond questioning", Spiked website, accessed 8 May 2010
- ↑ "Speakers", Institute of Ideas website, accessed 2 May 2010
