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[[Richard D North]] is an anti environmental journalist and campaigner who works with a range of right wing think tanks. (Not to be confused with the other [[Richard North (blogger) |Richard North]] who is a right-wing blogger).
 
[[Richard D North]] is an anti environmental journalist and campaigner who works with a range of right wing think tanks. (Not to be confused with the other [[Richard North (blogger) |Richard North]] who is a right-wing blogger).
  
North also runs or contributes to a number of anti environmental websites, which he describes as follows:
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North also runs or contributes to a number of anti-environmental websites, which he describes as follows:
:My  www.livingissues.com is a family of websites helping young people deal with difficult issues, including www.globalwarmingissues.com.
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:My www.direct-action.info challenges extreme activism.
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:I edit www.livingissues.com a family of websites including:
:My www.chernobyllegacy.com challenges the myths surrounding the 1986 disaster
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:www.globalwarmingissues.com which interrogates conventional widsom
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:www.thegoodcorporation which looks at Corporate Social Responsibility
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:www.mediaandtrust.com which challenges journalistic and PR standards
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:www.chernobyllegacy.com which challenges nuclear doomsterism
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:www.pressurepolitics.com which interrogates NGOs and campaigners.  
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:www.direct-action.info challenges extreme activism.  
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:Source<ref>[http://www.richarddnorth.com/ Richard D. North], personal website (Accessed: 11 November 2007)</ref>
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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*1986 - 1990 Independent: Environment Correspondent
 
*1986 - 1990 Independent: Environment Correspondent
  
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==Affiliations==
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*[[European Science and Environment Forum]]
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*[[Social Affairs Unit]]
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*[[Institute of Economic Affairs]] - Media Fellow
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==References, Resources and Contact==
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===Contact===
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:Website: [http://www.richarddnorth.com/ www.richarddnorth.com]
 
==Publications==
 
==Publications==
 
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*''Life On a Modern Planet'': A manifesto for progress (Manchester University Press, 95 and St Martin's Press, New York, 95)  
Author, Life On a Modern Planet: A manifesto for progress (Manchester University Press, 95 and St Martin's Press, New York, 95)  
 
 
 
===Recent pamphlets===
 
 
*Hereditary Peers: The case as yet unheard (Social Affairs Unit, 1999);  
 
*Hereditary Peers: The case as yet unheard (Social Affairs Unit, 1999);  
* The Hunt At Bay (Wildlife Network, 1999);  
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*The Hunt At Bay (Wildlife Network, 1999);  
 
*Risk: The human adventure (Institute for Economic Affairs, 2000);  
 
*Risk: The human adventure (Institute for Economic Affairs, 2000);  
 
*Fur and Freedom: A defence of the fur trade, Institute for Economic Affairs, 2000);  
 
*Fur and Freedom: A defence of the fur trade, Institute for Economic Affairs, 2000);  
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*Schools for Tomorrow (Green Books, 87)
 
*Schools for Tomorrow (Green Books, 87)
 
Source [http://www.richarddnorth.com/about/cv.htm]
 
Source [http://www.richarddnorth.com/about/cv.htm]
 
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===References===
Website: [http://www.richarddnorth.com/ www.richarddnorth.com]
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==Affiliations==
 
*[[European Science and Environment Forum]]
 
*[[Social Affairs Unit]]
 
*[[Institute of Economic Affairs]] - Media Fellow
 

Revision as of 15:27, 11 November 2007

Richard D North is an anti environmental journalist and campaigner who works with a range of right wing think tanks. (Not to be confused with the other Richard North who is a right-wing blogger).

North also runs or contributes to a number of anti-environmental websites, which he describes as follows:

I edit www.livingissues.com a family of websites including:
www.globalwarmingissues.com which interrogates conventional widsom
www.thegoodcorporation which looks at Corporate Social Responsibility
www.mediaandtrust.com which challenges journalistic and PR standards
www.chernobyllegacy.com which challenges nuclear doomsterism
www.pressurepolitics.com which interrogates NGOs and campaigners.
www.direct-action.info challenges extreme activism.
Source[1]

History

  • 2001 - editor, www.livingissues.com
  • 2001 - media fellow, Institute of Economic Affairs
  • 1990 - 1992 Sunday Times: Environment Columnist
  • 1986 - 1990 Independent: Environment Correspondent

Affiliations

References, Resources and Contact

Contact

Website: www.richarddnorth.com

Publications

  • Life On a Modern Planet: A manifesto for progress (Manchester University Press, 95 and St Martin's Press, New York, 95)
  • Hereditary Peers: The case as yet unheard (Social Affairs Unit, 1999);
  • The Hunt At Bay (Wildlife Network, 1999);
  • Risk: The human adventure (Institute for Economic Affairs, 2000);
  • Fur and Freedom: A defence of the fur trade, Institute for Economic Affairs, 2000);
  • GMOs at the start of the troubled biological century (2001).

Earlier books

  • The Animals Report (Penguin, 82);
  • Wild Britain (Century, 83);
  • The Real Cost (Chatto and Windus, 84);
  • Working the Land (with Charlie Pye-Smith, 85);
  • Fools For God (Collins, 87);
  • Schools for Tomorrow (Green Books, 87)

Source [1]

References

  1. Richard D. North, personal website (Accessed: 11 November 2007)