David Frum, formerly a key advisor to George W. Bush, writes in the National Post about the scandal plaguing climate scientists from the University of East Anglia, where emails obtained by outsiders seem to suggest that scientists fudged their climate numbers.
Frum’s point: just because some scientists did bad does not make the entire science of climate change bogus.
He uses the example of James Watson and Francis Crick, who gained in enormous insight from the work of Rosalind Franklin in their discovery of the structure of DNA and subsequently denigrated her with a attitudes of misogyny and sexism. Nobody would use Watson and Crick’s bad behaviour to discredit the structure of DNA.
Yet, here we are, our media using the behaviour of a small number of scientists to discredit the work on climate change done by thousands upon thousands of scientific minds.
Assuming that China’s economy continues grow at 9-10% of GDP each year, that will mean that China’s emissions will more than double their 2005 emissions.
In this one-minute video, atmospheric chemist Rachel Pike gives viewers an idea of the gargantuan scale of the science being done that leads to today’s newspaper headlines.
Ever since I was a kid I had always found the Midnight Oil song “Beds are Burning” extraordinarily powerful. Now over 60 artists and celebrities from around the globe have come together to create a video encouraging all to push political leaders to take a strong stand against climate change at the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen this December.
Artists and celebrities include Kofi Annan, Desmond Tutu, Fergie, Duran Duran, Scorpion, Mark Ronson,Youssou N’Dour, Milla Jovovich, Marion Cotillard, Yannick Noah, Bob Geldof and many, many more.
The video is here and you can visit the campaign here: tcktcktck.org
David Frum, formerly a key advisor to George W. Bush, writes in the National Post about the scandal plaguing climate scientists from the University of East Anglia, where emails obtained by outsiders seem to suggest that scientists fudged their climate numbers.