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A costly public exercise in futility 27 Jul 2013 | 06:36 pm
Paul Wheelhouse - a difficult job The current Scottish Government consultation on its programme for adapting for climate change over the next 87 years is an exercise in public sector futility. It is...
Assumptions and the locust years 12 Jun 2013 | 09:21 pm
Andy Myles Sometimes disagreements come because we don't understand or acknowledge the assumptions which are contained the arguments of the other side. This post is occasioned by a conversation with...
Argument from authority - depends on the authority 12 May 2013 | 03:45 am
There has been much debate in the letters pages of the Scotsman recently about wind energy. Stop Climate Chaos Scotland is a grouping of around 60 organisations including the Church of Scotland, Unis...
Setting the record straight on Margaret Thatcher's views on climate 9 Apr 2013 | 02:45 pm
'Madness in their method' (of alarmist scientists) In distinction from her earlier enthusiasm for taking measures to prevent harmful climate change her later views were firmly in the sceptical camp. ...
Margaret Thatcher on climate (2) 9 Apr 2013 | 02:36 pm
In her 11 pages devoted to global warming in Statecraft she traces the development of her views and analyses the evidence. She emphasised repeatedly that the science was uncertain. Then she railed ...
Wind farms on peat don't save emissions 16 Mar 2013 | 04:13 pm
More than half of UK onshore wind farms are built on peat land. But they don't save emissions, according to research published in Nature recently. The researchers, based at Aberdeen University, and ...
A contradiction at the heart of the Scottish Government policy 16 Mar 2013 | 02:05 pm
Murdo Fraser exposes a key contradiction in Scottish Government policy in an aside in his article on oil and gas in Think Scotland today. He analyses the two reports emanating from the SG this week g...
Climategate 3.0: Edinburgh scientist first up 14 Mar 2013 | 02:47 am
Comments in 2001 from Edinburgh scientist Professor Simon Tett about work of Michael Mann (Hockey Stick) seem to be the first published extract from the newly unlocked batch of Climategate emails: "....
Climategate 3.0 is out there 13 Mar 2013 | 06:51 pm
And now Climategate 3.0 It looks like Climategate 3.0 is out there - not released like the first two installments, but in the form of a password giving access to the rather extensive remaining data t...
Edinburgh Council explores 'urban turbines' 13 Mar 2013 | 05:25 pm
Edinburgh Council has a policy of promoting and supporting community renewables. It is also keen to find a way of setting up an energy co-operative. A body has been set up (The Edinburgh Community ...
