It seems that it is not sufficient that the UN is considering a treaty on the human rights for birds, bees, and trees, there is now a new publication under the auspices of the University of Illinois Press with the illustrious name of “Journal of Animal Ethics“. Make no mistake though, the thrust of this…
Ever since I decided to step onto the battlefield of the climate wars, I – along with many far more deserving bloggers (not the least of whom are Donna Laframboise, Andrew Montford, aka Bishop Hill, Anthony Watts and Steve McIntyre) – have been waiting for my cheque from “Big Oil”. But I’m beginning to understand…
In a recent post, I had noted that the Task Group (TG) charged with developing recommendations pertaining to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s “Procedures” – pursuant to the 2010 review by the InterAcademy Council (IAC) – had decided to “disappear” the IPCC’s rule regarding the appropriate flagging of grey literature, on the grounds…
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has had a few … hmmm … shall we say, highly publicized credbility problems since November 2009. Readers will recall that one of the recommendations of the InterAcademy Council (IAC)’s “Review of the processes and procedures of the IPCC” was (p. 17): The IPCC should strengthen and enforce…
With all the trouble spots in the world these days – not to mention the many countries whose human rights records are considerably less than stellar – you’d think that the United Nations would have better things to do than to be worrying about “rights” for birds bees and trees. But … wait for it…
Back in 1996 – long before “global warming” aka “climate change” began to register on my radar – I paid a visit to the “language laundry”. Internet racism – in which the virtual footsoldiers leading the charge of the blight brigade, via the pretext of “revisionist scholarship” – had moved beyond infancy to the attention…
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