Climate Hysteria Has Killed Academic Freedom – Peter Ridd loses, we all lose
http://www.thegwpf.com/climate-hysteria-has-killed-academic-freedom/ On 2 May 2018, Professor Peter Ridd was sacked by James Cook University for serious misconduct. It all started when he called-out his colleague Terry Hughes for falsely claiming healthy inshore coral reefs were dead from climate change and deteriorating water quality. Ignoring the first censure in April 2016, Professor Ridd went on television […]
Peter Ridd and James Cook University: the Federal Court delivers a devastating blow against free speech
https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2020/07/23/peter-ridd-and-james-cook-university-the-federal-court-delivers-a-devastating-blow-against-free-speech/ By Paul Homewood The Federal Court has devastating blow against mainstream Australians, against freedom of speech and against freedom of speech on climate change by overturning the earlier decision in the Federal Circuit Court which held that Dr Peter Ridd was unlawfully dismissed by James Cook University. Alarmingly, this decision shows that contractual provisions […]
The Sierra Club: America’s oldest conservation group denounces racism of its founder John Muir
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/sierra-club-john-muir-racism-white-supremacy-monuments-conservation-a9633036.html?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=INDNEWS%2323072020&utm_term=IND_Headlines_Masterlist_CDP By Oliver O’Connell The oldest conservation group in the US, The Sierra Club, will take down monuments to its founder due to his racist history. John Muir, who founded the group in 1892 and whose activism helped preserve the Yosemite Valley and Sequoia National Park, also had ties to white supremacists and made derogatory comments about Black and indigenous people […]
Shellenberger: Going veggie? Almost pointless. Mass loss of species? A myth. The real climate change culprit? Poverty, not power stations
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8550381/Eco-warrior-says-going-veggie-pointless-mass-loss-species-myth.html Michael Shellenberger was Time magazine’s ‘Hero of the Environment’ in 2008 He’s now become a heretic the Green movement would happily burn at the stake His thesis is that rabid Green alarmism is creating a raft of dangerous myths By TOM LEONARD FOR THE DAILY MAIL PUBLISHED: 17:11 EDT, 22 July 2020 | UPDATED: 03:37 EDT, 23 July 2020 […]
Cancel Culture Goes After Famed Environmentalist Shellenberger after his apology for climate scare
https://www.cagw.org/thewastewatcher/cancel-culture-goes-after-famed-environmentalist By Elizabeth Wright We hoped everyone enjoyed grilled hamburgers and hotdogs this Independence Day holiday without worrying too much about sending some carbon dioxide into the air. Michael Shellenberger’s new book, “Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All,” explains why most forms of renewable energy are bad for the environment and not practical […]
The environmentalist’s apology: how Michael Shellenberger unsettled some of his prominent supporters
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/04/the-environmentalists-apology-how-michael-shellenberger-unsettled-some-of-his-prominent-supporters Excerpts: Respected MIT climate expert Prof Kerry Emanuel sits on a line-up of science advisers of Environmental Progress. He told Guardian Australia he was “very concerned” about the opinion piece, and was consulting with other members of the advisory group before deciding whether to remain listed. Emanuel said he joined the thinktank some years ago […]