Ian Plimer: the poster boy for seething shock jocksIan Plimer is one of the most imperious purveyors of climate scepticism in the world and has carved out significant influence in media and political circles, writes Tom Cowie.
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Bernardi: Malcolm misled us
There’s no partyroom secrets when Cory Bernardi’s on tour, as he gives the US Heartland Institute the good oil on Malcolm Turnbull’s many faults and how he personally saved Australia from an ETS.
Monckton and Plimer: publish or perish
Climate change sceptics Lord Monckton and Ian Plimer have every right to their opinions. But if they want us to take them seriously, they must submit them to credible peer-reviewed journals, says scientist Alex Cook.
Ian Plimer: climate change sceptic or misguided idealogue?
If Heaven and Earth author and geologist Ian Plimer were a genuine climate change sceptic, he would be able to engage in actual debate on the issue, says Stephen Keim. Instead, he just comes across a misguided ideologue with little credibility.
Crikey interviews climate sceptic Ian Plimer
The climate change sceptics have been out in force at Copenhagen. Crikey’s man on the ground, Matthew Knott, interviews the star of the sceptic movement, Australian geologist Ian Plimer.
Guy Rundle: Spectator editor flushed out by the green left
Recent events at UK magazine The Spectator tell us a lot about the cynical way in which climate change scepticism is used to sell to the right.
Gerard Henderson's Media Watch Dog: (Scoopless) Mr Brissenden Goes to Washington
Michael Brissendon goes scoopless to Washington, cop that Phillip Adams, Chaser returns and more.
Nature will deal with sceptics
For climate change sceptics, the dispute is not really about sun spots, hockey stick graphs or the existence of a consensus. It’s about defending a set of conservative values and privileges, writes Clive Hamilton.
Plimer wants to talk science? OK, here goes…
Given that Ian Plimer has written today in The Australian that no “critic has argued the science” with him, I thought I’d have a go.
Climate myths? Andrew Bolt’s claims scientifically tested
Andrew Bolt today presented 10 climate change “myths”. Here is my response to each.
Debunking climate change on Commonwealth Day
Yesterday was Commonwealth Day. The theme was the environment, but some of the diplomats and politicians celebrating at Parliament House Sydney did not realise they were about to be shaken out of their complacency on climate change, writes David Flint.
Plimer’s Heaven and Earth: a conservative coup?
Crikey / Andrew Dodd / Monday, 20 April 2009
The attention paid to climate-change sceptic Ian Plimer’s book, Heaven and Earth, is a cute insight into the way conservative commentators are starved for shreds of evidence to support their theories.