For anyone who watched the recent Channel 4 programme about climate change...

[watervole]

"the programme - and the channel - is facing a serious challenge to its own credibility after one of the most distinguished scientists that it featured said his views had been "grossly distorted" by the film, and made it clear that he believed human pollution did warm the climate."

http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/climate_change/article2347526.ece

"is the sun responsible now?

Some sceptics say so and probably it played the major role until quite recently. But over the past three decades, solar activity has scarcely risen, while temperatures have shot up - a fact disguised in the film. What has gone up is CO2 and even top sceptic Nigel Lawson admits it is "highly likely" that the gas has "played a significant part" in global warming this century."

Comments

[temeres.livejournal.com]

George Monbiot has a go at the programme too in his Guardian column today. (Should be online at www.monbiot.com) His interpretation is that C4 is abandoning its responsibility as a broadcaster in order to chase controversy for its own sake.

[watervole.livejournal.com]

Is there an LJ RSS for that? He's an interesting read.

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

http://syndicated.livejournal.com/monbiot/profile

But you know how to make these, right?

[watervole.livejournal.com]

Ah, thanks. (No, I haven't a clue how to make one)

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

It's really easy ... to do, and to find out about :-) Go to: http://syndicated.livejournal.com/ and put the feed URL into the box at the bottom. If it doesn't already exist, give it a good name and Voila!