{"id":318946,"date":"2010-02-14T14:19:55","date_gmt":"2010-02-14T19:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/climaterealists.com\/index.php?id=5146"},"modified":"2010-02-14T14:19:55","modified_gmt":"2010-02-14T19:19:55","slug":"a-climate-change-sceptic-bites-back-by-nigel-lawson-the-independent-on-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/318946","title":{"rendered":"A climate change sceptic bites back by Nigel Lawson, The Independent on Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Article Tags: Nigel Lawson<\/a><\/p>\n

The former chancellor takes aim at the IoS and says that the debate on global warming is not a question of ‘goodies and baddies’.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have considerable affection for, and some slight connection with, The Independent. More than 40 years ago, when I was editor of the Spectator, I gave a promising young journalist called Andreas Whittam Smith his first column. A decade or so later he founded, and was the first editor of, The Independent. And in recent years my elder son, Dominic, has been contributing a weekly column to the paper. <\/p>\n

So it was with sorrow as well as anger that I read the disgraceful story splashed all over the front and second pages of last week’s issue, headed “Think-tanks take oil money and use it to fund climate deniers”, clearly implying that those think-tanks that question any part of the conventional climate change wisdom are tainted by their dependence on the oil industry. This fell well below the standards first set by Andreas, and which I had come to expect from The Independent. <\/p>\n

In particular, your reporters wrote about a conference held in the US by the Heartland Institute last March, allegedly a “think-tank to have benefited from funding given by ExxonMobil in recent years”, stating that “A large British contingent was present at the event, with speakers including Dr Benny Peiser, from Lord Lawson’s climate sceptic think-tank, the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF)… and Professor David Henderson, a member of GWPF’s advisory council.” <\/p>\n

Click source to read more<\/p>\n

Source: independent.co.uk<\/p>\n

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