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George Osborne jumps on the 'green bills' bandwagon

  • 03 Oct 2011, 15:00
  • Robin Webster

Chancellor George Osborne has name-checked the impact of green measures on energy bills in this speech at the Conservative Party Conference. But many of the media attacks on green energy are based on numbers which are unfounded, misrepresented or based on dubious sources Read more

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  • Blog: Maunder minimum, solar activity and the Little Ice Age.

    New research on solar activity.

  • Blog: Chris Huhne on climate and security

    Our analysis of the climate secretary's speech on climate and security.

  • Blog: Where is the Daily Mail getting its numbers?

    The Mail has been on an anti green energy roll - where is it getting its numbers?

  • Blog: A thousand pounds on energy bills due to green policies?

    What's making fuel bills rise, and by how much?

  • Blog: BBC Trust: Let's debate climate policy but reflect the "agreed scientific factbase"

    BBC Trust report on climate coverage.

  • Blog: Mail gives 5 times more space to GWPF than to any other source on climate

    Our analysis of Daily Mail sources on climate change.

  • Blog: New polling examines climate scepticism in detail

    Most people believe climate change is happening and that it is caused by human activity.

  • Blog: Scientists go to extremes to understand climate change

    Are climate scientists changing their approach to extreme weather?

  • Profile: What we know and what we don't

    What climate science do we have strong evidence for, and what we are less sure about?

  • Profile: Global Warming Policy Foundation

    The skeptic lobby group has had lots of exposure recently thanks to the Mail. Who are they?

IPCC models underestimate future sea ice loss - new scientific paper

  • 06 Oct 2011, 15:00
  • Verity Payne

A new paper finds that IPCC projections of ice-free Arctic summer seas by 2100 are likely to be too conservative. Read more

NSIDC: Arctic sea ice extent neared record lows during summer 2011

  • 06 Oct 2011, 10:30
  • Verity Payne

The latest figures on this year's Arctic summer sea ice extent show that it neared the record low reached in 2007. Read more

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Global Warming Policy Foundation promotes shale gas on the BBC

  • 05 Oct 2011, 15:00
  • Robin Webster

The Director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation appeared on BBC North West last week to discuss shale gas - where he was described as a "global warming expert" by the presenter. We take a look. Read more

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The Press Complaints Commission and the Daily Mail

  • 03 Oct 2011, 12:00
  • Christian Hunt

We are continuing our correspondence with the PCC about the Daily Mail's 'green energy bill' numbers, after they claim that green energy measures add £300 to energy bills. Read more

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