Environment
Planet Mirth
Matthew Sinclair’s new book, Let Them Eat Carbon, rightly draws attention to the foibles of climate change policy, rather than the global warming debate itself
How the US’s Climate of Opinion Changed
Americans oppose the use of global warming to justify government intervention. Can a Republican candidate attack the consensus?
Hullabaloo in the Great Karoo
South Africa’s desert is a battleground between astronomers and gas companies
Global Yawning
The climate has changed for eco-dramas. Greenland at the National doesn’t work; The Heretic at the Royal Court does
The Drumming of an Army
The Australian floods were encapsulated by underrated national poet, Dorothea Mackellar, whose poem “My Country” best captured the post-diluvian mood
Idol Worship in Cancún
The climate change cause is a vehicle for world government, social control and Western self-flagellation
Renewables Won’t Keep the Lights On
If you thought that wind power would be affordable, think again
Busy Old Foolery
With advances in technology, we are learning more and more about the way the Sun is developing
Caroline Lucas
The Greens’ first MP — Lucas’s hypocrisy and cultural relativism have led her to collude with extremists and fundamentalists
Walking the Plank
The government’s hypocrisy over “green issues” is forcing those living on our waterways out of their homes
Why Remoaners should back Boris
“Boris, ironically, now offers Remoaners the best chance of a soft Brexit, or at least a sensible one. And to those who want a second referendum—’the people’s vote’—there may even be a chance of that too.”
On the road
“In the summer of 1980, in the grip of some Kerouac-ish fantasy, I opted to hitch-hike from Laredo to New York”
Discovering the Great War of China
A third of a million Chinese labourers helped the Allies defeat the Kaiser, but their huge unsung contribution ended in betrayal