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CLIMATE OF LIESJessica Townsend

Jessica Townsend — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 09:34:21 +0000

Who or what do you personally blame for the crisis? The twin problems of ecological and climate collapse now seem to overlap so profoundly with our many other issues, such as the cost of living and fuel crises, that many are just calling the whole entangled mess the polycrisis. The finger definitely points at [...]

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Zadie Smith’s Speech on The Tufton PragmatistsZadie Smith

Zadie Smith — Wed, 10 May 2023 17:03:26 +0000

Zadie Smith spoke as part of XR’s The Big One on April 21st 2023 outside 55 Tufton Street. Video c/o Real Media. [...]

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THE TUFTON PRAGMATISTSZadie Smith

Zadie Smith — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 09:59:14 +0000

Following her appearance at The Big One on April 21st 2023, Zadie Smith has shared the definite text of her piercing speech with Writers Rebel. It is reproduced here exclusively. Hello. I want to speak to you today about a man called Craig Mackinlay, MP. Craig campaigns against flagship green policies, and is [...]

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10 Things We Must RememberTom Bullough

Tom Bullough — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 07:00:00 +0000

For 2100, 77 years from now, the likely range in global temperature increase above the pre-industrial average is 2-4.9°C, with the median 3.2°C. Globally, that is to say, we are set on a course for a barely imaginable catastrophe. As Sir David Attenborough put it, four years ago this month, “It may sound frightening, [...]

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Tufton Street: A PoemJacqueline Saphra

Jacqueline Saphra — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 07:00:57 +0000

We gather here in love and rage to tell the story of our age, to ring the bell, to write the page, to raise the roof, rattle the cage, expose the lies, call out the cheats who foster, posture, pant and pitch deadly denial, rank and rich, and peddle death at Tufton Street and [...]

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Bill McGuire’s letter to Fritz Vahrenholt of the GWPF

Bill McGuire — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 07:00:44 +0000

Dear Dr Fritz Vahrenholt, You will be aware of Steve Baker’s decision to stand down from his position as Trustee in order to take up his government post unmarred by an association with the Global Warming Policy Foundation. I write to you in earnest to ask you to consider doing the same. You must [...]

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Charlie Gardner’s letter to Fritz Vahrenholt of the GWPF

Charlie Gardner — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 07:00:17 +0000

Dear Professor Vahrenholt, I write to you as a conservation scientist, having spent my career working to stop the decline of nature across the world. I have read some of your work, and like you I am concerned about the potential impacts of rapid decarbonisation on the natural world, particularly if renewable energy infrastructure [...]

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Rupert Read’s Letter to Peter Edwards of the GWPF

Rupert Read — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 07:00:46 +0000

20th September 2022 Dear Professor Edwards, I am writing to you in regards to your position as a trustee of the Global Warming Policy Foundation. As you will know Steve Baker recently left that role and I am hoping to persuade you to also step down. I am an associate professor, working at a [...]

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Julia Steinberger’s letter to Michael J Kelly of the GWPF

Julia Steinberger — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 07:00:39 +0000

Dear Professor Michael J Kelly, I am writing to you as a scientist. I have a PhD in experimental physics, and moved on to study the biophysical resource use of economies, as well as the links between social progress and resource use. I have led a very successful project entitled “Living Well Within [...]

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