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Saturday, June 11, 2005Twat Update!! Bellamy backpedals! A few weeks ago, I reluctantly awarded the botanist and famous environmentalist Professor David Bellamy a Tuesday Twat Award, for his stance on global warming. In complete opposition to every other reputable climatologist (which he is not by the way), he claimed that global warming was a good thing. Worse than that, he kept on asserting that many of the world's glaciers are actually growing, when in fact the World Glacial Monitoring Service claims that most are in fact shrinking. His reputation as a prominent environmentalist has been exploited by those opposed to the Kyoto treaty and is being used by lobbyists from the oil and car industries. Well, according to this week's NewScientist, Bellamy has finally backed down and recanted his assertions, admitting in a letter to The Times that his figures were "plain wrong" and promising to "draw back from the debate on global warming". The damage to his reputation is done however, with two prominent conservation organisations, Plantlife and The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts, deciding not to renew his long-standing Presidencies. He has yet to reply to NewScientist's request for an interview. It's a sad end to an otherwise sterling career, however I shall not be withdrawing the award, since I suspect that his original claims will be used as ammunition for the oil lobby et al for many years to come. Labels: The Tuesday Twat(s) |
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