In June 1989 I wrote an article published in the Radio Times, entitled “Warming to the Problem”. It was based on an interview with the producers of a BBC2 documentary, one of the earliest (it was possibly even the first) on what was then referred to as the greenhouse effect. The introduction read: Our planet faces… Continue reading
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Shell warned about climate change in 1991 then lost interest
Dutch independent news site The Correspondent publishes forgotten public information film by Shell made in 1991 in which the oil major warns of the dangers of climate change and the need for urgent action. [ This article was written in 2017.] A child born in 1991 will be 26 this year. He or she has… Continue reading →
50 years on, is global warming today’s Cuban missile crisis?
50 years ago today President Kennedy had a cold, or more precisely an “upper respiratory infection.” We soon knew that wasn’t true. It was a “diplomatic cold”, an excuse to cancel engagements so he could attend to the greatest and most pressing International crisis the modern world had known. That night, October 22, 1962,… Continue reading →