British Engineering Institute Dumps Climate Talks After Speaker's Lying Hack Status Emerges

Controversial talks by a climate science denier have been axed by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) after mounting pressure from members.

The IET’s London branch was set to hold two virtual talks by retired engineer Brian Catt from next Tuesday. The first webinar, entitled “What controls the climate?”, was to be followed on 20 October by “How climate has changed since records began”.

However, it soon emerged that the speaker rejects mainstream climate science, writing on his website deconfused.com that “theories” about human-caused climate change had been proven wrong over the last 20 years, and dubbing climate science a “religion, enforced by social exclusion, not by science”. Catt has regularly shared such views from his Twitter account, including information from climate science denial campaign group, the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF).

Despite pressure on social media, the IET initially made no plans to cancel the event, tweeting on Tuesday that the events were “two of hundreds of activities organised by members”. It said that the “views of the speaker do not reflect the views of the IET”. However, the engineering body today bowed to pressure from members who threatened to “resign in disgust”, admitting it “fell short of providing balance” and announcing it had cancelled the events.

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https://www.desmog.co.uk/2020/09/10/engineering-body-cancels-climate-science-denier-talks-after-member-backlash#disqus_thread