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http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jan/03/david-attenborough-frozen-planet-climate-change?newsfeed=true[font face=Times, Serif][font size=5]David Attenborough: Frozen Planet was not alarmist about climate change[/font]
[font size=4]Attenborough hits back at claims made by former chancellor Nigel Lawson that natural history series lacked objectivity[/font]
Monisha Rajesh
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 3 January 2012 08.05 EST
[font size=3]Sir David Attenborough has hit back at claims made by the former chancellor Nigel Lawson that his recent natural history series Frozen Planet promoted climate change "alarmism" and lacked objectivity.
Ahead of the final BBC episode in early December, Attenborough wrote a personal plea in the Radio Times warning of the impending dangers of global warming, in which he pointed to scientific evidence that the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet. The article prompted criticism from Lawson who is a prominent climate sceptic. He wrote in the same issue that "when it comes to global warming |Attenborough| seems to prefer sensation to objectivity" and that "Sir David's alarmism is sheer speculation".
Speaking to the Guardian, Attenborough strongly refuted the suggestion that he lacked objectivity: "I am very, very cautious about making sensationalist claims about how disastrous continuing change will be. The most extreme and sensationalist claim I make, or statement that I make, is that a rising sea level that keeps rising and it looks as though it could well do will flood some of the greatest cities in the world, including London. It is an accurate statement and not an exaggerated one."
The series, which ran from late October to early December 2011 and earned consolidated viewing figures of 11 million included a final episode, On Thin Ice, in which the presenter highlighted the impact of global warming on the polar regions a task he says he finds far from enjoyable.
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[font size=4]Attenborough hits back at claims made by former chancellor Nigel Lawson that natural history series lacked objectivity[/font]
Monisha Rajesh
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 3 January 2012 08.05 EST
[font size=3]Sir David Attenborough has hit back at claims made by the former chancellor Nigel Lawson that his recent natural history series Frozen Planet promoted climate change "alarmism" and lacked objectivity.
Ahead of the final BBC episode in early December, Attenborough wrote a personal plea in the Radio Times warning of the impending dangers of global warming, in which he pointed to scientific evidence that the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet. The article prompted criticism from Lawson who is a prominent climate sceptic. He wrote in the same issue that "when it comes to global warming |Attenborough| seems to prefer sensation to objectivity" and that "Sir David's alarmism is sheer speculation".
Speaking to the Guardian, Attenborough strongly refuted the suggestion that he lacked objectivity: "I am very, very cautious about making sensationalist claims about how disastrous continuing change will be. The most extreme and sensationalist claim I make, or statement that I make, is that a rising sea level that keeps rising and it looks as though it could well do will flood some of the greatest cities in the world, including London. It is an accurate statement and not an exaggerated one."
The series, which ran from late October to early December 2011 and earned consolidated viewing figures of 11 million included a final episode, On Thin Ice, in which the presenter highlighted the impact of global warming on the polar regions a task he says he finds far from enjoyable.
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David Attenborough: Frozen Planet was not alarmist about climate change (Original Post)
OKIsItJustMe
Jan 2012
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Nihil
(13,508 posts)1. For anyone who was wondering about "former chancellor Nigel Lawson" ...
... he is a complete right wing shithouse who was a financial journalist for
ten years or so before becoming a Tory politician and whose major achievements
in Thatcher's government were to cut taxes left right & centre as well as directly
causing the major f*ckup of the ERM debacle that cost the country untold billions.
He is now a director of Barclays Bank (amongst other directorships) and so
is regularly trotted out to provide a plutarchy counter-opinion to anything
that may potentially threaten the profits of the 0.01% ...
OKIsItJustMe
(19,938 posts)2. I prefer the term “nutter”
Somehow it seems more specific
AlecBGreen
(3,874 posts)3. in this case
perhaps "wanker" is more appropriate?
OKIsItJustMe
(19,938 posts)4. Well, I don’t know what he does in private
Since were describing public statements, Im sticking with nutter.