Climate Change - Fact vs Fiction

Although one can't help feeling a little sorry for the poor old man David Bellamy, a botanist whom I have fond childhood memories of from various wildlife and nature programs, his irresponsible claims that global warming is a load of old rubbish has surely stripped any credibility this bearded environmentalist used to have.

During a rather one-way 'discussion' on the UK's Channel 4 News last night, Bellamy met for the first time George Monbiot who has investigated his claims and found them to be somewhat ropey at best. Monbiot, who was suited up and well prepared, demolished the arguments of Bellamy, who looked like he had just come from the wild himself (and strangely enough seems to be wearing the same set of clothes he did for his 'I'm a friendly old man' photoshoot here.)

Bellamy's 'facts' about glaciers actually growing seem to have originated from about half an hour of surfing the web, and towards the end of the interview Bellamy was practically admitting he didn't get paid to research this topic and hadn't checked his sources out. Surely when the World Glacier Monitoring service has called your ideas bullshit it's not a good idea to try and argue your point more on National News. Better stick to the badger watching Bellamy.

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