Cancelled Climate Dissenter Professor Norman Fenton Speaks Out

By Richard Eldred 15 August 2025 7:00 AM

In this special episode of the Sceptic, Laurie speaks to fearless, peerless climate sceptic Professor Norman Fenton, about his life and times and the professional consequences he has suffered for speaking truth to power about Covid and climate science. Professor Fenton is a mathematician and computer scientist and Emeritus Professor of Risk Information Management at Queen Mary University London.

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DrDan

1 year ago

I really enjoyed this interview. What a treasure Norman Fenton is. So disappointing he was sidelined for being sceptical as a true scientist not a $cientist should.

EUbrainwashing

1 year ago

Is Norman Fenton a victim of snobbery too, not ‘one of us’ – a bit earthy in his spoken voice. If he was pandering to the agenda they would think him ‘accessible’ to the everyday folk. But since he’s not he is brushed off and tarred as just being a far right yapper instead. I have my suspicions – I hear so often the higher ‘academics’ rise the longer they try to stretch their vowels.

varmint

1 year ago

In science you question everything. If you cannot question climate change “science”, then it really isn’t science at all , it is POLITICS

EUbrainwashing

1 year ago

By the time it should be evident to all and sundry that the anthropogenic CO2 driven climate change woo woo is all just a hoax, (to manipulate us into multiple agendas including the building nuclear power stations all over the country without any local planning approval), the weather will not have changed and the accolades will all be for the climate change camp for having prevented terrifying runaway global warming from occurring.

Hip hip hooray for our saviours!

varmint

1 year ago

Reply to EUbrainwashing

Multiple agenda’s for sure, but conning us into Nuclear is not one of them. Nuclear is a sound and safe technology, and France is getting 60-70% of its electricity from Nuclear plants. I would sooner have a few Nuclear facilities tucked away out of sight here and there than the whole country plastered in turbines and solar panels that can only give us part time energy at astronomical cost. We now have the highest electricity prices in the world and so do other countries using lots of wind. We do this not for common sense or practical reasons but for ideological and Political ones. —The Politics of the UN and Sustainable Development.

EUbrainwashing

1 year ago

Reply to varmint

Overview of Major Nuclear and Radiation Accidents

1950s: Chalk River (Canada, 1952), Windscale fire (UK, 1957), and Mayak/Kyshtym (USSR, 1957) exposed the dangers of reactor fires and waste explosions, with significant contamination and health impacts.
1960s: Accidents at SL-1 (USA, 1961), Fermi-1 (USA, 1966), and Lucens (Switzerland, 1969) highlighted risks of criticality and coolant failures.
1970s: Three Mile Island (USA, 1979) became the most serious U.S. accident, eroding public trust, while Church Rock (USA, 1979) caused major radioactive waste pollution.
1980s: K-431 submarine (USSR, 1985) and other incidents underscored military risks. The Chernobyl disaster (USSR, 1986) was catastrophic (INES 7), spreading radiation across Europe, killing dozens outright and many more long-term.
1990s: Tokaimura (Japan, 1997 & 1999) saw criticality accidents and worker deaths, prompting regulatory reforms.
2000s: Mihama (Japan, 2004) and Marcoule (France, 2011) showed industrial hazards, though radiation release was limited.
2011: Fukushima Daiichi (Japan), triggered by earthquake and tsunami, caused multiple meltdowns and long-term evacuations, also rated INES 7.
2020s: Recent events include a Category A nuclear incident at Faslane submarine base (Scotland, 2025) and an unusual jellyfish swarm shutting down Gravelines plant (France, 2025).

Safe & effective?

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EUbrainwashing

1 year ago

Reply to varmint

In reply to your advocacy for a fully nuclear-hydro powered electrical grid in the UK, complete perhaps with hydrogen fuel for heavy trucks in a zero-emissions future, I appreciate your enthusiasm for what seems like a clean, reliable energy solution. However, having delved deeply into the vulnerabilities of such systems, I must highlight the long-term threats they pose—not just to infrastructure but to public health and national security. While the vision is appealing, the risks are substantial and multifaceted, amplified by the UK’s dense population and island geography. Below, I’ll outline key scenarios based on recent analyses, including the ever-present danger of direct attacks, which could turn this “green” dream into a nightmare.
1. Direct Attacks (Military or Terrorist)
A widespread nuclear-hydro system (e.g., 30-50 nuclear reactors plus hydro dams for ~600 TWh/year) creates numerous high-value targets. Direct strikes—via bunker-busters, missiles, or ground invasions—could cause catastrophic releases.

Scenario: Bunker-busters penetrate containment domes, or terrorists seize control (e.g., via strike forces infiltrating sites). Russia’s hypersonic missiles or non-state actors like ISIS have demonstrated capabilities against nuclear facilities, as seen in 2022 attacks on Zaporizhzhia. 17 Hydro dams are equally vulnerable—e.g., explosive breaches flooding downstream. 0 Long-Term Threats: Nuclear fallout (Cs-137, I-131)… Read more »

JohnK

1 year ago

Good to hear the Norman Fenton interview. I’ve got a lot of time for his output, and bought a copy of his “Fighting Goliath” book last year.

pjar

1 year ago

No news review this morning… that’s thrown me a bit, to be honest.

Perhaps they pulled it because they realised they’d actually, finally, sourced the entire thing from the Daily Telegraph today?

NeilParkin

1 year ago

Reply to pjar

Even if that were true, it saves me actually having to read the DT site. I find it a most useful service, and not something to criticise it for.

David Norman

1 year ago

Reply to NeilParkin

Seconded; my thanks to those who take the trouble to do it.

WillP

1 year ago

Nearly all my regular friends think I’m a moron who is lead astray by “dodgy websites” because I try to point out the idiocies of the climate narratives. I often cite the acedemic credentials of people such as Norman Fenton, Judith Curry, John Clauser, Ivar Giaever, William Happer and so on, but by that point you may as well be reciting the names of saints to Marxists. If they’re not on the BBC, then they can’t be right.

NeilParkin

1 year ago

Reply to WillP

For anyone who has lived a long time and is now seeing the climate emergency Mk 8, while experiencing very little change if any, it seems obvious what is happening and why. In 20 years time, assuming we’re still here, unless your friends wake up they will still be awaiting the climate apocalypse, blaming dodgy websites, and fretting over summer days over 24c.

Tonka Rigger

1 year ago

Reply to WillP

I think most of us can identify with that.

Derry104

1 year ago

Reply to WillP

Luckily there is another band of people who are sceptical of those commentators who are acceptable to the BBC and other MSM. Naturally they are probably retired and so no longer dependent on government approval for future income.

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