News Round-Up
22 October 2024
by Will Jones
Net Zero is Losing the Battle of Ideas
22 October 2024
by David Turver
India presents itself as a beacon of democracy and makes grand statements about protecting minorities. But the increasingly fanatical religious leadership is driving Hindu sectarianism around the world, says Aditya A.
According to the latest climate scare, burning hydrocarbons has caused a surge in child marriages in Pakistan. Absolute nonsense, says Chris Morrison, Environment Editor of the Daily Sceptic.
A claim made by a local government minister that over a third of Pakistan in the current flooding is underwater was repeated around the world, but the true figure is 8%.
Pakistan's floods are a tragedy, but they are not the 'worst in history', at least in terms of human deaths, and there are more obvious causes behind them than climate change.
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