The book group met on 28th Jan and were appalled by the revelations in the Merchants of Doubt about the tactics from American ‘scientists’ to systematically discredit findings of damage on several fronts.
Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway expose the techniques adopted by a small number of Americans, backed by commercial interests to spread misinformation and pseudo science regarding tobacco smoke, DDT, acid rain and now Global Warming.
The autumn kicked off with Mike Berners-Lee, co-author of The Burning Question, speaking at 10a South Grove, N6 at 20.00 on September 22 2014.
His title was: The Burning Question: How much fuel can we burn safely and can fracking help?
HiCAN, part of Transition Highgate, planned its 2014 programme. The book group was reading ‘The Climate Casino‘ by William Nordhaus for September meeting. New members who were concerned about climate change and its consequences, and were interested in developing community resilience would be welcome.
