Every day we get a post from Lawrence explaining how climate change is a
scam. It seems that his drip drip approach has been fairly successful in
persuading people that there is doubt about whether it is caused by CO2.
That is all the big oil and coal companies need - doubt - to prevent there
being an upswell from the public to persuade the govenrment to act. Here is
a message from Greenpeace for those of you who have not been fooled by
Lawrence, and his sock puppet Dawlish, into believing that AGW is just a
childish argument.

Dear All,

The devastating floods spreading across the country are causing havoc for
everyone caught in their path, and arguments about who's to blame for the
current crisis are dragging on.

Yet very few politicians or journalists are talking about what's really
causing the extremes of weather we've experienced in recent years: climate
change.

What I find particularly absurd is that environment secretary Owen
Paterson - who is a key player in shaping the government's policies on
climate change, including tackling the floods - refuses to accept climate
change is part of the problem. It doesn't make sense.

We can't afford to have a denier like Paterson in a position responsible for
climate change, so tell David Cameron to replace him with an Environment
Secretary who's serious about climate change.

A few days ago, the chief scientist at the Met Office said the evidence
suggests the floods are consistent with climate change predictions. She
knows a thing or two about climate, as do other scientific advisors, yet
Paterson has been ignoring them since he became environment secretary 18
months ago.

The evidence keeps stacking up. He hasn't had a single briefing on climate
change since he took up the job, and we've heard he won't even look at a
document that so much as mentions it.

He's made statements in public about climate change which are factually
incorrect, and also said that "people get very emotional about [climate
change] and I think we should just accept that the climate has been changing
for centuries." If your house or business is currently underwater, you'd be
emotional, and understandably so.

This all explains why climate change spending in Paterson's department has
been cut almost in half since he took charge and staff working on it have
been slashed from 38 to just six.

It's insane. How can Cameron claim his government is serious about climate
change when he has a denier like Paterson is in such a crucial role?

Please sign the petition. Cameron has to get Paterson away from anything to
do with climate change - he's a complete liability who's undermining any
attempts to get a grip on the situation.

In exasperation,

Jamie

PS Very few people are making the link between climate change and the
floods. Carbon Brief analysed newspaper stories on the floods and found that
in over 3000 published since the beginning of December, only 206 mentioned
climate change. If the media aren't talking about it, it's up to us - sign
and share the petition telling David Cameron to get serious about the
impacts of climate change.