Watermelons: How Environmentalists Are Killing the Planet, Destroying the Economy and Stealing Your Children's Future

by James Delingpole

Rio Earth Summit (1992) 1

  Robinson, Mary 1

  Rockefeller Foundation 1

  Roentgen, Anna Bertha 1

  Roentgen, Wilhelm 1

  Rolling Stones 1

  Roman Catholic Church 1

  Roman Empire 1, 2

  Romantic poets 1

  Rothschild family 1

  Rowlatt, Justin 1

  Royal Canadian Mounted Police 1

  Royal Family (British) 1, 2

  Royal Society 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

  ‘Preventing Dangerous Climate Change’ 1

  Ruckelshaus, William 1

  Rudd, Kevin 1

  Russell, Sir Muir 1

  Ryan Air 1

  Sackur, Stephen 1

  salmonella scare (late 1980s) 1

  sanitation 1, 2

  Santer, Ben 1, 2

  SARS 1

  ‘saving the planet’ 1, 2

  Schneider, Bertrand

  The First Global Revolution 1

  Schneider, Stephen 1, 2, 3

  Science (journal) 1, 2, 3

  scientific method 1

  abuse of 1, 2

  Costella on 1

  peer review 1

  principles of 1, 2

  scientific rationalism 1

  ScientistForTruth 1

  Scripps Institution of Oceanography, California 1

  sea coal 1

  sea ice 1

  melting 1, 2

  sea levels 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  Sea of Okhotsk 1

  Second World War 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  security cameras (CCTV) 1

  Seitz, Prof. Frederick

  ‘A Major Deception on Global Warming’ 1

  Severn Bore tidal wave 1

  Severn River tidal barrier 1

  shale gas 1, 2

  Sheffield, Sir Reginald 1

  Shell 1

  Sierra Club 1, 2

  Simon, Julian (‘The Doomslayer’) 1, 2, 3, 4

  Wager with Paul Ehrlich 1

  Singer, Dr Fred 1, 2

  slavery 1

  smart growth 1

  Smith, Delia 1

  Socialism 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Solyndra 1, 2

  Sony 1

  Soon, Willie 1

  Soviet Union 1, 2

  Spain 1

  ‘green jobs’ 1

  Spectator, The 1, 2, 3

  speed cameras 1

  Spencer, Roy 1, 2

  ‘Splattergate’ 1

  Spratt, Thomas

  History of the Royal Society 1

  Srebrenica massacre 1

  Stalin, Joseph 1, 2, 3, 4

  Stanford University 1, 2

  Global Climate and Energy Project 1

  Starr, Dr Chauncey 1

  sterilization 1, 2, 3

  Steyn, Mark 1

  Still Waiting For Greenhouse site 1

  stomach ulcers 1

  Stowe, Harriet Beecher 1

  Strong, Maurice 1, 20, 3, 4

  Structuralism 1

  Sudan 1

  sun-spot activity 1

  Sunday Express 1

  Sunday Telegraph 1

  sustainability 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

  Sustainable Development 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Sustainable Development Commission 1

  Suu Kyi, Aung San 1

  Sweden 1, 2, 3

  Sweeney, Judge Edmund 1

  Swine flu 1

  Technocracy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  ‘Temenos Books’ 1

  temperature measurement

  Hansen on the greenhouse effect 1

  Royal Society statement on global temperature increase 1

  thermometer temperature data 1, 2

  tree rings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Tertullian

  ‘Treatise of the Soul’ 1

  Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire 1

  Thatcher, Baroness Margaret 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Statecraft 1

  The Energy Research Institute (TERI) 1

  ‘Think Climate Think Change’ advertisement campaign 1

  think tanks 1, 2, 3

  independent 1

  right-wing 1, 2, 3

  ‘Third Way’ formula 1, 2

  Third World 1, 2, 3

  Thompson, Lonnie 1

  Three Days of the Condor (film) 1

  Tickell, Sir Crispin 1, 2

  Climatic Change and World Affairs 1

  Time (magazine) 1, 2

  Times, The 1

  Tin Foil Hat Argument 1

  Titanic, RMS 1, 2

  Tobacco Related Disease Research Program 1

  Trenberth, Dr Kevin 1

  Trident missile system 1

  Turner, Ted 1, 2, 3, 4

  Twitter 1, 2, 3

  Tyndall, John 1

  Tyndall Centre 1, 2, 3

  unemployment 1, 2

  United Nations (UN) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Conference on the Human Environment (1972) 1

  Environment Program (UNEP) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 1

  General Assembly 1

  Human Rights Commission 1

  Kyoto climate meeting (1997) 1, 2

  Security Section 1

  spread of 1, 2

  University of Peace 1

  United States of America 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Acceptance of a ‘realistic but binding target’ on carbon emissions 1

  Area 1 military base 2

  Congress 1, 2, 3

  federal budget 1

  Fish and Wildlife Service 1

  food aid to India 1

  Hollywood 1

  spending on climate research 1

  State Department 1

  University of East Anglia (UEA) 1, 2

  Climate Research Unit (CRU) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  University of Rey Juan Carlos 1

  University of Virginia 1

  ‘unloading’ 1

  Untermenschen 1

  Urban Heat Island effect 1, 2, 3

  US National Academy of Sciences 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  On Being a Scientist 1

  utility bills 1

  Vanity Fair 1

  Verhofstadt, Guy 1

  Viner, Dr David 1

  volcanic activity 1

  Voluntary Human Extinction Movement 1

  von Storch, Hans 1, 2

  Wales 1

  Machynlleth 1

  Wall Street Journal 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  ‘War on Climate Change’ 1

  ‘Warmergate’ 1

  Warmism 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27

  Warren, Robin 1

  Washington Post 1, 2, 3

  water vapor 1, 2

  ‘Watermelons’ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

  Watson, James 1

  Watts, Anthony 1, 2

  Watts Up With That (WUWT) 1, 2, 3, 4

  Weart, Spencer

  The Discovery of Global Warming 1

  Weather 1, 2

  extreme 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Weather Bureau 1

  weather stations 1, 2, 3, 4

  Welles, Orson 1

  Weltanschauung (“worldview”) 1

  Western Civilization 1, 2, 3

  wheat strains 1

  Whitehead, J. Rennie

  Memoirs of a Boffin 1

  Whyte, Jamie

  Bad Thoughts: A Guide to Clear Thinking 1

  Wigley, Dr Tom 1, 2

  Wikipedia 1, 2

  wildlife 1, 2, 3, 4

  William, Prince 1

  William of Ockham 1

  wind farms 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  Wired (magazine) 1, 2

  Wirth, Senator Tim 1, 2

  Wishart, Ian 1

  Air Con 1

  Wivenhoe Dam 1

  Wolpert, Prof. Lewis 1

  Woods Hole Research Center 1, 2

  World Bank 1, 2, 3

  World Comm
ission on Environment and Development see Brundtland Commission

  World Health Organization 1

  World Meteorological Organization (WMO) 1, 2

  Statement 1

  Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  X-rays 1

  discovery of 1

  ‘Year Without a Summer’ (1816) 1

  YouTube 1, 2, 3, 4

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  James Delingpole is a writer, journalist and blogger, and helped expose the Climategate scandal. He is the author of numerous books including Welcome to Obamaland: I’ve Seen Your Future and It Doesn’t Work (Regnery) and 365 Ways to Drive a Liberal Crazy (Regnery). In 2005, he received the Charles Douglas-Home Memorial Trust Award and in 2010 he won the Bastiat Prize for Online Journalism.

  James lives in London with his wife and children. His hobbies include: gardening, riding, surfing, wild swimming, Al Gore-baiting and walking in hill country unspoilt by hideous wind turbines. His website is www.jamesdelingpole.com

  Copyright

  First published in the United States in 2011 by Publius Books

  First published in Great Britain in 2012 by

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