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Montford founded his blog on November 21, 2006. At first focusing on British politics, Montford, after following a link from a blog posted by [[Tim Worstall]] to [[Climate Audit]] changed the blog's focus to [[Climate Change]] from a [[Global warming controversy|skeptical viewpoint]]. Montford`s layperson's explanations of the Hockey Stick debate have received favorable comment from readers such as [[Anthony Watts (blogger)|Anthony Watts]]<ref name="Anthony Watts">{{cite web|url=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/09/30/a-must-read-the-yamal-hockey-stick-implosion-in-laymans-terms/|title=A must read: The Yamal Hockey Stick Implosion in laymans terms|last=Watts|first=Anthony|date=30 09 2009|publisher=Watts Up With That|accessdate=19 April 2010}}</ref>, [[Roger A. Pielke, Jr.]] <ref name="Roger A. Pielke, Jr.">{{cite web|url=http://rogerpielkejr.blogspot.com/2009/09/has-steve-mcintyre-found-something.html|title=Has Steve McIntyre Found Something Really Important? |last=Pielke, Jr.|first=Roger A.|date=30 SEPTEMBER 2009|publisher=Roger A. Pielke, Jr.|accessdate=19 April 2010}}</ref> and in ''[[The Spectator]]'', specifically his summaries of posts from [[Climate Audit]] which he called "Caspar And The Jesus Paper" and "The Yamal Implosion" <ref>{{cite web | url=http://bishophill.squarespace.com/blog/2008/8/11/caspar-and-the-jesus-paper.html | title=Casper and the Jesus paper | publisher=http://bishophill.squarespace.com | accessdate=1 April 2010}}</ref><ref name="Matt Ridley">{{cite news|url=http://www.spectator.co.uk/print/politics/all/5749853/the-global-warming-guerrillas.thtml|title=The Global Warming Guerrillas|last=Ridley|first=Matt|date=3 February 2010|publisher=The Spectator|accessdate=9 April 2010}}</ref><ref name="Andrew Montford2">{{cite web|url=http://bishophill.squarespace.com/blog/2009/9/29/the-yamal-implosion.html|title=The Yamal implosion|last=Montford|first=Andrew|date=September 29, 2009|publisher=Bishop Hill|accessdate=19 April 2010}}</ref> |
Montford founded his blog on November 21, 2006. At first focusing on British politics, Montford, after following a link from a blog posted by [[Tim Worstall]] to [[Climate Audit]] changed the blog's focus to [[Climate Change]] from a [[Global warming controversy|skeptical viewpoint]]. Montford`s layperson's explanations of the Hockey Stick debate have received favorable comment from readers such as [[Anthony Watts (blogger)|Anthony Watts]]<ref name="Anthony Watts">{{cite web|url=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/09/30/a-must-read-the-yamal-hockey-stick-implosion-in-laymans-terms/|title=A must read: The Yamal Hockey Stick Implosion in laymans terms|last=Watts|first=Anthony|date=30 09 2009|publisher=Watts Up With That|accessdate=19 April 2010}}</ref>, [[Roger A. Pielke, Jr.]] <ref name="Roger A. Pielke, Jr.">{{cite web|url=http://rogerpielkejr.blogspot.com/2009/09/has-steve-mcintyre-found-something.html|title=Has Steve McIntyre Found Something Really Important? |last=Pielke, Jr.|first=Roger A.|date=30 SEPTEMBER 2009|publisher=Roger A. Pielke, Jr.|accessdate=19 April 2010}}</ref> and in ''[[The Spectator]]'', specifically his summaries of posts from [[Climate Audit]] which he called "Caspar And The Jesus Paper" and "The Yamal Implosion" <ref>{{cite web | url=http://bishophill.squarespace.com/blog/2008/8/11/caspar-and-the-jesus-paper.html | title=Casper and the Jesus paper | publisher=http://bishophill.squarespace.com | accessdate=1 April 2010}}</ref><ref name="Matt Ridley">{{cite news|url=http://www.spectator.co.uk/print/politics/all/5749853/the-global-warming-guerrillas.thtml|title=The Global Warming Guerrillas|last=Ridley|first=Matt|date=3 February 2010|publisher=The Spectator|accessdate=9 April 2010}}</ref><ref name="Andrew Montford2">{{cite web|url=http://bishophill.squarespace.com/blog/2009/9/29/the-yamal-implosion.html|title=The Yamal implosion|last=Montford|first=Andrew|date=September 29, 2009|publisher=Bishop Hill|accessdate=19 April 2010}}</ref> |
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A post on Montford's blog led to the resignation of [[Philip Campbell]], the editor in chief of [[Nature]] from a panel convened to investigate the [[Climatic Research Unit email controversy]].{{not in citation}} In an interview with Chinese state radio, Campbell said that he believed nothing untoward had happened. The Guardian newspaper commented "The interview, posted on the Bishop Hill blog run by the climate sceptic Andrew Montford and shown on Channel 4 News, risked undermining Muir's claim that the inquiry team was impartial."<ref name="The Guardian2">{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/12/climate-change-climategate-nature-global-warming|title=Climate emails review panellist quits after his impartiality questioned|last=Batty|first=David|coauthors=David Adam|date=12 February 2010|newspaper=The Guardian|accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref> |
A post on Montford's blog led to the resignation of [[Philip Campbell]], the editor in chief of [[Nature]] from a panel convened to investigate the [[Climatic Research Unit email controversy]].{{not in citation}} In an interview with Chinese state radio, Campbell said that he believed nothing untoward had happened. The Guardian newspaper commented "The interview, posted on the Bishop Hill blog run by the climate sceptic Andrew Montford and shown on Channel 4 News, risked undermining Muir's claim that the inquiry team was impartial."<ref name="The Guardian2">{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/12/climate-change-climategate-nature-global-warming|title=Climate emails review panellist quits after his impartiality questioned|last=Batty|first=David|coauthors=David Adam|date=12 February 2010|newspaper=The Guardian|accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref> |
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Paul Dennis, a scientist from [[University of East Anglia]] who was questioned by the police over the controversy, posted his account of the interview on Montfords blog, Bishop Hill. He said, "they thought I might have some information on the basis that I had sent [Condon] a copy of a paper [and] I had exchanged emails with Steve McIntyre over the leak/hack"<ref name="The Guardian3">{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/04/climate-change-email-hacking-leaks|title=Detectives question climate change scientist over email leaks|last=Leigh|first=David|coauthors=Charles Arthur and Rob Evans|date=4 February 2010|newspaper=The Guardian|accessdate=7 April 2010|location=UK}}</ref> Dennis had also refused to sign a petition supporting [[Phil Jones (climatologist)|Professor Phil Jones]] saying "science isn't done by consensus".<ref name="Daily Mail">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1248740/Climategate-Police-question-scientist-email-leak-scandal.html|title=Police question global warming 'sceptic' scientist over 'Climategate' email leak|newspaper=Daily Mail|accessdate=11 April 2010}}</ref><ref name="The Guardian3" /> |
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In a letter Montford submitted to the parliamentary inquiry over the controversy he said that "[m]any apparent problems with the conduct of climate science have arisen from the CRU emails - withholding of data and code, unethical pressuring of journals, gatekeeping by journal editors and on one occasion the misrepresentation of the reliability of scientific data."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmselect/cmsctech/memo/climatedata/uc3602.htm | title=Memorandum submitted by Andrew Montford (CRU 36) |publisher=www.publications.parliament.uk | accessdate=3 April 2010}}</ref>{{rs}} |
In a letter Montford submitted to the parliamentary inquiry over the controversy he said that "[m]any apparent problems with the conduct of climate science have arisen from the CRU emails - withholding of data and code, unethical pressuring of journals, gatekeeping by journal editors and on one occasion the misrepresentation of the reliability of scientific data."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmselect/cmsctech/memo/climatedata/uc3602.htm | title=Memorandum submitted by Andrew Montford (CRU 36) |publisher=www.publications.parliament.uk | accessdate=3 April 2010}}</ref>{{rs}} |
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Andrew Montford | |
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| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Author, Blogger, Chartered Accountant, Publisher |
Andrew Montford is a climate-change sceptic and operator of the blog Bishop Hill.[1] He is the author of The Hockey Stick Illusion, which was published in 2010.[2]
Personal history
Montford is a Chartered Accountant [3] who also works in science publishing [4] he works from his home in Milnathort in Kinrossshire. He moved to Scotland from England to study chemistry at St Andrews University. He currently lives in rural Scotland with his wife and children.
Views on Climate change
The Hockey Stick Illusion
Published in 2010 by Stacey International, the book has been well received with critiques from Matt Ridley, George Gilder, Christopher Booker and Nigel Calder.[5][6][7][8] According to Matt Ridley, writing in the Spectator, Montford came to the subject of Climate Change in 2005, when he read a blog post by amateur non-journalist Tim Worstall, who in turn was posting details of Stephen McIntyre`s work.[9]
Media Appearances
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Montford participated in a live web-debate hosted by the Times Online in April 2010. The debate also featured The Times environment editor Ben Webster and Bob Ward of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. Montford wrote in the debate "OK, it's pretty clear that the three investigations are not intended to get at the truth. All of the panels have had highly questionable memberships and remits that divert them away from the issues. There are some really, really serious allegations that have been ignored by both the panels that have reported so far." He also questioned the appointment of Lord Oxburgh to the panel on conflict of interest grounds, writing "Lord Oxburgh has a direct financial interest in the outcome of his inquiry."[10]
Montford was interviewed in April 2010 by the Newshour show on the BBC World Service. Speaking on the findings by the University of East Anglia concerning the Climatic Research Unit email controversy, he said "I made the point that the scope of the panel missed key allegations and cited Ross McKitrick's point that Jones had inserted baseless statements into the IPCC reports". When the interviewer asked if skeptics would ever be happy he replied "we would, if presented with evidence that the allegations were false".[11][12]
The Channel 4 programme "The Report" asked Montford in March 2010 to look at some of the questions Phil Jones might be asked during the Parliamentary Investigation into the Climatic Research Unit email controversy.[13]
Bishop Hill
Montford founded his blog on November 21, 2006. At first focusing on British politics, Montford, after following a link from a blog posted by Tim Worstall to Climate Audit changed the blog's focus to Climate Change from a skeptical viewpoint. Montford`s layperson's explanations of the Hockey Stick debate have received favorable comment from readers such as Anthony Watts[14], Roger A. Pielke, Jr. [15] and in The Spectator, specifically his summaries of posts from Climate Audit which he called "Caspar And The Jesus Paper" and "The Yamal Implosion" [16][9][17]
Involvement in Climatic Research Unit email controversy
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A post on Montford's blog led to the resignation of Philip Campbell, the editor in chief of Nature from a panel convened to investigate the Climatic Research Unit email controversy.[failed verification] In an interview with Chinese state radio, Campbell said that he believed nothing untoward had happened. The Guardian newspaper commented "The interview, posted on the Bishop Hill blog run by the climate sceptic Andrew Montford and shown on Channel 4 News, risked undermining Muir's claim that the inquiry team was impartial."[18]
In a letter Montford submitted to the parliamentary inquiry over the controversy he said that "[m]any apparent problems with the conduct of climate science have arisen from the CRU emails - withholding of data and code, unethical pressuring of journals, gatekeeping by journal editors and on one occasion the misrepresentation of the reliability of scientific data."[19][unreliable source?]
See also
References
- ^ Webster, Ben (23 March 2010). "Lord Oxburgh, the climate science peer, 'has a conflict of interest'". Times Newspapers Ltd. Times Online. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
- ^ Christopher Booker (27 February 2010). "A perfect storm is brewing for the IPCC". Telegraph. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ ICAS. "The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)". ICAS. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
- ^ About Us, People. "Anglosphere Editing Limited". Scotland: Anglosphere Editing Limited. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "The case against the hockey stick". www.prospectmagazine.co.uk. Retrieved Saturday, Apr 03 2010.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "George Gilder Hails "The Hockey Stick Illusion" on the Science Scandal of Global Warming". www.discoverynews.org. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
- ^ "A perfect storm is brewing for the IPCC". www.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved Saturday, Apr 03 2010.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "The global warming alarmists". www.vancouversun.com. Retrieved Saturday, Apr 03 2010.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b Ridley, Matt (3 February 2010). "The Global Warming Guerrillas". The Spectator. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ^ "Live debate: can we trust the outcome of the climategate inquiry?". The Times Online. 14 April 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
- ^ Montford, Andrew (14 Apr 2010). "More radio". Bishop Hill. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
- ^ "Newshour". BBC News. 14 April 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
- ^ "Questions for Climategate boss facing MPs". Channel Four News. 1 March 2010. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
- ^ Watts, Anthony (30 09 2009). "A must read: The Yamal Hockey Stick Implosion in laymans terms". Watts Up With That. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Pielke, Jr., Roger A. (30 SEPTEMBER 2009). "Has Steve McIntyre Found Something Really Important?". Roger A. Pielke, Jr. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Casper and the Jesus paper". http://bishophill.squarespace.com. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
{{cite web}}: External link in|publisher= - ^ Montford, Andrew (September 29, 2009). "The Yamal implosion". Bishop Hill. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
- ^ Batty, David (12 February 2010). "Climate emails review panellist quits after his impartiality questioned". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ "Memorandum submitted by Andrew Montford (CRU 36)". www.publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2010.