{"id":335795,"date":"2024-07-07T10:09:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-07T08:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=335795"},"modified":"2024-07-07T10:09:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-07T08:09:10","slug":"ominous-appointments-ed-miliband-and-pat-vallance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=335795","title":{"rendered":"Ominous appointments: Ed Miliband and Pat\u00a0Vallance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"402\" data-attachment-id=\"335801\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=335801\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/59-591017_pc-duvar-katlar-hd-yeni-love-pink-tjn.jpg?fit=1920%2C1068&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1068\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;pc duvar ka??tlar? hd Yeni LOve Pink tjn wallpaper t Duvar katlar Arka planlar&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pc duvar ka??tlar? hd Yeni LOve Pink tjn wallpaper t Duvar katlar Arka planlar\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/59-591017_pc-duvar-katlar-hd-yeni-love-pink-tjn.jpg?fit=723%2C402&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/59-591017_pc-duvar-katlar-hd-yeni-love-pink-tjn.jpg?resize=723%2C402&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-335801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/59-591017_pc-duvar-katlar-hd-yeni-love-pink-tjn.jpg?resize=1024%2C570&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/59-591017_pc-duvar-katlar-hd-yeni-love-pink-tjn.jpg?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/59-591017_pc-duvar-katlar-hd-yeni-love-pink-tjn.jpg?resize=768%2C427&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/59-591017_pc-duvar-katlar-hd-yeni-love-pink-tjn.jpg?resize=1536%2C854&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/59-591017_pc-duvar-katlar-hd-yeni-love-pink-tjn.jpg?resize=1200%2C668&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/59-591017_pc-duvar-katlar-hd-yeni-love-pink-tjn.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/59-591017_pc-duvar-katlar-hd-yeni-love-pink-tjn.jpg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/tallbloke.wordpress.com\/2024\/07\/06\/ominous-appointments-ed-miliband-and-pat-vallance\/\">Tallbloke&#8217;s Talkshop <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By\u00a0<strong>tallbloke<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"652\" data-attachment-id=\"335797\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=335797\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0greta-panic.png?fit=1456%2C1314&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1456,1314\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0greta-panic\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0greta-panic.png?fit=723%2C652&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0greta-panic.png?resize=723%2C652&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-335797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0greta-panic.png?resize=1024%2C924&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0greta-panic.png?resize=300%2C271&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0greta-panic.png?resize=768%2C693&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0greta-panic.png?resize=1200%2C1083&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0greta-panic.png?w=1456&amp;ssl=1 1456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Britain has a new government, and its Prime Minister has appointed new cabinet members. Of particular interest to Talkshop readers are the positions of energy and science. Here\u2019s the news. Our new Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero is Ed Miliband. This is the guy who guided the Climate Change Act of self harm through parliament in 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You\u2019d hope that the new science minister would be the sort of well qualified and accountable person who\u2019d be able to set Ed Moribund straight on some basic issues around energy policy, in the knowledge they\u2019d need to get it right or not get elected next time round. No such luck. Your new &nbsp;Minister of State for Science is the unelected, unwanted and UN-approved Pat Vallance. I say \u2018new\u2019 but Pat Vallance has been embedded with the uniparty for a long time now. He\u2019s a medical biologist who was working for big-pharma prior to working in government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" data-attachment-id=\"335798\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=335798\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-140.png?fit=2048%2C1152&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1152\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-140\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-140.png?fit=723%2C407&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-140.png?resize=723%2C407&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-335798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-140.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-140.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-140.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-140.png?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-140.png?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-140.png?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-140.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The only glimmer of hope here is that Nigel Farage\u2019s Reform UK party now has a bridgehead in parliament and will be putting some choice words about Net Zero onto the record in Hansard. And on social media of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Farage forensically takes apart the arguments for Net Zero.<br><br>No mainstream politician has this man&#39;s mental acuity.. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TfxQTN6wOI\">pic.twitter.com\/TfxQTN6wOI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rob Boyd, Esq (@AvonandsomerRob) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AvonandsomerRob\/status\/1807687079918256358?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britain has a new government, and its Prime Minister has appointed new cabinet members. Of particular interest to Talkshop readers are the positions of energy and science. Here\u2019s the news. Our new Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero is Ed Miliband. This is the guy who guided the Climate Change Act of self harm through parliament in 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