There`s a pattern of politicians learning inconvenient environmental truths ...
.....& then falling short. IT`S BEEN HAPPENING FOR A LONGTIME.
Thatcher’s inquiring mind demanded a scientific briefing about the dangers of the hole in the ozone layer, and subsequently on another even greater potential catastrophe, climate change! In November 1989, Margaret Thatcher addressed the United Nations about the threat of climate change!!! Thatcher and other European leaders warned that the world was headed for disaster if it did not cut down on the use of fossil fuels.
It was clear from the beginning that Thatcher’s understanding of the science clashed with her ideology. Curbing the free market was not going to happen.
Instead, she did what all politicians do – diverted attention by creating something else. In this case, it was the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research, to study the subject better.
BUT...The centre is now one of our world-renowned institutions.
Thatcher’s inquiring mind demanded a scientific briefing about the dangers of the hole in the ozone layer, and subsequently on another even greater potential catastrophe, climate change! In November 1989, Margaret Thatcher addressed the United Nations about the threat of climate change!!! Thatcher and other European leaders warned that the world was headed for disaster if it did not cut down on the use of fossil fuels.
It was clear from the beginning that Thatcher’s understanding of the science clashed with her ideology. Curbing the free market was not going to happen.
Instead, she did what all politicians do – diverted attention by creating something else. In this case, it was the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research, to study the subject better.
BUT...The centre is now one of our world-renowned institutions.
