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| Andrew Montford | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Education | BSc (chemistry), CA |
| Alma mater | University of St Andrews |
| Occupation(s) | Writer and editor |
| Known for | Climate-change scepticism |
| Notable work | The Hockey Stick Illusion (2010) |
| Website | Bishop Hill |
Andrew William Montford is a British climate-change sceptic and operator of the Bishop Hill blog. He is the author of The Hockey Stick Illusion (2010).
Personal history
Montford graduated from the University of St Andrews with a degree in chemistry, and became a chartered accountant before moving into science publishing. In 2004, he helped to set up Anglosphere, which provides editing services to publishers and business clients.
Views on climate change
Bishop Hill
Main articles: Bishop Hill (blog) and Hockey stick controversyMontford founded Bishop Hill on November 21, 2006. At first focusing on British politics, he changed the blog's focus to climate change from a skeptical viewpoint. According to Matt Ridley in The Spectator, Montford became interested in climate change in 2005 after reading a post by blogger Tim Worstall, who was in turn writing about the work of Stephen McIntyre, the editor of the blog Climate Audit. Montford's layperson's approach to the Hockey Stick debate has received a number of favourable comments, including from The Spectator, specifically his summaries of posts from Climate Audit, which he called "Caspar And The Jesus Paper" and "The Yamal Implosion".
The Hockey Stick Illusion
Main article: The Hockey Stick IllusionPublished in January 2010 by Stacey International, the book has received positive reviews from Matt Ridley, George Gilder, Christopher Booker, and Nigel Calder.
Submission to parliamentary inquiry
Further information: Climatic Research Unit email controversyIn February 2010 Montford submitted a memorandum to the British parliamentary inquiry reviewing the emails leaked from the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit in November 2009. He expressed the view in his submission that "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."
Media appearances
Montford has been interviewed a number of times about the Climatic Research Unit email controversy (Climategate). Britain's Channel 4 asked him in March 2010 to look at some of the questions Phil Jones might be asked during the parliamentary inquiry into the controversy. Also in March, Montford wrote in The Times Higher Education supplement: "The email conversations at the heart of 'Climategate' suggest a campaign to nobble journals, marginalise climate-change sceptics and withhold data from other researchers."
He was interviewed in April 2010 by Dennis Prager, an American radio talk show host, and during the same month participated in a live web-debate hosted by The Times; the debate also featured Times environment editor Ben Webster and Bob Ward of the London School of Economics's Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. Montford alleged in the debate that the investigations into the leaking of the e-mails was compromised by "highly questionable memberships." He also questioned the appointment of Lord Oxburgh to the panel, writing that Oxburgh has a "direct financial interest in the outcome of his inquiry." Also in April, he was interviewed by the BBC World Service.
See also
References
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- Memorandum submitted by Andrew Montford, The disclosure of climate data from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, Science and Technology Committee, Session 2009-10, www.publications.parliament.uk, accessed May 7, 2010;
- Andrew W. Montford, Anglosphere, accessed May 7, 2010;
- Montford, Andrew. The Hockey Stick Illusion. Stacey International, 2010, back cover.
- Webster, Ben. Oxburgh, the climate science peer, ‘has a conflict of interest’", The Times, March 23, 2010.
- Booker, Christopher. "A perfect storm is brewing for the IPCC", The Daily Telegraph, February 27, 2010.
- The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, accessed May 7, 2010; Andrew W Montford, Anglosphere, accessed May 7, 2010.
- Ridley, Matt. "The Global Warming Guerrillas", The Spectator, February 3, 2010.
- Ridley, Matt. "The Global Warming Guerrillas", The Spectator, February 3, 2010; Montford, Andrew. "Casper and the Jesus paper", Bishop Hill blog, August 11, 2008, and "The Yamal implosion", Bishop Hill blog, September 29, 2009, accessed May 7, 2010.
- Ridley, Matt. The case against the hockey stick, Prospect, March 20, 2010; Gilder, George. George Gilder Hails "The Hockey Stick Illusion" on the Science Scandal of Global Warming, Discovery News, February 25, 2010; Booker, Christopher.A perfect storm is brewing for the IPCC, The Daily Telegraph, April 03 2010.
- Memorandum submitted by Andrew Montford, The disclosure of climate data from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, Science and Technology Committee, Session 2009-10, www.publications.parliament.uk, accessed May 7, 2010.
- Questions for Climategate boss facing MPs, Channel 4, March 1, 2010.
- Montford, Andrew. "Heated discussions", The Times, May 1, 2010.
- Dennis talks to AW Montford, Dennisprager.com, April 22, 2010, accessed May 7, 2010.
- "Live debate: can we trust the outcome of the climategate inquiry?". The Times Online. 14 April 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2010.