Sister Toldjah (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
... The film’s “apocalyptic vision” was not an impartial analysis of climate change, High Court Judge Michael Burton said, adding that the film is “substantially founded up scientific research and fact” but that the errors were made in “the context of alarmism and exaggeration.” Just last month, McAleer publicly confronted Gore in an contentious exchange at an environmental journalist...
News: News blog | guardian.co.uk (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Michael Burton, a gas technician from Peckham, records the joint worst score in Mastermind history As Michael Burton settled into the famous high-backed black leather chair, he could at least take some comfort from the fact that the first round was on his specialist subject. But Burton, 37, scored just two points on his chosen field of knowledge – angels –...
Media Matters for America (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
... founded upon scientific research and fact" In his October 10, 2007, ruling , High Court Judge Michael Burton stated that while he had identified nine "errors and omissions" in the film, it is "substantially founded upon scientific research and fact." The judge also said he had "no doubt" that the defendant's expert was "right when he says that:...
MND/BlogWonks: Your Alternate Daily (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Ever wonder about the final straw that will bring down western civilization? A British judge may have created it. On November 3rd, Mr Justice Michael Burton, the same judge that allowed continued showing of An Inconvenient Truth to children in British schools even while recognizing it to be a dishonest political propaganda film decided that: [...]
The Cult of the Dead Fish (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Mr Justice Michael Burton decided that: "A belief in man-made climate change, and the alleged resulting moral imperatives, is capable if genuinely held, of being a philosophical belief for the purpose of the 2003 Religion and Belief Regulations." Under those regulations it is unlawful to discriminate against a person on the grounds of their religious or philosophical beliefs”....
MATTER MAGAZINE (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
... change and his attempts to make the company more environmentally friendly. Amazingly, Justice Michael Burton agreed with him. He wrote in his decision that "A belief in man-made climate change, and the alleged resulting moral imperatives, is capable if genuinely held, of being a philosophical belief for the purpose of the 2003 Religion and Belief Regulations." The scope...
Blog on the Run: Reloaded (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Critics of people who believe human behavior is driving climate change have, on occasion, suggested that to these people, anthropogenic climate change is a “religion.” Apparently, at least one judge agrees: In a landmark ruling, Mr Justice Michael Burton said that “a belief in man-made climate change … is capable, if genuinely held, [...]
Christian quoter (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
... air and had renovated his house to be environmentally-friendly. In a landmark ruling, Mr Justice Michael Burton said that "a belief in man-made climate change… is capable, if genuinely held, of being a philosophical belief for the purpose of the 2003 Religion and Belief Regulations". The ruling could open the door for employees to sue their companies for failing to...
Religio-Political Talk (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
(Reasonable Kansans h/t-import) Climate change belief given same legal status as religion This is priceless...An executive has won the right to sue his employer on the basis that he was unfairly dismissed for his green views after a judge ruled that environmentalism had the same weight in law as religious and philosophical beliefs.In a landmark ruling, Mr Justice Michael Burton said that...
The Westerner (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
... against because of their environmental convictions. A British court ruling this week by Mr Justice Michael Burton stated that ‘a belief in man-made climate change… is capable, if genuinely held, of being a philosophical belief for the purpose of the 2003 Religion and Belief Regulations Act’. This signals that discrimination on the basis of green views is as unacceptable...
Netizen News Brief (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Subject: txt grn bdd - bbro - An executive has won the right to sue his employer on the basis that he was unfairly dismissed for his green views after a judge ruled that environmentalism had the same weight in law as religious and philosophical beliefs. In a landmark ruling, Mr Justice Michael Burton said that "a belief in man-made climate change ... is capable, if genuinely held,...
Red State (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
In a precedent-setting ruling, a judge in the UK upholds Mr Tim Nicholson’s right to sue his former employer because he was fired over his environmental beliefs and his green lifestyle. Climate change belief given same legal status as religion In a landmark ruling, Mr Justice Michael Burton said that “a belief in man-made climate change … is capable, if genuinely held,...
Nuke's news & views (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
How about that? The UK Telegraph is reporting a court decision described as “landmark.” Actually, it is just recognizing the obvious: The Goremons, gaiaists, and assorted fruits and nuts on the Left consider their support for Global Warming as a matter of faith. The courts follow suit … Mr Justice Michael Burton said [...]
silent E speaks (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Climate change has moved to the same status as religion… UK Telegraph: In a landmark ruling, Mr Justice Michael Burton said that “a belief in man-made climate change … is capable, if genuinely held, of being a philosophical belief for the purpose of the 2003 Religion and Belief [...]
GayandRight (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... example, to religion, then there is no reason to disqualify it from protection," Mr. Justice Michael Burton, who presided over the appeal, said in his Oct. 7 decision. The preliminary ruling is but one piece of a larger case that pits Tim Nicholson, a 42-year-old senior executive and environmentalist, against his former employer, Grainger PLC, Britain's largest residential landlord....
