misinformation

As London prepares for the expansion next week of the Ultra Low Emission Zone, Bob Ward dispels the myths around this policy, explaining its origins, the thinking behind the expansion and the links between air pollution and health. Read more

The Daily Mail has once again exploited a lack of effective press regulation in the UK in order to promote misinformation about climate change, writes Bob Ward. Read more

The Daily Mail’s campaign against electric vehicles in the UK is hypocritical and against its own readers’ interests, writes Bob Ward.   Read more

In calling for a referendum on the UK’s net zero target, The Sunday Telegraph has reached a new extreme in its strident campaign against climate policies, writes Bob Ward. Read more

Bob Ward exposes the falsehoods in Viscount Ridley’s Times article about a ‘walrus comeback’. Read more

Bob Ward debunks yet more false claims on climate change being spread in the UK by certain public figures as they exploit Twitter’s lack of rules against misinformation. Read more

This article discusses the potential harm caused by misinformation and conspiracy theories particularly in relation to the COVID-19 and climate change. Read more

Bob Ward describes how a free market lobby group, the American Institute for Economic Research, who have organised a controversial petition against the use of lockdowns to tackle COVID-19, have used similar methods in the past to spread misinformation about other health and environmental risks, including climate change. Read more

Last week Bjorn Lomborg joined a climate debate on Sky News during which he frequently misled the audience with inaccurate or misleading statements. Here Bob Ward explains in detail how Dr Lomborg distorts the truth about climate change. Read more