'Prolonged and intellectually incoherent campaign against action on climate change'

Robert Manne writing in his new book, “On Borrowed Time”:

“The Australian has conducted a prolonged and intellectually incoherent campaign against action on climate change, which has undermined the hold in public life of the central values of the Enlightenment, Science and Reason. This has helped make action by any Australian government on the most serious question of contemporary times far more difficult than it ought to have been.”

UK weather update: Temperatures plunge so low that sea freezes over

The sea in parts of the UK has frozen over as a prolonged spell of Arctic weather hammers the country with ice, snow and sub-zero temperatures.

Parts of the sea in the UK has frozen over because of
the prolonged spell of sub-zero temperatures.

Bembridge Harbour on the east coast of the Isle of Wight iced over on Wednesday as the water temperature dropped below -2C, leaving boats trapped.

Read the story by Josh Gabbatiss on the Independent - “UK weather update: Temperatures plunge so low that sea freezes over.”