Common Ground (40 page)

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‘In a body blow to the new environment minister, thirty eminent British scientists': Professor Sir Patrick Bateson et al., ‘Culling badgers could increase the problem of TB in cattle', open letter,
Observer
, 14 October 2012:
http://www.theguardian.com/theob-server/2012/oct/14/letters-observer
.

‘In for the cull: A government that asks for independent scientific advice had best be ready to take it': Editorial,
Nature
, 450 (7166), 1–2, 1 November 2007.

Stephen P. Carter, Mark A. Chambers, Stephen P. Rushton, Mark D.F. Shirley, Pia Schuchert, Stéphane Pietravalle, Alistair Murray, Fiona Rogers, George Gettinby, Graham C. Smith, Richard J. Delahay, R. Glyn Hewinson and Robbie A. McDonald, ‘BCG Vaccination Reduces Risk of Tuberculosis Infection in Vaccinated Badgers and Unvaccinated Badger Cubs',
PLoS ONE
,
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3521029
, 2012.

‘Bovine TB: The Scientific Evidence – A Science Base for a Sustainable Policy to Control TB in Cattle – An Epidemiological Investigation into Bovine Tuberculosis', presented by Professor John Bourne (chairman of Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB) to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, The Rt Hon David Miliband, MP, June 2007. This full version of the report, including John Bourne's covering letter, appears on the Team Badger website and may be read in full at
https://www.teambadger.org/pdf/final_report.pdf
.

W.J. Stokoe (compiled by), Maurice Burton, D.Sc. (revised by),
The Observer's Book of Wild Animals of the British Isles
, Frederick Warne & Co., 1958.

Gareth Enticott, ‘The Spaces of Biosecurity: Prescribing and Negotiating Solutions to Bovine Tuberculosis',
Environment and Planning A
, Volume 40, No. 7, 2008.

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‘I know I'm not alone in wondering': the insight and research of the
Guardian
between 2011 and 2012 were important in my investigations into the efficacy of badger culling. I am particularly grateful to Patrick Barkham and Damian Carrington and recommend Patrick's subsequent book
Badgerlands
, Granta, 2013, as a definitive work on the period.

Margaret Blount,
Animal Land
, Hutchinson, 1974.

Timothy Roper,
Badger
, HarperCollins, 2010.

Hannah Kuchler, ‘Coalition clashes on wind farm policy',
Financial Times
, 31 October 2012.

Kiran Stacey, ‘Allies warn Cameron of move to right',
Financial Times
, 5 September 2012.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), ‘Climate Change 2007: Synthesis Report', as it appears on
https://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/syr/en/spms2.html
, 2007.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), ‘Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis: Summary for Policymakers', as it appears on
http://www.slvwd.com/agendas/Full/2007/06-07-07/Item%2010b.pdf
, 2007.

For explanations of climate-change science and rebuttal of misinformation, see:
http://www.skepticalscience.com

Camille Parmesan and Gary Yohe, ‘A globally coherent fingerprint of climate change impacts across natural systems',
Nature
, 421, 37–42, 2 January 2003.

Cynthia Rosenzweig et al., ‘Attributing physical and biological impacts to anthropogenic climate change',
Nature
, 453, 353–7, 15 May 2008.

George Monbiot, ‘Bonfire of Promises',
Guardian
, 28 May 2012, and ‘Shale Fail', published on the
Guardian
website, 31 August 2011, also featured on his website:
www.monbiot.com
.

Graham Readfearn, Leo Hickman and Rupert Neate, ‘Michael Hintze revealed as funder of Lord Lawson's climate thinktank',
Guardian
, 27 March 2012:
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/mar/27/tory-donor-climate-sceptic-thinktank
.

Steve Connor, ‘How the “Kochtopus” stifled green debate: behind the climate “countermovement” are two billionaire brothers',
Independent
, 24 January 2013.

Ian Johnstone, ‘Nigel Lawson's climate-change denial charity “intimidated” environmental expert',
Independent
, 11 May 2014.

Bob Ward, ‘When climate change denial is promoted in mainstream news',
New Statesman
, 20 August 2014:
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2014/08/when-climate-change-denial-promoted-mainstream-news
.

‘Global Warming's Denier Elite', Editorial,
Rolling Stone
, 12 September 2013.

‘Climate Denial Machine Fuelled by Big Oil…', Editorial, as it appears on
ecowatch.com
, 29 July 2014.

For more information on the campaign against climate change, see:
http://www.campaigncc.org

George Monbiot,
Heat
, Penguin, 2006.

‘You showed me': Martin Simpson, ‘Never Any Good',
Prodigal Son
, Topic Records, 2007.

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