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‘Green’ expert sees red over UK climate pledges
Professor Sir David King, the British government’s former top scientific adviser, is no stranger to controversy.
He ruffled feathers on both sides of the Atlantic in 2004 when he described climate change as a more serious threat to the world than terrorism.
Earlier this year, he said the Iraq war may come to be seen as the world first’s “resource war”, based on oil rather than weapons of mass destruction.
Now the South African-born academic risks putting more politicians’ noses out of joint.
UK minister in a spin over climate change doubters
As a top-flight racing driver, Britain’s Science Minister Paul Drayson may seem an unlikely critic of the auto industry.
The self-confessed “car nut” owns a motor racing team and competes in a 200mph Aston Martin in competitions around the world.
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