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Bishop Hill is a blog operated by Andrew Montford, a British climate-change sceptic and author of The Hockey Stick Illusion (2010). Montford describes it as one of the main websites for global warming sceptics in the UK.

The blog first was described in Iain Dale`s, "Guide to Political Blogging in the UK," in which Dale described Monford under the psudonym "Bishop Hill," stating that he was an ex-accountant who dabbles in IT consultancy, and described his conflicts with his spouse, and described Monford's use of the blog as a "refuge" from television, lawn-mowing and work, and a way to meet people around the world.

The blog has come to public attention several times in connection with the global warming debate. In November 2009, James Delingpole wrote in a Daily Telegraph blog that Bishop Hill had reported the funding of the Climate Outreach and Information Network charity—to the tune of £700,000 over two years—by the British Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

In February 2010, the Daily Mail reported that Paul Dennis, a British climate scientist, had posted an account on Montford's blog of Dennis's interview with police concerning their investigation into the unauthorized release of emails in November 2009 from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit.

Also in February 2010, Philip Campbell, the editor-in-chief of Nature, resigned from the Independent Climate Change Email Review—hours after the panel was launched to review the release of the emails—after Bishop Hill and Britain's Channel 4 News publicised an interview Campbell had given in 2009 to China Radio International, in which he said there was no evidence of a coverup. The interview was posted on the Bishop Hill blog. Channel 4 News reported: "The interview, posted on the Bishop Hill blog, run by climate sceptic Andrew Montford, will come as an embarrassment to the enquiry's chair Sir Muir Russell".

References

1. Ridley, Matt. "The global warming guerrillas", The Spectator, 3 February 2010.
2. House of Commons Science and Technology Committee. "Memorandum submitted by Andrew Montford", The disclosure of climate data from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, Session 2009-2010, www.publications.parliament.uk, retrieved 6 May 2010.
3. Dale, Iain. Iain Dale's Guide to Political Blogging in the UK. Harriman House Publishing. p. 269. ISBN 978-1905641628.
4. Delingpole, James. "Climategate: how they all squirmed", a Daily Telegraph blog, 29 November 2009.
5. Daily Mail. "Police question global warming 'sceptic' scientist over 'Climategate' email leak", 5 February 2010. The Daily Mail writes: "It is understood Mr Dennis has been instructed not to talk to the media, but he posted his account of the interview on a British website run by climate change sceptic Andrew Montford."
6. Batty, David and Adam, David. "Climate emails review panellist quits after his impartiality questioned", The Guardian, 12 February 2010.
7. Clarke, Tom. "'Climate-gate' review member resigns", Channel 4 News, 11 February 2010.

External links

• Bishop Hill

• Articles to be merged from May 8, 2010
• Climate change
• Global warming
• Science blogs
• Political weblogs
• Environmental websites