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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). The blog first became prominent as a political blog.

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".

Fred Pearce in The Guardian describe the revelations the blog has done as "landed some good blows" talking about "CRU scientists did back-door deals to include unpublished research in the last IPCC report" among others.

References

1. Ridley, Matt. "The global warming guerrillas", The Spectator, 3 February 2010.
2. Dale, Iain. Iain Dale's Guide to Political Blogging in the UK. Harriman House Publishing. p. 269. ISBN 978-1905641628.
3. Delingpole, James. "Climategate: how they all squirmed", a Daily Telegraph blog, 29 November 2009.
4. 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."
5. Batty, David and Adam, David. "Climate emails review panellist quits after his impartiality questioned", The Guardian, 12 February 2010.
6. Clarke, Tom. "'Climate-gate' review member resigns", Channel 4 News, 11 February 2010.
7. Pearce, Fred (2010-09-14). "'Climategate' inquiries were 'highly defective', report for sceptic thinktank rules". guardian.co.uk. The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2010-09-14. Retrieved 2010-09-14. I have no problem with Montford. His Bishop Hill website is not to everyone's taste, but he has landed some good blows here. Mainstream climate scientists need acerbic critics to keep them honest. And there are real signs of progress. {{cite web}}: External link in |quote= (help)

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