The Global Warming propagandists are starting to worry that the public may be tired of their lies and hypocrisy and actually have some common sense!

"A backlash is now a real threat, said Phil Downing, head of environmental research for Ipsos Mori. 'There's cynicism because on the one hand we're being told [the problem] is very serious and on the other hand we're building runways, mining Alaskan oil; there's a lot going on that appears to be heading in the opposite direction.'

This is particularly evident in the huge public resistance to green taxes. 'There's a cynicism the government is using the green agenda as an excuse for hitting motorists and people who want to fly,' added Downing."

Letters to the Editor in the Daily Telegraph in response to misleading information in the article "Nature's doom is tourist boom".

I am sorry that you recycled some well-worn climate myths in your report "Nature's doom is tourist boom" (International News, December 23). You mention the melting of the Muller and Larsen ice shelves in Antarctica without saying that the total ice mass in Antarctica, and globally, is static or increasing.

You speak of the threat to polar bears although populations are increasing, and any suggestion that the sea level is rising by 3.5 inches a year is fanciful. Perhaps because global ice mass is constant, there is no evidence that sea level is rising any faster than it has for thousands of years, at around six to eight inches a century.

The changes in snow cover on Mount Kilimanjaro result from changes in precipitation, probably caused by local agricultural practices. Evidence from local weather stations suggests that no significant warming has occurred in the area.

Roger Helmer, Blisworth, Northants

You suggest that the Alaskan permafrost is melting (International News, December 23). However methane, released by melting permafrost, is not increasing in the atmosphere but reducing.

This might indicate the reverse of permafrost melting. Equally, a 2007 satellite survey of the Great Barrier Reef shows that coral growth has actually increased.

You also say that the glaciers in Patagonia are retreating, but not all of them are monitored. Only 240 of the 160,000 glaciers on the earth are, so no one should make such a sweeping statement on such a small sample.

Some glaciers in New Zealand are growing, and research on a retreating glacier in Greenland has shown that in the past it had retreated well past the present position. This would indicate that retreat and growth are part of a natural cycle.

John Marshall, Tetford, Lincolnshire

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