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1. Viscount Matt Ridley owns two massive coal mines….
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3. He thinks ‘peer-reviewed science’ means he’s read it.
4. He thinks hurricanes aren’t getting worse…
5. His favourite antihero is Harry Potter’s uncle, Vernon Dursley. Of course.
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7. He wants to hear the advantages of zero-hours contracts.
8. He used to be chairman of Northern Rock… it didn’t end well
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10. This coal baron thinks “the threat of a dangerously large warming is so improbable as to be negligible" WCGW?
11. Ridley is a smart guy, so let's just say...
12. He is supplies 1% of the UK's carbon emissions.
13. Bill Gates slapped him down because Ridley thinks we shouldn't give aid to Africa.
14. Ridley loves fracking, but he forgot to mention his £50k+ investments in fracking companies when promoting it in Parliament.
15. He doesn't think there is a scientific consensus that climate change is dangerous.
16. His brother-in-law is Owen Paterson, who was called the "worst environment secretary the UK has ever had."
17. He gets cash from the Heartland Institute; Exxon's own think tank.
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