Ben Pile

Ben Pile is a editor and co-founder of the 'sceptic' Climate Resistance blog."About", Climate Resistance website, accessed 4 Sep 2010 Amongst its 16 'starting position' statements are: 'The evidence for anthropogenic climate change is neither as strong nor as demanding of action as is widely claimed'.Climate Resistance About, Accessed 16 April 2014.
==LM network connections==
Pile has a range of connections with the LM Network via speaking at the Institute of Ideas"Science and Health Forum", Institute of Ideas website, accessed 8 May 2010, providing articles for Culture Wars"Ben Pile", Culture Wars website, accessed 8 May 2010, Battle of Ideas"Climate science: truth you can wear on your hands", Battle of Ideas website, accessed 9 Dec 2010 and Spiked"Political prejudice dressed up as science", Spiked website, accessed 2 May 2010, and acting as a judge for Debating Matters."People: Judge", Debating Matters website, accessed 8 May 2010 In December 2011, he was central to setting up the LM linked Oxford Salon. This is clear from his entries in the salon's Facebook group, such as "Just setting the site and social networking up. Please invite anybody you think may be interested."Oxford Salon Facebook, accessed 6 Jan 2012, his profile in the Independent, which says "Ben Pile is the convenor of the forthcoming Oxford Salon, which launches in January."Ben Pile Independent, accessed 12 May 2012 and his byline in Spiked, which says the same thing.Ben Pile Spiked website, accessed 20 May 2012
Pile’s Facebook interests and friends include the LM network linked Big Potatoes, Bookshop Barnies, Ferraris for All, Institute of Ideas, WORLDwrite, WORLDbytes, Simon Belt, Daniel Ben-Ami, Sarah Boyes, Dolan Cummings, Suzy Dean, Thomas Deichmann, Ceri Dingle, Claire Fox, Liz Frayn, Tony Gilland, Timandra Harkness, Dennis Hayes, Patrick Hayes, James Heartfield, Brid Hehir, Alex Hochuli, Tiffany Jenkins, Angus Kennedy, Geoff Kidder, Rob Killick, Michele Ledda, Rob Lyons, James Panton, Jane Sandeman and James Woudhuysen. "Ben Pile profile", Facebook website, accessed 9 Dec 2010 
==UKIP Climate Change Researcher==
In November 2012 it was reported that Ben Pile was contracted as a 'climate and environment researcher' for UKIP's Godfrey Bloom MEP. Pile began research work for UKIP in 2009 and since the summer of 2011 was paid approximately £2,000 per month for this work.Leo Hickman, Ukip's Godfrey Bloom and the £2,000-a-month climate researcher, The Guardian, 6 November 2012. 
According to an email from Pile cited in the Guardian his financial relationship with UKIP was as follows:
:Salary 2009 - Jul 2010: £700/month.
:Salary Jul 2010 - Aug 2011: £26.4kpa.
:Since Summer 2011, I have been contracted, rather than salaried to work for Godfrey Bloom/EFD. :Works out at about £2,000/month including expenses +/- other projects.
Due to conflicting statements as cited by Hickman, it is unclear whether Pile's research is paid for by Bloom or the Europe of Freedom and Democracy group of the European Parliament.
In May 2012 Pile appeared on behalf of UKIP's Godfrey Bloom MEP and Paul Nuttall MEP at a public inquiry by North Devon Council regarding the development of a wind farm at Batsworthy Cross. Documents submitted by UKIP to the inquiry state that Pile has a BA in Politics and Philosophy from the University of York.North Devon Council Document UKIP/2/1 Proof of Evidence, 22 May 2012. Pile also spoke at the 2011 UKIP Party Conference on behalf of the 'Fight the Turbines Campaign'Wind Turbines and the Countryside Blight, UKIP website (retrieved via the Internet Archive), 12 September 2011. and he is also the director and producer of the anti-windfarm film 'Lost Horizons' which was produced for the Europe of Freedom and Democracy group.Lost Horizons Watch the film.
==Education==
*BA in Politics and Philosophy from the University of York.North Devon Council Document UKIP/2/1 Proof of Evidence, 22 May 2012.
During his time at York University Ben Pile was a member of the New Generation Society York. The NGS is 'a non-partisan group of young people and students dedicated to developing new thinking on the challenges and opportunities for our generation.'New Generation Society, About, website, Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 10 December 2013 on 15 April 2014. Pile contributed to the NGS Journal with an article entitled 'Environmental Catastrophism'. Other contributors to the journal include David Miliband, Godfrey Bloom, Jo Swinson and Brendan O'Neill.Ben Pile, Environmental Catastrophism, New Generation Society. 23 April 2008. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 10 December 2008 on 14 April 2014.. 
==Career==
*Freelance Writer: 2006 - PresentLinkedIn, Ben Pile. Accessed 14 April 2014.
*Polmedia Ltd - Director (Researcher): September 2010 - unknown
==Publications==
===2014===
*Ben Pile, 'Using NASA to scare the masses into action', Spiked Online, 25 March 2014. 
*Ben Pile, 'The global warming pause: the dangers of politicising science', Spiked Online, 12 February 2014.
*Ben Pile, 'Scientific Adviser or Court Jester?', Spiked Online, 31 January 2014.
===2013===
*Ben pile, The ‘green crap’ hits its biggest fan, Spiked Online, 25 November 2013.
*Ben Pile, 'Greenpeace: talking out of a polar bear’s arse', Spiked Online, 23 September 2013.
*Ben Pile, 'The pathologising of climate scepticism', Spiked Online, 18 June 2013.
===2012===
*Ben Pile, 'Welcome to the politics of pastiche', Spiked Online, 16 October 2012.
*Ben Pile, 'Why facts cut no ice in the climate debate', Spiked Online, 13 August 2012.
*Ben Pile, 'Rio+20: a tyranny of green do-gooders', Spiked Online, 3 July 2012.
*Ben Pile, ‘The real enemy is humanity itself’, Spiked Online, 17 May 2012.
*Ben Pile, 'Greens, face it: we’re just not that into you', Spiked Online, 28 February 2012.
*Ben Pile, 'Climate-change alarmism: fuelled by fantasy', SpikedOnline, 14 February 2012.
*Ben Pile, 'Greens to sceptics: show us the money!', Spiked Online, 25 January 2012.
===2011===
*Ben Pile, 'The delusions of the climate technocrats', Spiked Online, 14 December 2011.
*Ben Pile, 'Not the BEST way to debate climate', Spiked Online, 21 November 2011.
*Ben Pile, 'Time to put this morality tale on ice', Spiked Online, 28 September 2011.
*Ben pile, 'Wishing Greenpeace an unhappy birthday', Spiked Online, 12 September 2011.
*Ben Pile, 'Admit it: environmentalism was an ugly experiment' Spiked Online, 29 July 2011.
*Ben Pile, Putting humanity in a kangaroo court, Spiked Online, 26 May 2011. 
*Ben Pile, 'Fukushima: why greens turned on each other', Spiked Online, 4 April 2011.
*Ben Pile, 'Making mountains out of meltdowns', Spiked Online, 14 March 2011.
*Ben Pile, Scepticism is not an ‘attack on science’, Spiked Online, 1 February 2011.
*Ben Pile, 'A tedious dollop of eco‑propaganda', Spiked Online, 18 January 2011.
===2010===
*Ben Pile, Cancun: scavenging around for scientific fact, Spiked Online, 8 December 2010.
*Ben Pile, 'What the greens really got wrong', Spiked Online, 8 November 2010.
*Ben Pile, 'A sideways step from climate panic to Malthus', Spiked Online, 27 October 2010.
*Ben Pile, 'Political prejudices dressed up as science', Spiked Online, 8 April 2010.
*Ben Pile, 'Let’s pick apart this politics of doom', Spiked Online, 9 February 2010.
*Ben Pile, 'Why Copenhagen was bound to fail', Spiked Online, 6 January 2010.
===2009===
*Ben Pile, 'Greenpeace: putting trees before people', Spiked Online, 9 June 2009.
*Ben Pile, ‘We have an extremely selfish population’, Spiked Online, 25 February 2009.
===2008===
*Ben Pile, 'Environmental Catastrophism', New Generation Society, 23 April 2008. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 10 December 2008 on 1 May 2014.
*Ben Pile, 'Going over the top in the ‘climate war’', Spiked Online, 24 September 2008.
*Ben Pile, 'Environmentalism or death: that's the choice?', Spiked Online, 10 September 2008.
*Ben Pile, 'In praise of unsustainability', Culture Wars, 17 July 2008.
*Ben Pile, 'Environmentalism’s fig leaf', Culture Wars, 29 May 2008.
===2007===
*Stuart Blackman and Ben Pile, 'Climate science: truth you can wear on your hands', Battle of Ideas, 15 October 2007.
*Ben Pile, 'The Royal Society’s ‘motto-morphosis’', Spiked Online, 15 May 2007.
==Resources==
*Leo Hickman, Ukip's Godfrey Bloom and the £2,000-a-month climate researcher, The Guardian, 6 November 2012.
*Hengist McStone, Ben Pile. Qualified pundit or bullshit artist?, Heretics Corner blog, 6 June 2012.
==Affiliations==
LM Network | Oxford Salon | Climate Resistance | Spiked | Battle of Ideas | New Generation Society | Fight the Turbines Campaign | UKIP
==Notes==
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