Hurray, an enviroment problem that isn't caused by global warming

When I first started reading this story I though " here goes, another excuse for ramping up the GW debate without proof" especially as its a beeb story, but I am happy to say my cynicism was misplaced:

A landslip described as "the worst for 100 years" has destroyed more than 400 metres (1,312 ft) of Dorset's World Heritage Jurassic Coast.

The earth movement blocked a stretch of beach between Lyme Regis and Charmouth but there are no reports of injuries.

I was all prepared for a rant about how this area is always slipping and if its the biggest slip for 100 years it means bigger ones etc.

No doubt someone will get the GW in to this story somewhere

Panaroma "misleading" on WiFi

I suppose I should own up to being in the radio telecoms business so do have a vested interest in this story, not least because I am working on a major WiFi and WiMAX project. Anyway, confession over.

As reported on The Reg today

The BBC has admitted that the infamous Panorama programme in which Beeb investigators boosted public hysteria regarding health dangers around Wi-Fi in schools was "misleading".

Adding insult to injury, the WiFi-is-probably-OK-actually savant, Professor Michael Repacholi, "was presented in a context which suggested to viewers that his scientific independence was in question, whereas the other scientists were presented uncritically. This reinforced the misleading impression, and was unfair."

Does this remind you of any other topical subject? Global Warming, perhaps?