Climbing the mountain of balderdash, bollux, codswallop, and rubbish that is Lord Christopher Monckton’s presentation is a daunting task.

I’ve had to break it down into 2 parts, of which this is the first.

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The second will be premiered on thursday night, April 15, at 9 pm edt, during a live “Climate Denial Crock” web chat, at Climate TV.