Book review: Paul MacRae’s ‘Through the Looking Glass: A Citizen’s Do-It-Yourself Guide to Climate Science’

By Derek Burney, January 2026

Derek H. Burney is a former 30-year career diplomat who served as Ambassador to the United States of America from 1989-1993

Paul MacRae’s book Through the Looking Glass: A Citizen’s Do-It-Yourself Guide to Climate Science (available on Amazon) is a meticulous repudiation of the pseudo-science that has driven the debate, nationally and internationally, on climate change or global warming for decades. The fact that apocalyptic prophesies by “experts” like Al Gore and Greta Thunberg have not materialized should be proof enough but MacRae digs deeper to expose the fallacies versus the facts. His views command new currency as many countries focus on more pressing and practical priorities for public funds.… Read more

IPCC’s own model shows carbon taxes will have trivial effect on ‘global warming’

MAGICC calculator reveals that cuts in carbon emissions will reduce ‘warming’ by a fraction of a degree Celsius, while costing trillions of dollars.

By Paul MacRae, Climate Realists of B.C., October 22, 2025

An opinion article that appeared Oct. 5, 2025, in the Victoria Times Colonist entitled “Can we untie it?” argues that forest fires have dangerously increased in recent years mainly due to human-caused global warming, and that the smoke from these fires is deadly to humans in the short- and long-run.… Read more