Archive for October, 2006



The hypocrisy of Blair’s government on climate change is all too evident again. On the one hand it has emerged that Blair has failed to tackle UK greenhouse gas emissions that are now at the highest level since Labour came to power.
On the other Blair continues to warn others that we must act. Last Friday, […]

Climate change will cause hundreds of millions of environmental refugees according to a new report, from the aid agency Tearfund. The study, “Feeling the Heat“, says there are already an estimated 25 million environmental refugees, and this figure is likely to soar as rain patterns continue to change, floods and storms become more frequent and […]

In his latest book, Paul Brown ex-environment editor at The Guardian ponders how close we are to the tipping point of runaway climate change.
The phrase “tipping point” is certainly heard a lot more from scientists these days. It is, says Brown, where a small amount of warming sets off unstoppable changes, for example the melting […]

Separating Oil & State

It’s working – if current trends hold, this next Congress will be the least beholden to the oil industry of any since 1990! Significantly more members of Congress are clean, and less money overall has been accepted than at any other time over the last 15 years (not that $13 million from the […]

Finally someone has come out and critizised carbon off-setting for the scam it is. As George Monbiot writes in today’s Guardian: “Rejoice! We have a way out. Our guilty consciences appeased, we can continue to fill up our SUVs and fly around the world without the least concern about our impact on the planet. How […]





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