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The International Year of Biodiversity: is it really worth it?
Friday, 29 Jan, 2010 – 8:46 | No Comment
The International Year of Biodiversity: is it really worth it?

(c) WorldIslandInfo.com
In case you haven’t heard yet, 2010 has been decreed the International Year of Biodiversity by the UN. This means that throughout the world, conservationists environmentalists and other activists are making the most …

Climate change: pushing all the boundaries.
Tuesday, 5 Jan, 2010 – 13:00 | No Comment
Climate change: pushing all the boundaries.

(C) cherrylynx
The Copenhagen summit is, predictably, currently drawing much of the world’s attention. Undoubtedly it should, as rising Co2 emissions threaten the lives of millions. To create a coordinated commitment to reduce Co2 emissions was the primary …

Have we stopped caring about climate change?
Wednesday, 23 Dec, 2009 – 15:00 | 5 Comments
Have we stopped caring about climate change?

(c) Andrew*
The failure of last week’s UN negotiations on limiting global warming has been met with dismay around the world. But, whilst the media and politicians have paid lip service to this disappointment the backlash …

What the climate scientists aren’t telling us: Never Trust a Scientist…
Tuesday, 8 Dec, 2009 – 9:00 | 10 Comments
What the climate scientists aren’t telling us: Never Trust a Scientist…

(c) sepponet
I want to make it absolutely clear from the outset that I am not a ‘climate change denier’, as sceptics are commonly labelled these days. I’m not exactly an out-and-out believer either, though. I’m also not …

Nigel Lawson: A typical climate change sceptic?
Thursday, 26 Nov, 2009 – 15:00 | 7 Comments
Nigel Lawson: A typical climate change sceptic?

(c) celesteh
Earlier this week former Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson announced the formation of a new climate change research institute, the Global Warming Policy Foundation, to focus reasoned debate on this issue. On the …

Democracy is preventing a climate change deal at Copenhagen
Wednesday, 25 Nov, 2009 – 10:09 | 3 Comments
Democracy is preventing a climate change deal at Copenhagen

Following warnings that the Copenhagen summit would be the last chance to save the world from the disastrous effects of climate change it seems that negotiations have stalled before they have even started.
There were high …

A Conservative approach to the environment?
Monday, 9 Nov, 2009 – 9:42 | 4 Comments
A Conservative approach to the environment?

StewBl@ck
One of the Labour’s successes in recent years has been to produce a coherent approach to climate change and environmental policy. The Climate Change Act, which received royal assent on the 26th November 2008, sets …

Europe: the great missed opportunity
Monday, 12 Oct, 2009 – 15:00 | One Comment
Europe: the great missed opportunity

When the historians come to write the obituary of the outgoing Labour government what will they say was the greatest missed opportunity of their 13 year reign? The failure to overturn decades of British hostility to the EU.

10:10 The UK’s latest good cause
Wednesday, 7 Oct, 2009 – 13:00 | No Comment
10:10 The UK’s latest good cause

After Make Poverty History, we now have a new cause to rally to: 10:10 the UK’s latest climate change campaign. By joining the 10:10 campaign, you commit to cutting your carbon emissions by 10% in …

Copenhagen can’t save us
Friday, 18 Sep, 2009 – 10:00 | One Comment
Copenhagen can’t save us

(c) NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center
After twelve full months of hysterical economic news coverage, the recession appears to be ending and peoples’ attention is once again focused on the environment. Right now, world leaders …

Best of the web 08/09/09
Tuesday, 8 Sep, 2009 – 13:22 | No Comment
Best of the web 08/09/09

Hi and welcome to our new series of posts rounding up the best articles on the web each day courtesy of bloggerscircle.net

What’s the connection between asylum/migration and LGBT people?
It is well-established that once people have a …

In praise of state Terror: encounters with Ed Milliband and Slavoj Zizek
Thursday, 13 Aug, 2009 – 10:02 | One Comment
In praise of state Terror: encounters with Ed Milliband and Slavoj Zizek

(c) .faramarz
Terror is not flying planes into the World Trade Centre or blowing up British youths in Afghanistan. Those things are murder and warfare (in whichever order you prefer to put them). These acts might …