Thinking of New York

Given the date, and the fact that I visited New York City, including Ground Zero, in late May, I am just going to re-post three blogs from my time there.   The living and the dead 19 May Birding with the Empire State Building as background 20 May Liberty and the pursuit of happiness 21…

I’ll be Doggered now I know a bit…

Many thanks to Amanda in the Defra Press Office for the following answers to my questions: Does the Dogger Bank have any extra protection already? On 26th August Dogger Bank was put forward to the European Commission to be selected as a candidate Special Area of Conservation. Under Article 6(2) of the Habitats Directive there…

Do you trust them?

It’s all getting quite heated out there.  And so it should – although it always looks bad if the government Ministers are the ones losing their tempers whilst the environmental campaigners are cool, calm and collected. But it’s not surprising, because the government is in a worse place over planning reform than it was over…

I’ll be Doggered if I know (2)…

I phoned the Defra Press Office on Monday and they said they’d get back to me. I phoned the Defra Press Office on Tuesday and they said they’d get back to me. I phoned the Defra Press Office on Wednesday and they said they’d get back to me. All I want is the details of…