I haven’t had time to read this carefully, but there is a bit more in it on energy efficiency than I expected from media reports – however, this is definitely an area of high priority. This government’s, and this Prime Minister’s, infatuation with big projects (which often don’t happen) means that I would be very…
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Sunday book review – What Climate Justice Means by Elizabeth Cripps
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I like books that have clear titles, ones which tell you what they are about, provided the title actually does tell you what the book is about. And this one does. If you can’t work out what this book is about from the title then I can’t help you. But I can tell you that…
Guest blog – Nature conservation and climate change: are we doing enough? by Olly Watts
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Olly Watts has been with the RSPB for more than 25 years, involved with how climate change affects nature, and what the nature conservation should do about that, for much of that time. He’s also been involved with peatland conservation for many years and is eagerly awaiting the end to using peat in our gardens….
Census 2021
You may have got an envelope recently in which was a letter telling you about the 2021 Census (Scotland is having a census in 2022). One of the questions is about your religion (although what my religious beliefs have to do with anyone else I am not sure – but you don’t have to answer…
Humiliation?
James Hansen makes good points here but I think he’s wrong to think that the UK government, this government, or its Prime Minister, will feel humiliated by … well, actually, by almost anything. We seem now to live in a world where many politicians feel no shame about acting in contradiction to their words, or…
RSPB press release – moorland burning is massive problem
New analysis shows that burning of moorlands is the biggest threat to England’s most important places for wildlife New analysis of Government data by the RSPB shows that the burning of moorlands is the biggest identified threat to England’s Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs). The analysis also shows that no reason has been identified…
Grouse moors, burning and climate change
I’m a Radio 4 addict but I missed PM yesterday as I was engaged with lawyers then, and for a lot of the day. But I caught up with this piece on climate change (starts 45 minutes into programme) and the mention of the government inactivity on banning burning on peatlands being possibly due to…
Smoke in the hills
Boris Johnson wasn’t watching Extinction – the facts last night even though his missus was, if a report, just a single sentence, in The Times today is to be believed. At the very foot of an article about how the UK would meet its net-zero target is the sentence ‘Plans to ban peat-burning appear to…
People’s assembly on climate change – no idiots there.
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This is an inspiring read produced by a selection of 108 ‘ordinary’ people who spent 60 hours learning, thinking and voting on measures to deliver what is government policy, but not enough government action The measures are a middle ground if we are to be serious on getting to net zero. I would have liked…
Do you have the energy?
A Guardian article has led me to find some new-to-me sources of information. But the story was about the fact that the UK is on a record run of coal-free power days – 56 days and counting. That is quite a transformation, but let’s not get too cocky as there are plenty of European countries…