16 Oct 2018

Reaction to last week’s major new climate change report from the IPPC has varied from the hopeful to the absurd. The Executive Director of the Aldersgate Group highlights the opportunities that stem from the “ambitious plan of action” that is needed to deliver on the challenge faced. The pro-fracking government deflected its response by asking […]

28 Aug 2018

This is welcome news coming on the damning – but much delayed – SNH report of the damage done by the Trump golf course. Highland Council’s decision to approve the Coul links golf course has now been called in for review. RSPB have welcomed this decision BBC ‘Scottish ministers are to scrutinise plans for an […]

30 Jul 2018

If this story sounds familiar it is. That is because planning authorities recently gave the green light to another Scottish Coastal golf course in despite it being a coastal SSSI. The role of SNH in this and what is appearing like a suppressed report on the impact of the Trump golf course also raises unfortunate […]

22 May 2018

Water Online reports claims the White House and the U.S. EPA sought to bury a study that would reveal a nationwide drinking water crisis. “Scott Pruitt’s EPA and the White House sought to block publication of a federal health study on a nationwide water-contamination crisis, after one Trump administration aide warned it would cause a […]

14 Nov 2017

A Major New U.S. multiagency report affirms that climate change is getting worse. According to the Climate Science Special Report, “climate change is real. It’s caused by greenhouse-gas pollution released by human industrial activity. Its consequences can already be felt across every region and coastline of the United States—and, unless we stop emitting greenhouse gases […]

05 Jun 2017

We can’t sit by and watch any longer thinking that others will act, its time for everyone to do their bit and get the key messages across whenever the opportunity arises. Take your pick: BBC on Trump, Paris & Climate   http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40136908 Guardian – lots of links – https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jun/02/european-leaders-vow-to-keep-fighting-global-warming-despite-us-withdrawal President Macron, Putting the world first https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzcrSvF7ZJA  […]

30 Mar 2017

March 28th was a bad day for Climate change action in the US but there is good news Sweden announces plan to eliminate carbon emissions by 2045 BusinessGreen ‘Swedish Climate Minister Isabella Lovin announced that the country aims to eliminate all greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2045. Legislators signed a law that will require […]

29 Jan 2017

Interesting times for communicating science and climate change – two new terms (to me) – Guerrilla archiving and Ctrl-Alt-Delete policies. I wonder where he got the idea of gagging environmental agencies from? How this will work in practice remains to be seen because as usual there is inconsistency, see the piece on NOAA not being […]