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"The same people who argue renewables
are the answer to climate change also argue we've made no progress"
Tim Worstall
https://capx.co/have-we-already-found-the-solution-to-climate-change/
stewgreen
"Musician from Sydenham devastated after leaving £250,000 violin on train — Only in London"
Doh what insurance company lets you travel on public transport with a £250K item ?
The violin should be in a sealed box with its own mobile phone tracker
a tracker which is blue toothed to the musicians phone so he immediately knows if it moves out of his range.
stewgreen
An interesting article featuring Jonny Ball.
https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/uk-world/1006622/tv-star-johnny-ball-says-plants-in-the-ocean-theory-disproves-man-made-climate-change/?utm_source=twitter
Ross Lea
Mark
I'm guessing that Leigh Day don't lift a finger unless there's a client .... with a cheque book... (OK a bit 20th Century...)
Some "follow the money" required
tomo
Rushing into Green Measures has consequences.
This time it was the Grenfell deaths
it was the aluminium fuel in the cladding that was the difference.
stewgreen
tomo, I finished the quote at the Leigh Day reference - I guessed it would trigger a response!
Mind you, I do agree with you.
Mark Hodgson
Leigh Day Solicitors huh?
Dale Vince in there anywhere ? - we haven't heard from him in a while.
tomo
"What hypocrisy, I think guiltily, as I jet off to academic conferences far and wide"
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/oct/29/hypocrisy--guilt-jet-off-to-academic-conferences-plane-travel
[Well, yes, and your article full of mea culpas does nothing to alter the fact that you are, indeed, a hypocrite].
"Healthy diet means a healthy planet, study shows
Healthier food choices almost always benefit environment as well, according to analysis"
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/28/healthy-diet-means-a-healthy-planet-study-shows
"Damian Carrington on 10 years as the Guardian's environment editor
One of our leading environment journalists reflects on how awareness of the climate crisis has shifted in the last decade and offers advice for those who want to do more"
https://www.theguardian.com/membership/2019/oct/26/damian-carrington-on-10-years-as-the-guardians-environment-editor
"California wildfires: how bad are they and is the climate crisis linked?
Firefighters across the state are racing to control flames exacerbated by extreme winds. Is this normal?"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/28/california-wildfires-explained-climate-change
Mark Hodgson
"Pressure on Ibiza's sustainability: Is the party over?"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-50157333/pressure-on-ibiza-s-sustainability-is-the-party-over
"Superstar DJs and world-famous clubs normally make the headlines about Ibiza.
But every season puts more pressure on the island's sustainability.
How much longer can Ibiza cope this way?
Amber Haque travels to San Antonio's West End, and finds out about diversity in House music and the destruction threatening Ibiza's natural beauty."
"£165m mine plan to be reconsidered"
https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/17998755.165m-mine-plan-reconsidered/
"CUMBRIAN councillors look set to “ratify” their original decision to grant permission for a £165m mine following a legal challenge.
West Cumbria Mining wants to extract coking coal off the coast of St Bees, with a processing plant on the former Marchon site at Kells and was given the go-ahead in March.
However, the authority’s planning panel has been asked to look again at the controversial plans “as a matter of prudence”, with a fresh ruling expected when they meet on Thursday.
The move comes after solicitors, acting on behalf of environmental campaigners ‘Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole (KCCH), sent a legal letter to the county council earlier this year.
Leigh Day Solicitors have argued that changes in circumstances means the committee should reconsider its ruling. The legal team has also alleged “flaws” in the report upon which councillors based their original decision, claims denied by the country....."
Mark Hodgson
That Courier quotes Johnny then '97% NASA' to rebut him
Then skeptic Michael Wood
I bet the tolerant green mob will try to get the Courier shut down.