Over at the Harmless Sky blog, the sharp-eyed, and quick-minded Tony N has spotted an alarming piece of journalistic interference with Obama's inauguration speech. It would seem that someone at the BBC had taken the trouble to splice the tape so that half a sentence...
Only Four Years Left to Save Environmentalism
Another sure sign that environmentalists are struggling to sustain a rational basis for their influence emerged last week. The pages of the Observer featured the opinion of NASA activist/scientist James Hansen in two articles [1 , 2] and an editorial. Barack Obama has...
The Movement Movement
One of the most toxic effects of environmentalism's tendency to reduce human needs and wants to problems that need to be contained and controlled is found in the debate over transport policy. Movement itself is threatened by demands that we reduce our 'impact' on the...
George's Aga Ga-Ga and the Heathrow Hoo-Haa
George Monbiot is a very confused man. A few days ago, he announced his campaign against the Aga cooker (because it uses lots of energy). This, he said 'is indeed a class war' - the Aga is an expensive piece of kit, and therefore, you have to be rather wealthy to own...
Pick a Number – Any Number
Worldwatch, which aims to 'empower decision makers to build an ecologically sustainable society that meets human needs' have upped the stakes: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - To avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change, world carbon emissions will have to drop to...
Comment is NOT Free
Over at Comment is Free, George Monbiot attempts to rescue the eco-movement from the criticism that they're a bunch of toffs by launching a campaign to 'ban the aga'. "This is indeed a class war," he says. So where is the campaign against Agas? There isn't one. I've...
Site Design
A number of readers have let us know of some problems with the site. First is the colour scheme, which makes difficult reading for more mature eyes. The second is the loading time of pages in Internet Explorer. We're aware of both these problems, and are working on...
Munich ReDux
Further to our post on the love-in between Munich Re insurance the BBC and Professor Lord Sir Nicholas Stern... Over at Prometheus, Roger Pielke Jr presents statistics that contradict Munich Re's statements on increases in the human and economic costs of natural...
The Pastiche Politics of the Runway Rush
Following the Plane Stupid protest group's day in court recently, another climate group, Climate Rush is planning disruptive action at Heathrow and Manchester airports next Monday, according to activist media portal, Indymedia. Hundreds of anti-aviation protesters are...
…Unless You're Filthy Stinking Rich
You can just imagine the editorial meetings that led up to BBC2 commissioning It's Not Easy Being Green: BBC executives: This grass-roots environmental movement is all very well, but we're never going to save the planet if the middle classes don't join the revolution....