Cop28 – Some View on the World

Down to earth reads for July 06

How fossil fuel lobbyists at the heart of US politics influence the fight for our climate Oliver Milman With large parts of the world, including its oceans, roasting under record temperatures or choking on wildfire smoke, you would be forgiven for thinking the decades of research showing how burning fossil fuels is worsening these calamitiesContinue reading “Down to earth reads for July 06”

A taskforce dreaming up radical climate solutions

There’s a taskforce dreaming up radical climate solutions – and you can help Damian Carrington Fast, fair funding for critical climate action is desperately needed, and that makes the drive for levies on polluters and the ultrarich perhaps the most exciting climate idea floating around right now. The Global Solidarity Levies Task Force, anContinue reading “A taskforce dreaming up radical climate solutions”

Around Cop29

The global oil and gas industry has made a trillion dollars annually in pure profit every year for the last 50 years. There’s no sign of that ending soon. Saudi Arabia’s energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman al-Saud, told the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh last month: “We will monetise every molecule of energyContinue reading “Around Cop29”

Ebola, parrot fever, Covid, psychoactive substances, betel nuts, synthetic drug kush, vaccines and ageing

Ebola is known to circulate in local bat populations and was present in the region long before the start of the West Africa outbreak CREDIT: Simon Townsley In the depths of Guinea’s vast forests, the decayed carcass of a once great tree marks the spot where the West African Ebola epidemic is believed to haveContinue reading “Ebola, parrot fever, Covid, psychoactive substances, betel nuts, synthetic drug kush, vaccines and ageing”

All eyes turned to Dubai

Looking at the beginning of Cop28

Composted Reads for the 3rd week of November 2023

Composted Reads The good news ‘We can’t carry on’: the godfather of microplastics on how to stop them Can goats and sheep stop wildfires? This shepherdess is rallying the flock ‘Inestimable importance’: 500-year-old cache of pressed flowers reveals new secrets The bad news More people not having children due to climate breakdown fears, finds researchContinue reading “Composted Reads for the 3rd week of November 2023”

About the new environment minister in Britain & Some essential reads for the 3rd week of November 2023

16/11/2023 Why the UK sacked its environment minister, and what to expect from her successor Helena Horton Former prime minister David Cameron’s shock return to the political front line rightly led the news coverage during the reshuffle of the UK government earlier this week. But it’s fair to say those in the environment sector breathedContinue reading “About the new environment minister in Britain & Some essential reads for the 3rd week of November 2023”