Ten Quick Questions With Colin Challen, MP About Climate Change
As the damaging effects of the floods become clearer, a question resonates among people’s minds. “Should there be legislation to tackle climate change?” Today the Environmental Audit Committee’s Report, ‘Beyond Stern: From the Climate Change Programme Review to the Draft Climate Change Bill’ was published, so we thought [...]
Continue reading...Campaign of Terror Hits Berlin’s Gas Guzzlers
Friday, July 27, 2007
Gas guzzlers beware! German eco-militants have implemented a campaign of terror against drivers of 4×4s, SUVs and sports cars. In less than a week more than 80 high emission vehicles have had their tyres slashed across Berlin. Attacking at night, the perpetrators leave handwritten notes, explaining to [...]
Continue reading...Everest Highway Going Nowhere Fast
Friday, July 27, 2007
The Chinese government has seen sense and decided not to run a tarmac highway halfway up Mount Everest. The road, replacing an older dirt track, was to have reached 17,000 ft up the world’s tallest mountain. The authorities had argued that the road was necessary in order [...]
Continue reading...The Magic Sponge: Soaks up Pollution!
Friday, July 27, 2007
American scientists have created a new porous substance that can soak up heavy metals. The material could potentially be used to remove pollutants such as mercury or lead from water. The compound, developed by a team at the University of Illinois, is a new type of aerogel. [...]
Continue reading...Exhaust Fumes Give Heart Disease, New Study Shows
Thursday, July 26, 2007
It turns out that exhaust fumes don’t just destroy your lungs and decimate the planet, they give you heart disease as well. A study released by UCLA suggests that inhaling tiny particles from exhaust fumes induces cardiovascular atherosclerosis, the single largest killer in the west. The researchers [...]
Continue reading...Endangered Tiger Cubs Born in Romania
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Two Siberian Tiger Cubs, one of the world’s most endangered species, have been born in a zoo in Romania. The cubs, Lenuta and Costel were born to six year old Gina and her mate Geo. They now weigh three kilos each. Siberian Tigers are perilously close [...]
Continue reading...Be Green or Burn, says Pope
Thursday, July 26, 2007
The Pope has made an impassioned plea for people to behave in an environmentally aware fashion. He spoke at the end of a three week holiday in northern Italy, and expressed concern that humanity’s current course threatens its very existence. “We must respect the interior laws of creation, [...]
Continue reading...Invasion of the Mega Squid!
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Continuing today’s jumbo maritime theme, it is being reported that Californian waters have been invaded by seven foot long squid. The Humboldt squid, which has a similar diet to sharks, is preying on commercial fishing populations such as anchovy and hake. The appearance of the voracious predator [...]
Continue reading...Hunt for the Mega Fish!
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Zeb Hogan,a biologist from the University of Reno has launched the Mega Fish project in conjunction with the National Geographic Society, in a last ditch attempt to save “the real-life Loch Ness monsters and Bigfoots of the aquatic world.” Various giant freshwater fish species are perilously close to [...]
Continue reading...Good Fences… Destroy Unique Ecosystems
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
The American government doesn’t get irony. Good fences don’t make good neighbours, as every high school literature student knows. But they’re going to build one anyway, a massive great border fence to keep out those dirty Mexicans. The idea is stupid on many levels; [...]
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