Environment
Green Eggs and Ham
Do you want a new airport?
I do not need it, Louise Ellman.
Would you like it here or there?
I would not like it here or there.
I would not like it anywhere.
I do not need a new airport.
I do not need it, Louise Ellman, chair of the Transport select committee, Boris Johnson, Howard Davies, Iain Martin and all the others.
Would [...]
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Friday, 10 May 2013 at 8:25 pm
An Apocalyptic Elegy
I went away for only the long Easter weekend, but there is a lot to catch up on.
Mike McCarthy’s article in which he took his leave of 15 years as The Independent’s environment editor on Saturday was a lovely example of the apocalyptic eco-elegiac tradition.
If, over the past decade and a half, you have closely [...]
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Tuesday, 2 April 2013 at 5:38 pm
Climate Week: Does the UK’s carbon footprint need re-packaging?
This week, you may or may not be aware, is Climate Week – an annual event which seeks to raise awareness of big environmental issues and to inspire a new wave of action from the British public to help create a sustainable future.
By Eric Collins | Notebook | Thursday, 7 March 2013 at 4:27 pm
Why I think Avaaz is pants but bogs are brilliant
Harsh. Really I should like Avaaz, the online petition forum which uses international people-power to lobby for defenceless minorities on a global scale.
By Katharine and David Lowrie | Notebook, Opinion | Friday, 1 February 2013 at 12:46 pm
Farewell to the Ash, the tree of the world
As the ash tree controversy continues, writer Paul Kingsnorth talks about the final death of the old gods of England
By Paul Kingsnorth | Notebook | Thursday, 8 November 2012 at 1:15 pm
Owning a wood: My rural idyll wasn’t exactly what I expected
A growing number of people are helping preserve the Welsh countryside by becoming small woodland owners. Steve Watkins found a boyhood dream of owning a wood more challenging than expected along with some surprising discoveries about the Great Outdoors.
By Steve Watkins | Notebook, Opinion | Wednesday, 7 November 2012 at 4:00 am
Saving the environment through design
Every paper we open, United Nations report that we read or scientific study that is carried out points us to the same conclusion – we are damaging our environment and the effects are being felt, not just through our climate, but also increasingly in our economies.
By Liam Hinshelwood | Notebook, Science & Technology | Wednesday, 7 November 2012 at 2:00 am
Why Heathrow will never expand
Boris Johnson had some fun on the Today programme this morning, saying that the third runway at Heathrow “simply will not happen”. He is right about that. As indeed was this commentator in December 2008.
But the reason why it will not happen is not well understood. The green case is strong. If we are serious [...]
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Friday, 2 November 2012 at 1:54 pm
The TV industry is cleaning up its act with the help of Albert
Given the competitive nature of the TV industry it’s perhaps hard to imagine our biggest broadcasters and independent production companies coming together to discuss how they can work together on a project that might just change the entire industry. But for the past year, eleven of some of the biggest companies in the industry have been meeting once a month to do just that – all in the name of saving the planet.
By Aaron Matthews | Notebook, Science & Technology | Tuesday, 23 October 2012 at 4:00 am
Saving our seas: Jellyfish, slime and the Chagos Islanders
“Have we left it too late to save our seas?” ran the headline above Frank Pope’s article in last Thursday’s Times. The newspaper’s Ocean Correspondent and occasional TV presenter issued a stark warning that unless action is taken to protect coral reefs and similar ecosystems around the world, then in the not too distant future the seas “will be dominated by jellyfish and slime”.
By Dr Sean Carey | Notebook, Opinion | Monday, 10 September 2012 at 5:36 pm
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