Author Archives: Graham Wroe

Destroying Ancient Forests is not renewable.

Much of the electricity you use in your house originates from Drax Power Station at Selby. It produces 6% of the country’s electricity. You’ve probably seen the six boilers, each as high as a 15-storey office block, and the main chimney which is taller than the London Eye. Drax claims to produce renewable energy byContinueContinue reading “Destroying Ancient Forests is not renewable.”

Community Climate Talks in Sheffield hear scientist claim that business as usual will cause 3 billion people to move over the next 50 years.

Fergus, Dr John Grant. Hazel Bober and Steph Howlett. Photo by Peter Gilbert A guest blog by Finn Davison On October 11th, Dr John Grant and the Sheffield branch of Extinction Rebellion held a free, open-to-all, community climate talk at Hallam University. He urged attendees to take action and get involved with activism groups suchContinueContinue reading “Community Climate Talks in Sheffield hear scientist claim that business as usual will cause 3 billion people to move over the next 50 years.”

Angry conservation groups accuse Government of “War on Nature”

Liz Truss’ Government has not started well. Not only have they deepened the cost of living crisis, uniting campaigners from Trade Unions and pressure groups in the Enough is Enough movement, but they have also upset much more conservative, conservation and wildlife groups who have got together to fight what they have called the WarContinueContinue reading “Angry conservation groups accuse Government of “War on Nature”“

Tree-sistance (a rough guide to NVDA)

Last night I was privileged to attend the premiere of the new film Tree-sistance (a rough guide to Non Violent Direct Action) by Graeme Benson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHB6HzRwPQg If you look very hard you will see me in the trailer marshalling a protest! But why do we need another tree film when we already have The Felling?ContinueContinue reading “Tree-sistance (a rough guide to NVDA)”

 Righting Climate Wrongs

A guest blog by Oliver Blensdorf Photo: Heinrich Böll Stiftung Washington, DC (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0) As of last week, in Pakistan, one-third of districts have had to declare flood emergencies, leaving at least 10% of Pakistan’s land area actually under water.  That’s equivalent to one-third of all the land in the whole United Kingdom.  And PakistanContinueContinue reading ” Righting Climate Wrongs”

Frozen Planet 2

Did you see the first part of Frozen Planet 2? Adorable scenes of penguin chicks making their way to the sea for the first time and amazing drama as killer whales show their intelligence and guile by creating waves to topple a seal from its iceberg. But the scenes of enormous skyscrapers of ice calvingContinueContinue reading “Frozen Planet 2”

Adoette Book Launch

Author, Lydia Monks “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better .It’s not.”The Lorax Cr. Seuss I was privileged this evening to attend the book launch of Adoette by Lydia Monks. Lydia began the evening on a very sad note, informing us all that Queen Elizabeth had died.ContinueContinue reading “Adoette Book Launch”

Sizewell C. Is the Government really thinking of the future?

French corporation EDF wants to build two huge nuclear reactors on the fragile Suffolk Heritage Coast called Sizewell C. The new Prime Minister will have to decide if this goes ahead. EDF hopes to make a  “final investment decision” by mid-2023. One of Boris Johnson’s last acts as Prime Minister was to pledge £700m forContinueContinue reading “Sizewell C. Is the Government really thinking of the future?”

What is driving the food crisis?

Mike Anthony asks “Why are all the rising prices and shortages blamed on the war in Ukraine? Why aren’t we importing more from America and Canada?” (Letters August 24th) Unfortunately, we have a very unhealthy reliance on imports from Ukraine and Russia. Together, Russia and Ukraine export nearly a third of the world’s wheat andContinueContinue reading “What is driving the food crisis?”