by Catherine Fish On Saturday, 6th September, people in Sheffield joined the Stop Rosebank National Day of Action. Turning up to say: Rosebank is a bad deal for us all. What is Rosebank? Rosebank is the UK’s largest undeveloped oil and gas field located about 80 miles off the Shetland coast in the North Sea,ContinueContinue reading “Sheffielders say Stop Rosebank”
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The benefits of strong, early action on climate change far outweigh the costs of not acting.
A guest blog by Karine Nohr With the General Election looming, what are political parties saying about the Environmental Crisis? I made the mistake of turning on the radio to hear Farage displaying complete ignorance about the economics of the issue. Nearly 20 years ago the very important Stern Review, released by the UK Treasury.ContinueContinue reading “The benefits of strong, early action on climate change far outweigh the costs of not acting.”
2023 was an unprecedented year for the climate, while climate action failed at local, national and international levels.
The World Meteorological Organisation recently tweeted this graph, saying it gave a new meaning to “off the charts”. 2023 really was the year when the earth’s climate dramatically changed. We are now very close to the 1.5C of global warming that scientists have warned us about for many years, where many feedback loops may startContinueContinue reading ” 2023 was an unprecedented year for the climate, while climate action failed at local, national and international levels. “
Extreme weather continues but the media are still not telling the truth.
This week we have seen further extreme flooding in Belgium, China, India, Panama and Russia. London is flooding as I write. https://twitter.com/Inspecteurdusud/status/1419226096554348545 Watch how a peaceful road in Belgium turns into a raging a torrent in less than a minute. The famine in Madagascar has been recognised as the first to be caused solely byContinueContinue reading “Extreme weather continues but the media are still not telling the truth.”
