From the Hansard records, first a discussion in Parliament yesterday at 3:24 pm, some excerpts: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2019-06-24/debates/966D70D4-A8F6-457D-8812-34C6EF20089C/EuropeanCouncil? * * * The Prime Minister: Earlier this month the UK became the first major economy in the world to commit to ending its contribution to global warming by 2050, and I am pleased that the regulations to amend … Continue reading
Author Archives: Alex Cull
Insectageddon – More or Less
The BBC radio programme More or Less often provides, in my view, a reasonably thoughtful counterpoint or qualifier to some of the BBC’s more uncritical and alarming science coverage. At the end of last month, one topic was the much-vaunted “Insect Armageddon” and the scary claim that insects are facing global extinction in 100 years’ … Continue reading
Fossil-Foolish at the BBC
Overheard on the BBC News Channel’s “Beyond 100 Days” programme yesterday (h/t Pablo at Paul Homewood’s blog): * * * Christian Fraser: You know, yesterday I was on the south coast in Brighton, Katty, and I was looking out to sea at the wind turbines which were turning at quite a rate of knots yesterday … Continue reading
XR and the Deep Adaptation Agenda
When Dr. Gail Bradbrook, one of the co-founders of Extinction Rebellion, appeared on ITV’s Good Morning Britain programme earlier this month, she said something I found interesting: “… I don’t want to wind people up, and I do apologise for the inconvenience caused, but you can hear the emotion in my voice – I’ve two … Continue reading
The Year 2000 – “It isn’t going to be pleasant”
[A short work of enviro-fiction (partly), written to mark Earth Day]. In the run-up to Earth Day 2019, I was once again reorganising my belongings and trying to create a little more living room for myself. Not that I have much in the way of worldly goods, you understand, but there are three families sharing … Continue reading
“You’re Committing a Crime”
Late in the evening, after a long day at work, I settled down in front of the computer and went on the internet to see if I could find the source of a quote by Christiana Figueres, the ex-head of the UNFCCC. Bjørn Lomborg had written that she said she wanted to see people who … Continue reading
“I’ve just been made a baroness”
Ten years ago tomorrow (26 November, 2008) the Climate Change Bill gained royal assent and passed into law in the UK. Much has been written about the damage this ill-conceived piece of legislation has done and will do – Rupert Darwall pretty much covers it here. After sober consideration of the dire economic and societal … Continue reading
