George Monbiot discusses in his article “Giving Up On Two Degrees” how the governments of the western world are manipulating the figures, so that they appear to be meeting their greenhouse gas emission targets. But not that they are trying to meet the wrong targets.
For those of us who live in this country, this is [...]
Posted on Wednesday 2nd May 2007 in Politics tagged climate change, environmental, Politics, Scottish, with no comments.
Coal Mining Causing Earthquakes
The most damaging earthquake in Australia’s history was caused by humans, new research says. The magnitude-5.6 quake that struck Newcastle, in New South Wales, on December 28, 1989, killed 13 people, injured 160, and caused 3.5 billion U.S. dollars worth of damage. [National Geographic]
The article goes on to talk about carbon sequestration [...]
Posted on Sunday 7th January 2007 in Engineering, Politics, Science tagged climate change, construction, Engineering, environmental, future, landfill, natural-disaster, news, Politics, recycling, UK, with no comments.
My previous post looks a bit premature now :/
The New Year has been postponed in the UK due to bad weather, the government has announced. Tonight’s celebrations, which were due to take place across the country, have been cancelled and tomorrow will officially be known as the 32nd of December 2006. DeadBrain – New [...]
Posted on Monday 1st January 2007 in Blog tagged humour, life, pointless, Politics, with no comments.
After the plans were unveiled for the Edinburgh Airport Rail link the Scottish Parliament has now given the go ahead for the Glasgow rail link.
So much for a sustainable transport plan then.
“_Who cares about the potential for global climate change, as long as we can have easy access to our cheap flights!_”
Posted on Wednesday 29th November 2006 in Blog tagged climate change, construction, Edinburgh, Engineering, environmental, future, Glasgow, Politics, with no comments.
George Monbiot, a journalist and activist, has proposed a 10 point plan to help us limit climate change by rapidly reducing our greenhouse gas emissions. While this will involve some changes in lifestyle, it will not be as radical as those changes that will be required if we don’t act now.
The general ideas can be [...]
Posted on Friday 10th November 2006 in Engineering, Politics tagged climate change, construction, energy, Engineering, environmental, future, Politics, technology, transport, UK, with no comments.
