Climate - The Science : in reply to Echo reporter Will Rampton's attack on climate campaigners and, worse again, casting climate science as pseudo-science "ideology". And this the second attack from the Echo in three weeks - the previous attack shot through with insults from Faith Eckersall 9th June....
The world’s oceans could face severe and irreversible harm unless tighter environmental safeguards are in place that protect them from the ravages of deep sea mining, warns a new international report, In Deep Water, released today by Greenpeace. The report provides a comprehensive overview of the environmental risks posed...
It is hard to believe it needs stating, but it does. The oil industry is not your friend. Whatever it might say about its ethical credentials, while it continues to invest in fossil fuels, it accelerates climate breakdown and the death of the habitable planet. You would think this...
Stephanie Wyatt, 19, from Dorset was crowned the new Miss Earth England on Saturday the 22nd June 2019 at the Arden Hotel in Birmingham who was sponsored by Millennium Balti in Leamington Spa. Stephanie not only walked away as the winner of Miss Earth England where she will later...
Bottled water - a hugely successful money-spinner and no better than tap water. Still, my wife thinks it's good for her so I guess it probably is.
But I've found a good use for empty plastic bottles. Drill a small hole (about 6mm) in the plastic cap, fill the bottle...
Our new report puts forward transformative proposals for taking back control of the land.
What is the most neglected issue in British politics? I would say land. Literally and metaphorically, land underlies our lives, but its ownership and control have been captured by a tiny number of people. The results...
Liam Royce Ulla, finalist in this year’s Mr Dorset competition, has established a new not-for-profit foundation, Coacoara, to reduce plastic waste and assist in reducing the ocean’s plastic content.
As part of the Mr Dorset competition, each candidate has to undertake charity development, so Liam has started his own not-for-profit...
East Dorset Friends of the Earth today called upon the new BCP Council to declare a Climate Emergency 1 in the local area. We have identified 5 key environmental issues 2 which need to be addressed, and proposed 12 specific policies which should be adopted to tackle the issues....
As forecasters predict another sunny bank holiday weekend, a litter campaign launched in Bournemouth & Poole appeals to beach visitors to continue to look after the area’s award-winning beaches, while reflecting on its success during the past year.
Leave Only Footprints was devised in 2018 with the intention of encouraging...
Bournemouth Borough Council spent just £5,718 fighting Corallian’s Colter Prospect oil appraisal well in Poole Bay, but spent over eleven times as much opposing a local wind farm proposal in the same bay – but over twice the distance from the shoreline.
The figures were revealed through a Freedom of...
