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The leak has come from the Wytch Farm facility in the Purbecks which is one of the largest onshore oil fields in Europe. Philip Broadhead, the leader of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council, has said oil has escaped into the water and surrounding area. Mr Broadhead added in a statement: "As...

Alexa Hears It All

Any technology comes with privacy concerns. Alexa is an always-on device, so it's constantly listening for the wake word and will record anything that comes after it. However, just because Alexa is always listening doesn't mean it's always recording. This article explains what Alexa actually listens to and how you...
We know that climate science is complex however below it has been simplified to enable even the most idiot like creatures to understand it. Climate deniers and climate do little or next to nothingers are essentially murderers and should be hastily removed from planet Earth if we are to save...
On Tuesday night, BCP Councillors used their last meeting before May’s elections to ask the Dorset Pension Fund, to move ‘all remaining energy investments in the pension fund to sustainable energy investments by the end of 2024’. Effectively this means, stop funding fossil fuels, go invest in renewables. Campaigners from...
Two Insulate Britain supporters were today jailed for seven weeks after being found in contempt of court and refusing to apologise for telling a jury that fuel poverty and the climate crisis had motivated them to join the 2021 roadblock campaign.  Giovanna Lewis, 65, a town councillor from Portland, Dorset...
A group of local residents has launched a campaign against the controversial Parley incinerator and a new incinerator proposal at Canford which they say are dangerous, polluting and unnecessary facilities to deal with household waste.  Stop Parley Incinerator Group says that although Parley Incinerator has been given planning permission by...
It has come to light that one of the country's leading gasoline distributors as well as an aviation consultant and recruiter donated to the campaign of the UK environment minister, who recently claimed that not all fossil fuels were the "spawn of the devil." In September, Rishi Sunak named Graham...
Greta Thunberg's so called arrest (she was never arrested) in Germany was published and broadcast across the planet. She was held whilst campaigning against the expansion of an open cast coal mine in Western Germany OMG, so @GretaThunberg wasn’t arrested, the whole thing was staged for the fake media pic.twitter.com/HjvSJYmMEq—...
New guidance recently introduced by the Environment Agency means Dorset Council must treat upholstered furniture differently when it is being disposed of from now on. Waste Upholstered Domestic Seating – mainly furniture with cushions and/or fabric – is often treated with fire-retardant chemicals known as Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). These chemicals have not been used...
Following one of the driest summers on record it could have been expected that the chances of groundwater flooding this winter would be very low. However, with much higher than average rainfall totals for the autumn 2023 is already looking rather soggy – and there’s more rain in the...