New YouGov polling, commissioned by Greenpeace UK, can today reveal that 71% of UK adults believe bottom trawling should not be taking place in UK MPAs
UK ‘marine protected areas’ (MPAs) in continental shelf waters store approximately 26.5 million tonnes of carbon, according to Marine Conservation Society data, making them...
1. It was hot when it was young
The most widely accepted cosmological model is that of the Big Bang. This was proven since the discovery of the cosmic microwave background radiation or CMBR. Although, strictly speaking, no one knows exactly what ‘banged’, we know from extrapolation that the Universe...
The complete version of Abby Martin's three-part series covering Chevron's disaster in Ecuador, on teleSUR's The Empire Files. Abby launches a deep investigation into Chevron Texaco's intentional spilling of 19 billion gallons of oil and waste in Ecuador's pristine Amazon rainforest--and the 25-year-long legal battle that followed.
Featuring interviews...
Across the UK, incinerators are being given the green light by councils. With low-income and minority communities disproportionately bearing the brunt of the pollution coming from these wood and waste-burning plants,
Shaista Hussain looks at one city’s battle to protect local people from a new incinerator.Â
What's an incinerator?
An incinerator...
Almost 25% of Britons are unwilling to change key habits that would help tackle climate change, an exclusive poll for Sky News suggests.
The survey, conducted by YouGov,asked participants what they would be prepared to do in order to reduce the country's carbon emissions.
While 20% said they would be willing to...
Shoppers and customers at Barclays and HSBC branches in Weymouth and Dorchester were today greeted by activists dressed as city bankers bearing open briefcases of oil-covered money.
Each briefcase displayed a message inside including ‘Barclays- Banking on Climate Breakdown’ and ‘HSBC- Fund our Future, Not Fossil Fuels’. Another activist read...
At the end of this entry there is a downloadable pdf with full details of the walk. Due to restrictions on space this is a summary!
This walk starts at the Hardy Monument, G.R. SY615875, a National Trust site. The walk takes approximately 3 hours and involves some moderate walking along recognised footpaths and...
This guide has been written for the use of members of the general public who are interested in the landscape and underlying geology when walking.
This walk crosses the northern side (limb) of the Weymouth Anticline, a dome shaped fold which extends across south Dorset (Weyland – the area south...
As part of a nationwide action volunteers from the Dorset Climate and Ecological Emergency (CEE) Bill alliance hosted covid-compliant banner drops today calling on Dorset MPs Richard Drax, Simon Hoare, Chris Loder, Christopher Chope and Michael Tomlinson to back the CEE Bill. A banner was dropped by the Clocktower...
The polar vortex isn’t something out of science fiction – it explains why we sometimes get freezing cold weather from climate change.
Although it’s not the type of extreme weather typically associated with climate change, extreme cold is yet another sign of the effects of global warming.Â
The 2021 cold snaps,...
