Some years ago I attended a seminar on Global Warming, where a Norwegian scientist said 1 degree C was too much, when everyone else was talking about 4 degrees C.
Proud moment: The U.S. is no longer the world’s biggest jerk on climate change
It obvious that our politicians are not taking climate change seriously, as the developed should be doing the most to reduce their own emissions. Instead they are investing in oil and gas including tar sands, shale gas and coal-bed methane!
Retraction Watch, WordPress parent company file suit to fight false copyright claims, censorship
Retraction Watch readers may recall that earlier this year, ten of our posts disappeared for two weeks after someone at an alleged news service in India falsely claimed that we had violated their copyright. The situation was the opposite of those claims; in fact our copyright had been violated, and the posts, all about Anil Potti, were restored.
Ars Technica, which covered the case at the time, explained how this sort of thing happens in an earlier story:
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Leaked IPCC report: Humans are adapting — but hunger, homelessness, and violence lie ahead
Despite all the scientific evidence showing we are responsible for climate change and the growing gap between rich and poor. Our politicians still think they are living on a planet with infinite resources to plunder, keep themselves rich. When the maelstrom hits us, they will find they cannot eat their money. They are just as vulnerable to catastrophic climate change, as the rest of us. It is time they changed course, started reducing consumption, waste and investing in real clean and renewable energy.
World Bank the cause of high energy costs.
Someone after the debate on Electrifying Manchester, mentioned that it is the World Bank which is controlling energy tariffs, especially in the Global South. They are the people who are pushing big energy projects, which do not really provide the poor with energy. A couple of sites today, cover some of this issue:
Are Big Banks botching one of the greatest cleantech opportunities of all?
Though this article states the USA will not fund coal power, I do not stop the World Bank from doing so:
Why We Don’t Care About Saving Our Grandchildren From Climate Change
One does get the feeling parents are too selfish, to consider what the future holds for their children and grandchildren. I have spoken to parents who are the biggest climate denialists and believe it is the environmentalist who have all the money and are just propergating nonsense!
Gus Hoyt: Bristol shows how being green is the only sensible thing to do – Bristol24-7
Richard Leese, leader of Manchester City Council, continually argues, Manchester City Council cannot do anything without the other councils within Greater Manchester doing so as well. I attended the Triodos Bank AGM (Annual General Meeting) in Bristol the other month and heard some inspirational stories from people including those from Bristol. The Mayor of Bristol was one of those who spoke about what had been achieved and what they are still trying to achieve. There was an atmosphere of being part of the solution and of success. This feeling of success, came on top of my feeling, things are getting done in Bristol, after my visit for the Triodos Renewables Fund AGM. I had posted earlier about my visit to the AGM: Bristol-and-Wessex-Water. Not the constant complaints why it cannot be done or that it is somebody’s fault, they constantly emanates from Richard Leese. How he can be considered a leader, is beyond me, he is unfit to be in charge of an empty shopping trolley, in an empty car park. The article reinforces the fact, that Bristol is moving forward on being green and sustainable:
Gus Hoyt: Bristol shows how being green is the only sensible thing to do – Bristol24-7.
Save yourselves: When it comes to climate change, the cavalry isn’t coming
The video explains simply what is required, that people need to get up and do things themselves, not rely on politicians to lead.
5 top resources on the IPCC report
Despite the lack of any real main stream media coverage, other than the usual climate change denial. It is up to us to push the message, that we should be doing more and should of being doing it years ago.
If the publication of last week’s IPCC report left you wanting to know more, but not wanting to read a lot more, we’ve put together a list of links below to five, interesting, short content resources on the subject. Comment here or send us a tweet (@GreenAllianceUK) if you know any more worth sharing and we’ll add them to the list.
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Why was the world’s biggest biomass power station closed down – and what does this mean for forests?
Moving to biomass incineration, even for domestic heating is not the way forward, is not environmentally friendly and is a polluting source of energy.
Background to Tilbury B:
On 13th August, Tilbury B, so far the world’s biggest biomass power station commissioned so far, was shut down for good. It is sited along the Thames east of London and was opened as a coal power station in 1968 and later acquired by RWE Npower. It was one of several UK coal power stations which did not meet the EU’s 2001 Large Combustion Plant Directive (LCPD) because of its very high sulphur dioxide
Historically, UK coal and oil-fired power stations have been amongst the most polluting in Europe and few of them are fitted with the expensive technology to reduce sulphur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions. The UK emits more SO2 than any other country in western Europe. Under the EU’s LCPD directive, companies were given the option to either retrofit their coal power stations with SO2 scrubbers, to purchase enough…
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