There’s more than one kind of water stress


It’s still raining. No news there. It’s going to rain all weekend as well. It’s probably going to rain all next week. Rumour has it the UK can expect some sunshine, for a few minutes on a Thursday, in January 2009. By which point we’ll all be living in houses built on stilts and travelling everywhere by canoe. Flowers and condolence cards for the death of summer sunshine can be sent to the Met Office.

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Thursday, August 21st, 2008

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Fossil fools playing dino-politics with eco-town greenwash


How is it environmentally-friendly to build new towns on land previously given over to nature’s own ways? The government has today announced the 15 locations shortlisted for plans to build 10 so-called eco-towns. High-profile and persistent protests are inevitable in and around every single one of the locations being considered, and we will see the emergence of national as well as local campaigns that won’t conveniently roll over and go away.

This isn’t about whether you believe we should be moving towards a zero-carbon economy; it’s about how we do so, and whether what is being proposed even begins to take us toward that goal.

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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

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