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Monthly Archives: May 2016
Iain Duncan Smith “may have done ok from the EU”
Iain Duncan Smith has come out fighting today, insulting the Germans, deriding the Prime Minister as a push-over, but most importantly appealing to the British people’s better nature, arguing that the EU is “a force for social injustice”. He apparently … Continue reading
Posted in Common Agricultural Policy, EU referendum, Europe, Iain Duncan Smith
Tagged CAP, EU referendum, farm subsidies, Iain Duncan Smith, Swanbourne
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West Dorset reject solar farm on landscape grounds
Some readers may recall that last year West Dorset District Council approved proposals for a 25MW solar farm to be built at Rampisham Down, inside the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and directly on a Site of Special Scientific … Continue reading
Posted in British Solar Renewables, Rampisham Down, Solar Farms, Uncategorized
Tagged Rampisham, Sadborow lane, Solar Farms
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Memories of the Boleyn Ground
I’m going to get a bit nostalgic now, so please forgive me, and if you don’t want to read on, look away now, as they say. Today marks the last game to be played by West Ham United at Upton … Continue reading
Posted in Simon King, West Ham
Tagged Boleyn Ground, Simon King, Upton Park, West Ham
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Earthwatch Natural Capital debate today: Does nature come with a price tag?
It’s going to be the warmest day of the year so far (at least down here) so of course rather than go and enjoy the fantastic nature that a beautiful spring day in Dorset has to offer, I’m getting on … Continue reading
Miliband and Truss combine to declare EU best for climate action. #EUreferendum
Ed Miliband surfaced from the political ocean depths today, to join forces with Liz Truss. There’s a sentence I never expected to write. With Caroline Lucas and former LibDem energy minister Ed Davey, they have … Continue reading
Posted in Birds Directive, dogs, EU referendum, greenspace, housing, Liz Truss, lowland heathland
Tagged cats., EU referendum, Liz Truss, lowland heathland, Michael Gove
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The Getting of Natural History: Guest blog by Mark Fisher
It’s a pleasure to post a guest blog written by Dr. Mark Fisher, Honorary Research Fellow at the Wildland Research Institute, University of Leeds. Mark writes a fascinating blog called Self Willed Land. The post, which was first published on … Continue reading
Posted in Mark Fisher, natural history
Tagged Mark Fisher, natural history, nature deficit disorder, Self willed Land
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a new nature blog 