Tag Archives: climate change

Green Industrial Revolution or Greenwash?

Posted on November 20, 2020 by Miles King

Earlier this week I imagined, not altogether seriously, how Boris Johnson came to create his Ten Point Plan for the climate, or the Green Industrial Revolution, if you like. At the time there was no detail other than the Prime … Continue reading →

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All flesh is grass

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Miles King

Are we just slaves to a few members of the grass family – the gramineae? Is there something in these grasses that, like the common parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which elicits an increase in risky behaviour after infection, causes people to … Continue reading →

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Forestry Commission plan tree planting on heathland after barbecue fire

Posted on August 3, 2020 by Miles King

The ground was bone dry and everything was flowering early. I was up at Poundbury (near Dorchester), checking on an area of wildflower meadow that I’d arranged to have sown. After the incessant downpours of the Autumn and Winter, the … Continue reading →

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School Strike for the Climate

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Miles King

It’s still February but already feeling warm (update: winter temperatures records smashed) Thirty or forty years ago, the middle of February would normally have been the depths of winter in England, but no more: Buds are breaking, the grass is … Continue reading →

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Unicorns in Brexitland: Panto seasons starts early this year

Posted on November 21, 2018 by Miles King

What does Christmas mean to you? John Lewis adverts? An excuse for some retail therapy? Religion? Or Pantomimes? It’s a long time since I went to a Christmas pantomime, but they seem to continue to be very popular. This year, … Continue reading →

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Saddleworth Moor: the burning issues

Posted on July 3, 2018 by Miles King

In this – the most glorious hot, dry summer we’ve been enjoying in the UK – it might be timely to recall that 10 years ago, we saw the most significant piece of environmental law enacted in the UK for … Continue reading →

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More Maize Madness: Far from being a climate change panacea, producing Biogas helps intensify its consequences

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Miles King

Tackling climate change is one of the most pressing and urgent things facing humanity, alongside (and related to) the 6th Global Extinction crisis. Some suggest that tackling Climate Change trumps all other considerations. One of the biggest consequences of climate … Continue reading →

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Labour/UKIP voters put Environment/Climate Change as 2nd top Choice for Spending Cuts

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Miles King

  Amid all the flummery of Clarkson’s cold cuts, Shapps’ second job, and Champion’s poppy wreath claim, there was a youGov poll, which showed Labour and the Tories neck and neck in the race to the General Election. No news … Continue reading →

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Viscount Matt Ridley: The New King Coal

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Miles King

            I have written many times (eg here, here and here) about Viscount Matt Ridley. Ridley styles himself as “The Rational Optimist”, is brother in law of former Secretary of State against the Environment Owen … Continue reading →

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Forget Biogas, we need Hydrogen from Solar

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Miles King

With 2014 looking like it’s going to be the warmest year since records began, in 1880, but probably much longer ago than that, we need to take collective action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. I have already explained just recently … Continue reading →

Posted in biofuels, biogas, climate change, Rampisham Down, Solar Farms | Tagged , , | 5 Comments