Green Resolutions
I wonder how many people have made planet-friendly resolutions for 2022? It seems likely that reducing plastic use will feature high on many lists. For those raised in the shadow of the ‘make do and mend’ culture that lingered long…
Climate Change “Skulduggery” Row
The Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill is a Private Member’s Bill first presented in the UK Parliament in September 2020 by Green MP Caroline Lucas. Over the last year, it has gathered the backing of more than140 MPs and Peers…
This government spouts lies on a life-threatening crisis
Richard Price, HIP health & environment co-editor and writer, specialising in climate change with an MSc in Biological Recording: Collection and Management with The University of Birmingham, explores the current ; Dawn Butler was recently suspended from Parliament for pointing…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
COP26 Part 1Losing Earth: The Decade we Could Have Stopped Climate Change By Nathaniel RichPublished by Picador, 2020 Paperback, £ rrp at Bookbusters Review of Tim Barton Put aside the foolish subtitle – climate change is an ongoing process, with…
Local group campaigns in support of Climate Bill
The Climate and Ecological Emergency (CEE) Bill, which is due to have its second reading in Parliament on 29th October, has been drafted by scientists, legal experts, ecological economists and environmentalists and tabled by Green party MP for Brighton Pavilion,…
Fudging the Climate Issues
Well-established climate change campaigners Divest East Sussex (DES) designed a symbolic artefact this week to make a political point to East Sussex County Council (ESCC) – a giant fudge ; The council declared a climate emergency in 2019. But according…
OPINION: We Need This Bill To Pass
By Richard Price Nearly 14,000 scientists recently warned that Earth’s vital signs are rapidly worsening. On 9th August, the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a press release to introduce the first instalment of its Sixth Assessment Report. Its…
Climate Campaigners to deliver a Giant ‘Climate Fudge’ Cake to County Hall
County Council accused of declaring climate crisis as an emergency but failing to act on it after two years. Tuesday 12th October, , County Hall: Campaigners from across East Sussex, Brighton and Hove will deliver a giant 'climate fudge' anniversary…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
Carbon Choices By Neil Kitching Published by the author, 2020, £ at Bookbusters Review by Tim Barton In a BBC interview last month, Greta Thunberg stated ‘I think that we can safely say that there are no countries at least…
Energy Partner Slams Seachange
Sustainable energy co-op company Energise Sussex Coast, which partners Hastings Borough Council (HBC) in pursuing the latter’s net zero carbon target, has filed a formal letter of objection to the plans lodged by Seachange Sussex for development of a commercial…