Archive for the ‘Environment’ Category
Facing up to the energy trilemma
December 19th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
Earlier this week, I attended a Consumer Focus Board discussion on energy policy when reference was made to the energy trilemma. If this is a phrase that you’ve not come across before, it is explained in this very short video: The notion of an energy trilemma occurred in my short story “Coming In To Land”.
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The planet’s seventh billion
December 13th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
Sometime next year, the world will see its population hit the seven billion mark. To see how we got here and where we’re going in population terms, watch this short video.
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The Republicans and global warming
November 25th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
The greatest contribution to global warming is made by the United States whose House of Representatives is now controlled by the Republic Party following the rise of Tea Party fervour. So read this and weep: “A 53%-majority of Republicans say there is no solid evidence the earth is warming. Among Tea Party Republicans, fully 70% […]
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Blog Action Day 2010
October 15th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
This year’s theme for Blog Action Day is water: Unsafe drinking water and lack of sanitation kills more people every year than all forms of violence, including war. Unclean drinking water can incubate some pretty scary diseases, like E. coli, salmonella, cholera and hepatitis A. Given that bouquet of bacteria, it’s no surprise that water, […]
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Blog Action Day 2010
September 30th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
Blog Action Day this year is 15 October 2010 and this year’s theme is water. Petitions by Change.org|Start a Petition »
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Who killed Copenhagen?
December 23rd, 2009 by Roger Darlington
“Copenhagen was a disaster. That much is agreed. But the truth about what actually happened is in danger of being lost amid the spin and inevitable mutual recriminations. The truth is this: China wrecked the talks, intentionally humiliated Barack Obama, and insisted on an awful “deal” so western leaders would walk away carrying the blame. […]
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Seasons greetings from India
December 23rd, 2009 by Roger Darlington
Seven years ago, we had a terrific holiday in India led by a wonderful guide, a sufi Muslim called Hamid Shah. We are still in touch with him thanks to the Internet and he has just sent us seasons greetings with this moving ecological message: “May the year 2010 bring peace, love and joy over […]
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Common editorial on climate change
December 7th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
As representatives of all the world’s nations gather in Copenhagen for the climate change summit, today 56 newspapers in 45 countries using 20 languages take the unprecedented step of speaking with one voice through a common editorial on the need for an early and effective agreement. You can read the text here.
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Word of the day: gyre
November 24th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
An oceanic gyre is any large-scale system of rotating ocean currents – a fuller definition in this page from Wikipedia. Apparently, around the globe, there are five huge gyres that contain accumulated rubbish from the oceans in what represents an environmental disaster – more information in this article from the “New York Times”.
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Nothing lasts forever (2)
November 11th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
If we carry on fuelling world economic growth largely through the use of oil resources, one day the oil will run out. For years, people have talked of “peak oil” – the time when oil production levels start to fall. According to this story, oil reserves are not as high as was thought and we […]
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