Britain’s eco battle

It’s not exactly new, but the guardian spins it that way. Must be a slow news day.
A historic decision over a new runway for Heathrow is close. And as airports across the UK unveil new expansion plans the growth of aviation will become a fierce battleground between environmentalists and big business. It is a [...]

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Yorkshire drought in cash for flood defences

YORKSHIRE is the victim of a scandalously raw deal on funding for flood defences as ministers favour the South over the North.
The stark divide is illustrated by a three-to-one bias in the money our region receives.
This year Yorkshire – one of the worst-hit areas in the summer floods – only received £35m for defences and [...]

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across yorkshire, 40,000 homeless because of flood waters

Flash floods hit the Yorkshire dales after 10 days of torrential rain and flooding.
In the village of Burstwick, just east of Hull, the waters have largely subsided, although a little sign erected in one garden bears the legend “No Fishing!”, just beside the wall of sandbags. Bright yellow high-volume pumping hoses snake along the kerbs [...]

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Britain’s oil comes from Norway

So says the Telegraph.
An analysis by experts at the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (formerly the Department for Trade and Industry), reveals how dramatically the map of UK oil sources has changed over the past half-century, with almost three-quarters of UK oil coming produced from Norway.
Well this trashes the perception that the UK [...]

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there’s always the smell…

People are protesting the installation of a compost unit in a lovely sleepy south Yorkshire village following planning applications for a composting facility and permission to store 100 caravans at Bagger Wood Hill Farm.
I was just talking about cesspools with human waste in them, wasn’t I?

She added: “I had to go up on the verge [...]

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Toilet wins award

Sheffield’s Compost Toilet Is a Unique Design
The “ethical” greening of Sheffield is an event; even, a wonder. Plans are in place to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and increase recycling efforts. What has added to my amusement is watching the novelty of how deadly serious they were when the Royal Institute of Architects gave out [...]

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Yorkshire schools appoint carbon fighter

From the Edie News Centre
Education bosses in North Yorkshire have appointed the first full time carbon reduction officer for schools in the country.
North Yorkshire County Council announced the appointment of Emma Casson at the end of February as it steps up efforts to fight climate change.
Council leader councillor John Weighell elcomed her to the post [...]

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windmills

Here you have an hilarious scenario. A man who has bought into the environnmentalists’ hysteria about global warming has spent a whopping $26000 on installing a wind-farm on his property, only to conclude after the fact, at 9 pence savings per week (100 pence to a pound, so roughly 200 pence to a dollar), [...]

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