NUCLEAR NONSENSE 2

    Actually, this should properly be called more of the same nuclear nonsense. Writing in the Guardian Michael Hanlon on May 2nd describes in some detail the rate of closure of Britain’s existing nuclear power stations. This is a primary cause of ‘an energy crisis that is anything but […]

NUCLEAR NONSENSE 1.

The British media has become so impoverished  that it can no longer be relied on to do a decent job of challenging the nonsense purveyed by politicians, government officials, the nuclear industry and others about nuclear power. As an antidote to this I will be publishing an occasional blog that […]

ENDS REPORT – What is killing bees?

This column features in the recently published ENDS Report ‘Neonicitinoid’ is more than a difficult word to roll your tongue around. The neonicitinoids are a class of neuro-active insecticides that came into widespread use in the late nineties. They are now at the heart of a debate that again pits […]

Prime Minister to make £50 billion bet

PRESS RELEASE 13 March 2013 Prime Minister to make £50 billion bet Ed Davey will soon sign a long term investment contract to buy electricity for 30-40 years at twice today’s price from an EDF nuclear power station that will not produce any electricity in this decade. This decision is […]

Who saved the whale?

Below is the letter that I wrote to The Independent, which was published online today. Michael McCarthy consistently writes with knowledge and passion on natural history. Would that his knowledge of history were as consistent. His account (13 June ) of the history of the campaign to save the whales was […]