Tag Archives: Environment

Earth Day – 2021

President Biden will celebrate the first Earth Day of his administration by hosting a conference of global leaders where he will introduce significant commitments to addressing climate change. Continue reading

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Earth Day 2020 – 50 Years Later

Earth Day has always been a day for environmental education and activism. Perhaps we can best honor that spirit by becoming politically active. Continue reading

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Earth Day: 2019

Earth Day once again largely ignored. Continue reading

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COP22 – Time to get real about the Paris Agreement

The conclusion of the 21st Conference of the Parties left people in high spirits after the drafting of the Paris Agreement – the Plan Z for action on climate change. COP21 was largely regarded as a success; however it is down to COP22 held in … Continue reading

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Who should be compensated for the UK’s decision to frack?

First, some background on UK shale oil and hydraulic fracturing. The UK Government has been investigation fracking since 2011, this idea has been getting increasingly closer to reality over the past 2 years. The interest in fracking sparks from the … Continue reading

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Tackling Our Fossil Fuel Addiction

24th February saw Obama veto the Keystone XL pipeline, however it seems as though the campaigners are aiming at a bigger issue. With the increasing urgency to fight climate change, it is possible that the campaign became a general protest demanding that all remaining … Continue reading

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“Why are you, and people your age, concerned about climate change?”

As a 17 year old student there are a variety of things that should concern me – my grades, my friends, my hobbies – but you may not think climate change would be on that list when I have never … Continue reading

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Who are the real ‘hooligans’ in the Arctic?

​On the 18th September 2013, 28 Greenpeace activists and 2 journalists embarked on a protest against drilling for oil in the Arctic. Representing 18 nationalities, the Arctic 30 travelled to the Barents Sea to scale Russian oil giant Gazprom’s most recent … Continue reading

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Earth Day 2012

As we celebrate another Earth Day it is perhaps instructive to place today into perspective by looking  backwards at the first Earth Day, held in 1970.   In 1970, 20 million – 1 out of every 10 – Americans participated in … Continue reading

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Earth Day 2011

“It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government in order to save the environment.” The above quote by famed photographer Ansel Adams has been attributed to a statement that he made in conjunction with the first Earth … Continue reading

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