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Pete Smith @ May 9, 2007 # 6 Comments
Last month, The Coffee House reported on the plight of Manor Garden Allotments (‘Olympic’ Allotments Bulldozer Threat). With their century-old site due to be erased by construction work for the 2012 London Olympics, allotment holders have started legal proceedings against the London Development Agency for reneging on promises to provide an alternative site www.lifeisland.org.
Phil Michaels, [...]
Pete Smith @ May 5, 2007 # 3 Comments
U.S. government agencies have abandoned their adherence to the Interagency Bison Management Plan (IBMP) by hazing, or driving, nearly all of the buffalo that are currently in Montana back into Yellowstone National Park, including heavily pregnant females and many newborn calves.
The official purpose of the hazing operations is to “limit the risk of brucellosis transmission [...]
Pete Smith @ April 26, 2007 # 10 Comments
I received an email from 10 Downing Street yesterday. A leaked memo from a source in the Cabinet Office? Not this time. Along with 7485 others, I signed an e-petition calling for the Prime Minister to “Incorporate rather than demolish Manor Garden Allotments within the 2012 Olympic site.” The email was Downing Street graciously informing [...]
Pete Smith @ April 20, 2007 # 20 Comments
It has been reported today in the Guardian that 100 sealing boats are trapped off the Newfoundland coast of Canada, in the worst ice seen in the area for 15 years. Hundreds of seal hunters are at risk, with 15 of their ships in danger of being holed by the encroaching [...]
Pete Smith @ April 19, 2007 # 10 Comments
Last month, The Coffee House highlighted the problem of The Vanishing Bee. We reported on the phenomenon of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) , which has seen large-scale disappearances of bees across the US and lately in Europe. If the problem continues to spread, there are massive implications for crop pollination and agricultural production. As the [...]
Pete Smith @ April 6, 2007 # 12 Comments
Last month, the Royal Commision on Environmental Pollution (RCEP) published a report, ‘The Urban Environment’ , expressing astonishment that “on the eve of the new phase of urban regeneration and expansion, we lack an over-arching urban environment policy to coordinate the provision of housing, transport, energy and other vital services”. It makes a number of [...]