For The Environmentalist Who Has Everything ….
Pete Smith @ June 7, 2007 # 17 Comments
Fed up with all that worthy talk about carbon credits? Do you want to make a real difference to the environment? Some enterprising Americans may have the answer. The nice people at carbondeductions.com offer you the chance to kill trees to offset carbon credits. They have a mission statement:
“The reason we sell Carbon Debits [...]
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Olympic Allotment Update
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, [...]
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U.S. Government Harasses The Last Wild Bison During Calving Season
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 [...]
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‘Olympic’ Allotments Bulldozer Threat
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 [...]
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Serves Them Right
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 [...]
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‘The Coffee House’ Censored In China
Pete Smith @ March 13, 2007 # 6 Comments
Have we upset somebody? Test the url of your choice at greatfirewallofchina.org/test.
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They Mean Well ….
Pete Smith @ February 28, 2007 # 6 Comments
Today I received an email from Friends of the Earth, urging me to write to the EU and tell them to introduce legislation to prevent the sale of illegally logged timber. All good stuff, and I urge everyone to go to
www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/corporates/press_for_change/illegal_timber
and tell them what you think about this serious issue. In the same email, [...]
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Coffee House final rehearsal for London demo
Pete Smith @ February 23, 2007 # 6 Comments
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