From a Report by Reuters What on earth could have caused this in a country with so much going for it now? SNOW. chaotic weather has besieged China’s business and farming heartland amid the country’s worst power crisis, with one mountain road accident blamed on snow killing 25 people ahead of a major holiday. This [...]

I have just picked up the News that China is about to build 97 NEW AIRPORTS. At the end of September 2007 at the Reuter’s Environmental Summit it was reported that China had signed up to to get rid all ‘old’ light bulbs and change to low energy bulbs. (They shouldn’t have a supply problem, [...]

My latest Victor Meldrew Moment concerns glass recycling. On the way home from shopping at Netto I was caught in traffic jam which dangerously tailed back across a railway crossing. Why? you ask. Because the East Riding of Yorkshire Council dust cart operatives were collecting the bottles from the pub on the corner by some [...]

From a report by Reuters. LONDON January 22nd Oil fell by more than $4 US on Tuesday to a new six-week low as global stock markets swooned on the growing prospect of a US-led economic recession. US crude fell as low as $86.11 a barrel, down $4.46 on Friday’s price. London Brent crude fell $1.73 [...]

Total found guilty for 1999 oil spill A French Court has ordered French oil giant Total to pay 192 million Euros in damages for the sinking of the oil tanker Erika. The judge also established a precedent. The right to compensation for environmental damage.

Until our local butcher sadly died recently I was paying 80p per 1lb for fresh sausages. The environmental health people had tested them and found that they were 95% meat. This was also local, free range organic meat. This was a disaster for me because I am fussy about the sausages I eat and like [...]

In the Independent back in May last year there was an article about portable solar energy packs. The Tag lines were “Solar has always been fixed to the roof, but kids can carry ours on their back packs” By September The Mail on Sunday another use had been found for this ingenious invention. “Frontline troups [...]

Now thanks in part to the nimbys of the UK who want renewable energy at no cost to their environment an alternative had to be found. Will these people now say NO to nuclear? Well, they’ve had their chance now the government has made the decision for us, no more procrastination, it’s going to be [...]

I received an e-mail this morning from a new Social Website. The best part is that for everyone who signs up someone else TODAY ONLY gets paid $500 . Go to this site RIGHT NOW and get started. http://ecoanne.qassia.com/

In a northerly suburb of New York they are really getting tough on people who put rubbish in the wrong bin. They are to be shamed into changing their ways. The idea is that the ‘recycling operatives’ put stickers on the bins of offenders. the stickers have one word, well almost word. OOps! . The [...]