Nature calls - wrongly
TV and movie producers and advertisers are fond of tugging at the heartstrings whenever they can to provoke empathy and mood or evoke ideals and character. Everything is dragooned into selling ideas...
View ArticlePaying the price for oil addiction
The chickens are certainly coming home to roost across the country as homeowners and businesses come to terms with the rising cost of fuel and the effects that it is having on how we lead our lives.
View ArticleLive and let live
It was a relief to see that the Government decided not to go ahead with the proposed badger cull in England that would have seen many thousands of these fantastic and much-loved animals trapped and...
View ArticleScuttle this coal commitment
Margaret Thatcher can be blamed for many things during her time in office, one of which is the decimation of the coal industry in Britain.
View ArticleFuel price rises can't be insulated
The good news is that today the Government has committed a large amount of money to improving the insulation of people’s homes across the country in their latest move to ease the credit crunch - the...
View ArticleNation needs those billions, not the bankers
And they say Communism was bad! Give me a system that at least provides a roof over the heads of its people and food and transport and jobs.
View ArticleBorrow to beat climate change
Nationalisation is well and truly out of the bag now after the massive action taken to help banks in Britain and around the world. If it is for the good of the country’s economy to take companies into...
View ArticleEnergy bill rises could have been avoided
I don’t want to have to say ‘I told you so’ Bradford Council, but I did tell you.
View ArticleClimate action now on agenda
This week government representatives from around the world are meeting in Poland to discuss the latest step to take on the journey to cutting greenhouse gas emissions and how to limit global...
View ArticleThere's more than one side to an argument
What is good news for some people is bad news for others and I bet the likes of Jeremy Clarkson and other petrolheads must have been spitting spark plugs at two items of recent motoring news.
View ArticleBattling the forces of blandness and uniformity
Skipton is a pretty special place to live, work or visit with its castle and many other historic buildings, canal and Dales ambience.
View ArticleBudgeting for environmental disaster
Another 'green' Budget and another disappointment. It seems Labour will never grasp the nettle on a truly environmental future even when President Obama shows the way and makes it a legitimate option.
View ArticleI just got back from the Windy City...
Bradford may not have too much in common with Chicago.
View ArticleI just got back from the Windy City...
Bradford may not have too much in common with Chicago.
View ArticleA frosty reception for Brown's "green" budget
Well, well, well, what a surprise - Gordon Brown certainly showed off his green credentials. My disappointment is deep but I was not really shocked as the Budget unfolded.
View ArticleThe heat is on for those blasted heaters
Green or Obscene? What is my eco-friendly score for this week:
View ArticlePaint what you do, it's the way that you do it...
Green or Obscene? What is my eco-friendly score for this Easter fortnight:
View ArticleDon't negelect this golden opportunity
So, we just have to wait to see how big the airport bonanza pie will be as the final negotiations with the preferred bidder continue.
View ArticleWhy going to work is bad for the planet...
Miles in car: -179 (having to use the car to commute)Miles being driven: 0
View ArticleGrasping the nettle on recycling
It was heartening this week to see that Bradford Council is finally taking action to increase its recycling figures in a big way and cut the amount of waste it sends to landfill.
View ArticleGet in touch with the wild species among the concrete
Green or Obscene - the mileage counter
View ArticleRiver is a corridor for wildlife
The Aire Valley may not be the prettiest of the Dales but it certainly has its charms and there's no doubting some fantastic vistas open up of the hills and meadows as you travel along it either by car...
View ArticleCrazy beyond be-leaf
Leaves on the line may not get as much press as they used to these days but leaves on the pavement may soon be taking over from them.
View ArticleCutting the carbon in 2008
Well, I’ve made my New Year resolution and you won’t be surprised to hear that it’s all about cutting my carbon footprint - in a serious way.
View ArticleNever forgetting tragedy in Flanders' fields
I’ve just got back from a holiday that managed to combine most of my passions - good beer, travel, family history and a bit of birdwatching. You don’t get much better than that. All I needed was warm...
View ArticleRed for danger
Red is the new amber. And as amber was the new green that means drivers are shooting through traffic lights, roadworks signals and pedestrian crossings like they are not there.
View ArticleA brewing tradition we should be proud of
Local food and drink is the freshest and best, preferable to the stuff shipped around or stored in chilled warehouses for days or weeks and treated with chemicals. And it is all the rage now with...
View ArticleTaking stock on my blogging year
A year on from the start of this blog and it's time to take stock of how I've been doing in my efforts to live a greener life.
View ArticleDrivers paying the penalty
There's been a welcome sight in the last couple of days of yellow penalty notices sprouting on the windscreens of cars parked illegally in the pedestrian zone next to the New Victoria hotel in Bradford...
View ArticleNo smoke without ire
When the smoking ban came into force there were dire warnings of what it would do to the income of pubs and clubs and other places where people gather socially.
View ArticleFare dodgers take everyone for a ride
As I've said before, I commute to work into Bradford on the train most days and feel lucky and happy that I don't have to struggle in through the rush-hour traffic.
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