Amitav Ghosh finds the origins of our contemporary climate crisis in Western colonialism’s violent exploitation of human life and the natural environment. The Nutmeg’s Curse, traces our contemporary planetary crisis back to the discovery of the New World and the sea route to the Indian Ocean. He argues that the dynamics of climate change today…
Suspension of Owen Paterson halted as MPs vote to review the system. Boris Johnson wants the independent system of combating sleaze in Parliament yesterday as he threw the government’s weight behind protecting Tory MP who was found to have repeatedly breached lobbying rules. This MP took £ 500, 000 from firms he lobbied for breaching…
Boris Johnson greeted around 120 world leaders and opened the COP26 conference and has called countries to end the use of coal, phase out petrol-powered cars, and reverse deforestation. He further said the carbon emissions must be halved this decade to keep global warming limited to 1.5°c by the end of the century. David Attenborough…
Back in 1800s the human race have worked out more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the more the Earth’s temperature will rise, as the global warming had begun and there should be striking changes in the climate unless it burned less carbon releasing fossil fuels. Its use of coal, oil and gas continued to boom,…
Financial Times’, chief features writer, Henry Mance, a vegan, would very much like you to be, too. His argument why lies at the centre of How to Love Animals, is challenging and funny. For some it could prompt moral reasons that those of us who love animals, but also profit from their suffering cravenly managed…
It is predicted by 2030, there will be 20 million electric cars on European roads alone. While Electric vehicles may be carbon neutral during their working lifetime, what happens when they run out of the road. In 10 to 15 years when there are large numbers coming to the end of their life it is…
The former Bank governor and now the UN special envoy for climate finance, Mark Carney focuses on the global financial system and corporate governance, along with climate change. Carney’s detailed account of money and finance, where we get tantalising glimpses of life as a central banker – gilt chairs at a G20 summit in Riyadh…
Mount Sinabung an Indonesian volcano located in North Sumatra, which first erupted in 2010 after being inactive for centuries, has erupted again on Tuesday sending clouds of ash up to 3.1 miles. There are no reported injuries but locals have been advised to stay at least 2 miles away from the crater. According to…
When Maritime voyages went into administration the liquidators in a distress sale without any concerns about the environmental impact, in search of recovery sold at auction Two British cruise ships the Marco Polo, the Magellan and three other cruise ship which were impounded and sold to settle the debts in November 2020. The Marco Polo…