I’ve previously written about how the effects of the EU fishing policy is affecting local UK fishermen. But what about the rest of the world? Well the decimation of fish stocks is not only an EU problem. Now EU fishing vessels are helping to destroy fish stocks all around the world, and particular in Africa, …
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Doing your bit – September 2011
The Arctic Right now a British company, Cairn Energy, is exploring for oil in the Arctic. The reason they able access these waters? The ice is gone, shrunk to it’s second lowest recorded level, due to global warming and our continued reliance on fossil fuels that drives it. Drilling in the Arctic There is no way to clean …
Doing your bit, August 2011
Something has been gnawing at me for awhile now. How to make people more aware of fundamental issues like the environment, conservation and related issues. There are certainly many organisations doing great work out there and also do a great job of getting the message out, but the reality is that the vast majority of …