August 2019 – See Animals Wild

August 28, 2019May 14, 2020

Following on from the fires in the Amazon Rainforest story – Bolsonaro is all over the place

For anyone who reads this blog regularly and read my initial article in the run up to his election, you will have seen that this is not the sort of leader that impresses me or many people around the world. He is regularly referred to as the ‘tropical Trump’, and this is generally not a label given as a compliment.

However the fallout from last week’s news has been substantial and he has thrown out many different things in an attempt to distract the news from what he did.

August 23, 2019May 14, 2020

The impact of unregulated damage to the Amazon rainforest

Brazil’s **National Institute for Space Research**

For regular readers of this blog you will have noticed that I have written about Jair Bolsonaro on a few occasions. Unfortunately the fears that I have expressed appear to be bearing out in the behaviour of his government and the problems they are encountering.

August 21, 2019May 14, 2020

The climate and global warming is rising in its importance amongst the British public

Concern about the environment has grown rapidly over the last few years, particularly after the visit of Greta Thunberg who raised concerns that had not been given the attention that they should have done by British politicians.

August 7, 2019May 14, 2020

News in brief

Just 10% of fossil fuel subsidies just would pay the green transition

There is a continuous claim made from all sides that the costs of going green are simply too high, and that green electrical generation and transportation will never be affordable without subsidies.

Now all evidence looked at so far shows this is not true, however, why is this a standard we are looking at given that we are still providing huge subsidies for fossil fuels?

August 3, 2019May 14, 2020

Boreal forests burning at a rate not seen in 10,000 years

The boreal forests form a ring of trees around the North Pole. These forests house around 30% of the world’s trees. This forest exists in Russia, Canada, the USA, Finland and Norway.

August 1, 2019May 14, 2020

The Komodo Dragon National Park is increasing its prices dramatically

Komodo National Park is a very popular place to visit. It is in a relatively remote part of the Indonesian archipelago and this has led to it being one place on Earth where lizards still rule.