Admit it: environmentalism was an ugly experiment

<em>Published on Spiked-Online at http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/reviewofbooks_preview/10914</em> Since becoming an advocate of genetic modification (GM) and nuclear power, Mark Lynas has drawn increasingly hostile criticism from his erstwhile...

Review of Mark Lynas' 'The God Species'

Over at Spiked-Online, I've reviewed The God Species: how the planet can survive the age of humans, by Mark Lynas. Since becoming an advocate of genetic modification (GM) and nuclear power, Mark Lynas has drawn increasingly hostile criticism from his erstwhile...

Not So Ipso Facto…

This is probably my favourite environmentalist line of 2011... There is simply no exaggerating the importance of the oceans to earth’s overall ecological balance. Apart from all that exaggeration, of course... Species extinctions, ocean acidification... coral...

Gaia's Witnesses?

I got a visit from the Jehova's Witnesses this morning, who handed me this. I like Jehova's Witnesses. Not because I agree with anything they say (at all), but because they arrive at your doorstep impeccably turned-out, and ready with passionate, but polite and...

The Radical Environmentalist?

Apologies for the recent dearth of posts -- I've been a bit busy, and not had time for my usual over-long posts. I've just come across this, however, in the course of some research. It's the Prince of Wales, introducing the Business and Environment Programme at the...