Showing posts with label Climate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Climate. Show all posts

Wednesday, 2 January 2019

Rail Fare Increases - a disaster for the environment

The increase in UK rail fares is in the news today, including the astonishing claim by the transport secretary that the increase is due to the trade unions. How dare ordinary people working on the railways expect a reasonable pay increase? Nothing to do with the management of the railway or the government, and notwithstanding the fact that the fare increases are based on the rate of inflation, apparently this is all the fault of the ordinary worker.

Eating Less Meat - Why and How

For the sake of our health those of us in rich countries need to eat less meat.
For the sake of the climate those of us in rich countries need to eat less meat.

Raising animals for meat consumption is an inefficient process which causes significant harm through the emission of large amounts of greenhouse gasses, whilst at the same time reducing the amount of land available for other uses.