Rediscovering an evironmental conscience
A tiny white possum found high up in the tropical Daintree forest in Australia hasn’t been spotted in 3 years.
“Probably extinct due to man made global warming…” expounds Professor Stephen Williams of James Cook Unversity in Queensland according to a recent news item on ABC Online.
The article then went onto mention tempertures in the rain [...]
Oh dear, now another thing is assaulting coral - sunscreen! Since late May, various news sources have been picking up on a study done by the European Commission on sunscreen and tourists. With 78 million people visiting areas of coral reefs each year (according to the World Trade Organisation), about 4,000-6,000 tons of sunscreen gets [...]
It’s always fascinated us at The Dappled Planet that in recent years, British environmentalists would go storming to the government and demand taxes be placed on aeroplanes and cars because they emit carbon dioxide which is contributing to global warming. They demanded nothing in return and so the government was rather delighted to actually be [...]
A polar bear of course!
Environmentalists won a victory this week - they jumped in their RV’s, 4WDs, SUV’s and CUV’s, stepped on planes, plugged in laptops, pressed the flesh, and they won. Yes, they waved their hands in truimph from their their CO2 emitting vehicles over the fact they got the big bad US government [...]
