Another example of why there needs to be some serious legal and legislative control over social media generally. Freedom of speech etc is not the freedom to abuse, stalk etc. Every aspect of living in a free, democratic society has to be accompanied by responsibility and sadly that means rules...
We have to find balance in our national and global pursuit of net zero. Thankfully we have moved on relatively pointless distractions about cows and are now focusing on the real issue, the production and consumption of fossil fuels. If we 'just stopped oil' over night then the impact on the...
Generally the case with most wildfires around the world. It is the extreme dryness caused by climate change that is enabling fires to take hold and spread, but they are invariably started by humans (arson, campfires, bbqs etc). Climate change is caused by humans too. And yet we have an...
A significant part of my economics degree course focused on 'less developed countries' or LDCs. The phrase 'third world' was never used though they were an excellent band back in the day. But I think we only need to get hung about titles such as these AFTER we have sorted a few of the world's...
This absolutely.
I don't think anyone posting on this thread is disputing the seriousness of the climate change problem or the need for urgent national and international action to mitigate it. The lives of millions of people are at risk and some would argue the very future of the human race...
Nothing obtuse about his/her post. You have clearly inferred that you think its OK if people die as a result of climate change protests. That's pretty sick
I find that shocking. The catch all of ‘the right to peaceful protest’ needs reviewing in law so that the actual or potential consequences are taken into account. If someone dies as a result of a protest, particularly if the protesters know they could have acted to avoid it, then I do not see...