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Damon Hoppe
100 months to Save the Planet... 96 Months left
In August 2008 the New Economic Foundation warned that, unless we make real changes, we have 100 months until the climate balance tips irrecoverably into chaos.
Read the Guardian article by Andrew Simms (NEF) or see the 'live countdown clock' (scarey)
Watch this page: Each month we I list the significant actions (if any) national and local government have made toward averting climate chaos:
What they did:
National Government
Nov/Dec 08 Nothing yet
Oct 08: Stansted expansion permission, 20,000 more flights per year
Sept 08: Govt Lobby to exclude aviation from EU emissions
Aug 08 Nothing yet
Local Government
Dec 08 Nothing yet
Nov 08 Staffordshire County Council deicide to go ahead with massive incinerator regardless of the environmental cost.
Oct 08: Staffordshire County Council (SCC) responds to greens calls for a 'Zero Waste strategy' with the statement from John Wakefield that "A strong economy generates waste"
Sept 08: Nothing yet.
Aug 08: The flag of Tuvalu, a tropical island nation threatened by climate change, is flown over County Buildings in Stafford by Staffordshire County Council (SCC). Meanwhile:
a) Staffordshire County Council (SCC) continues to plan to build a massive 300,000 tonne incinerator rather than Recycle (See below).
b) Staffordshire County Council (SCC) remove bus subsidies.
Counting Down....... 96 Months left
In August 2008 the New Economic Foundation warned that, unless we make real changes, we have 100 months until the climate balance tips irrecoverably into chaos.
Read the Guardian article by Andrew Simms (NEF) or see the 'live countdown clock' (scarey)
Watch this page: Each month we I list the significant actions (if any) national and local government have made toward averting climate chaos:
What they did:
National Government
Nov/Dec 08 Nothing yet
Oct 08: Stansted expansion permission, 20,000 more flights per year
Sept 08: Govt Lobby to exclude aviation from EU emissions
Aug 08 Nothing yet
Local Government
Dec 08 Nothing yet
Nov 08 Staffordshire County Council deicide to go ahead with massive incinerator regardless of the environmental cost.
Oct 08: Staffordshire County Council (SCC) responds to greens calls for a 'Zero Waste strategy' with the statement from John Wakefield that "A strong economy generates waste"
Sept 08: Nothing yet.
Aug 08: The flag of Tuvalu, a tropical island nation threatened by climate change, is flown over County Buildings in Stafford by Staffordshire County Council (SCC). Meanwhile:
a) Staffordshire County Council (SCC) continues to plan to build a massive 300,000 tonne incinerator rather than Recycle (See below).
b) Staffordshire County Council (SCC) remove bus subsidies.
Counting Down....... 96 Months left