22 Jan 2025
Since entering office on Monday, Trump has already: Withdrawn from the Paris climate agreement Declared a national energy emergency, promising to “unleash” US energy production, roll back restrictions on drilling in Alaska and increase gas exports Ended the Green New Deal, a series of Biden measures that were aimed at boosting green jobs, regulating the […]
07 Jan 2025
US President Joe Biden is set to ban new offshore oil and gas development across 625 million acres (250 million hectares) of U.S. coastal territory. The ban rules out the sale of drilling rights in stretches of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and the eastern Gulf of Mexico. The move is considered mostly symbolic, as […]
08 Oct 2019
The Independent reports that Boris Johnson is scrapping a commitment by Theresa May to stick to EU rules on the environment, safety standards and workers’ rights – to raise his chances of getting a trade agreement with Donald Trump. The “level playing field”, included in the Brexit deal negotiated by the former prime minister, was […]
02 Jul 2019
A similar situation has arisen on the in Coul Links Scotland. Guardian ‘The spectacular sand dunes at Donald Trump’s golf course in Aberdeenshire are expected to be stripped of their special conservation status. Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), a government conservation agency, has recommended that the dunes lose their designation as a site of special scientific […]
16 Oct 2018
Reaction to last week’s major new climate change report from the IPPC has varied from the hopeful to the absurd. The Executive Director of the Aldersgate Group highlights the opportunities that stem from the “ambitious plan of action” that is needed to deliver on the challenge faced. The pro-fracking government deflected its response by asking […]
28 Aug 2018
This is welcome news coming on the damning – but much delayed – SNH report of the damage done by the Trump golf course. Highland Council’s decision to approve the Coul links golf course has now been called in for review. RSPB have welcomed this decision BBC ‘Scottish ministers are to scrutinise plans for an […]
30 Jul 2018
If this story sounds familiar it is. That is because planning authorities recently gave the green light to another Scottish Coastal golf course in despite it being a coastal SSSI. The role of SNH in this and what is appearing like a suppressed report on the impact of the Trump golf course also raises unfortunate […]
22 May 2018
Water Online reports claims the White House and the U.S. EPA sought to bury a study that would reveal a nationwide drinking water crisis. “Scott Pruitt’s EPA and the White House sought to block publication of a federal health study on a nationwide water-contamination crisis, after one Trump administration aide warned it would cause a […]
