THE SKINNER

There is a perception, amongst some, that the world is going to hell in a handcart. A terrorist bomb goes off, the US dumps excess stock o...

I remember the Cockermouth flood in 2009 when, without delay, protestors had their green wellies on and 'save the planet' signs up...

I was on the beach the other day when someone said, ‘Is there a fire up there?’ From the mountains, in a long swathe, the sky was stained...

Wow, I actually slept for 9 hours last night which, even under normal circumstances is a lot, but lately is more than half again my usual....

Yesterday when I took my walk to Handras I set out in shorts and t-shirt because the sun was shining and I expected the temperature to just...

In my last post I promised pictures of turbine spares and a wrecked turbine blade but, before we get to them, here are some pretty flower...

Heh: "Fossil fuels are making the Earth greener."

Here’s the ‘news’ in 2007: Arctic summers ice-free 'by 2013' Scientists in the US have presented one of the most dramatic fo...

Something I’d been thinking about, and considering writing a blog post about, was nicely summed up by Rich Daniels on Facebook: Anti-s...

Boris Johnson is here speaking some sense about fracking. The extraction process alone would generate tens of thousands of jobs in par...

There’s quite a bit on the news about a hose pipe ban in the East of England and I cannot help but note how the elephant in the room is bei...

Funny, I was waffling on about natural selection and evolution to Caroline the other night (after watching a program about how plants altere...

Just a recap here for those who maybe don’t know: While I was climbing up the SF-writing ladder, in fact, if I recollect correctly, when I w...

My opinion about this book is difficult to nail down. It was rich and textured and engaged all the senses, the characters were fascinating, ...

From a Sierra Club insider: With junk science, it is easy to scare people. There are many things that are bad for us that are present at l...

On (I think) April 2nd last year this happened: While we sat in the sunshine sipping cold beers the earth shrugged, grumbled then continu...

The End of Tolerance ‘Even if I am a minority of one, the truth is still the truth.’ – Mahatma Gandhi. This is pretty good as it covers...

Monday April 25th The temperature has climbed in a minor way, hovering at about 12C up here in the mountains and maybe rising as high as 2...