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White House article with headline: On earth day, we finally have a president who follows science. Picture of the mango shit gibbon with a spade about to bury what remains of US credibility on the global stage. Some meaningless guff under the photo: Understand president Donald J Trump, America is back leveraging environmental policies rooted in reality to..."

Trump: a president for the environment

The White House marked Earth Day by celebrating Trump’s commitment to the environment. The brief article did not have space for all his achievements.

By Karsic Karl

April 24, 2025August 15, 2025

The collision of a buik fuel tanker and a container ship in the North Sea. Pollution can be seen on the surface

General

North Sea collision; good news for coastal waters

The collision has caused a spillage of fuel and other pollutants, but there is an upside due to the sewage running into the sea.

By Eli Twonk

March 11, 2025August 15, 2025

Keir Starmer. This image is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

Politics

Green spending, Labour are very embarrassed

With the ditching of the £28 billion per year green investment pledge Labour Party chiefs are deeply embarrassed. They were certain that they had already ditched all their previous commitments.
They have no idea how this one missed the bonfire of the policies.
There will be an enquiry.

By Eli Twonk

February 8, 2024August 15, 2025

Leaf blowers in action New York 2007 — This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

Life Style

Petrol leaf blowers a menace to the environment and society

They have already been banned in more than 100 cities and many more are considering bans. Noise, pollution and carbon emissions are all part of the problem.

Is it time for them to be banned in the UK and people encouraged to use rakes?

By Karsic Karl

January 19, 2024August 15, 2025

Politics

Thérèse Coffey – the slacker’s slacker

The slacker’s poster girl has resigned as Secretary of State for Pollution. On leaving for the last time she gave an air punch and called out ‘and that is how you do it!’.

By Eli Twonk

November 14, 2023August 15, 2025

General

Spectacularly missing the point and adding misinformation

Banging on about an environmental activist from 1996 and then completely missing the point about an experiment to capture carbon. Daniel Jupp illustrates what happens when you write about something you don’t understand without doing any research.

By Dr Paul Brady

September 17, 2023February 15, 2024

Politics

River Lim: it’s my own fault really

With the findings that the River Lim in Dorset is ecologically dead, we approached the river for comments. River Lim admits that it made mistakes.

By Eli Twonk

May 17, 2023February 15, 2024

General

I recycle my beer cans. What else do you want me to f*cking do?

Angry boomer thinks he is doing enough to stop climate change. He definitely wants everybody to stop going on about it.

By Eli Twonk

May 15, 2023February 15, 2024

Politics

Thérèse Coffey – Secretary of State for pollution

The government minister who is meant to drive improvement in the environment seems to be stuck in reverse. She says she does “give a shit”, but it doesn’t show.

By Dr Paul Brady

March 18, 2023February 15, 2024