O.C. Heaton's Blog, page 13
February 18, 2011
Good news: deforestation is declining
Forests have been in the news a lot recently, with the Government halting its controversial plans to sell publicly-owned forests to timber companies. But did you know that deforestation is on the decline?
The Government's U-turn has prompted plenty of headlines. However I think that the decline in deforestation is also worth shouting about. Recently, much of what I read about the environment seems to have a gloomy bent. Barely a day goes by without some apocryphal story about t...
February 17, 2011
Stop shopping? Not for all the coal in China
So here's what's bothering me. It is estimated that in the developing world, coal consumption will increase by 20 per cent over the next 20 years. Clearly that's heading in the wrong direction – and guess where the demand is?
China, which currently generates more than 70 per cent of its electricity with coal, and which will build more power stations in the next 25 years (some say sooner) than America, Japan and the EU currently possess.
Gulp. Time to break out the dinghies!
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