Monthly Archive: August 2011
Mark Lynas
31 August 2011
With the situation at the stricken reactors of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant now relatively stable, the longest-term and most concerning aspect of the disaster in Japan is the exclusion zone, which has displaced thousands of people from their homes,…
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Mark Lynas
30 August 2011
In a long online TV interview this week with a supportive (indeed bordering on sycophantic) interviewer, Al Gore this week made some noteworthy statements comparing those sceptical of the science on climate change with Civil Rights-era racists in the American…
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Mark Lynas
3 August 2011
With the glacial pace of the international climate change negotiations, it is easy to conclude that nothing ever changes. But a look back a few years suggests a different conclusion: things are moving, and the prospects for a medium to…
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