"Future generations will be puzzled that we failed to grasp the urgency of climate change and may be furious at the environmental calamity we bequeathed to them. They may reasonably feel that we were given plenty of warning signs of the stress which our lifestyle was putting on the ecosystem, one of which is almost within sight of the Docklands home of much of the British press..." full story
The businessman and the activist: how personal pollution stacks up full article
Darling to signal roadbuilding rethink
"The transport secretary, Alistair Darling, will next week seek to shed his reputation as a roadbuilder, by blocking a £340m highway through the picturesque Blackdown hills of Devon and Somerset..." full story
Nice to have some good news for a change! Light at the end of the tunnel, perhaps? Then he goes and does this...
Anger at road for Hastings
"A £47m road through the valley where William the Conqueror struck his first camp outside Hastings was approved by the transport secretary, Alistair Darling, yesterday, to the dismay of environmentalists..." full story
And this is an older article. Interesting..
My ambition to kill 4,000 by Nick Ross
"Driving is all about freedom and fun, while road safety is for spoilsports and interfering busybodies. We all know that. You can picture the people it attracts: vicars' wives, prim suburban nerds, the sort who wanted horseless carriages to be preceded by a man with a red flag. Safe is dreary..." full article
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