Trees and the climate emergency
13 January 2020
Dr Tony Whitbread tackles the issue raised from his previous blog, as we are in a climate emergency, the priority must be to get the trees in the ground as an emergency action
Archive of: Tony Whitbread
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The trouble with trees
07 January 2020
The creation of forests and woods can be a major contribution to restoring nature and can draw carbon out of the atmosphere, so helping fight climate change. However, done badly, tree planting and tree regeneration can cause major ecological damage.
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End of the road for Highways England
17 September 2019
Highways England have, once again, served up the same tired old ideas for a bypass around Arundel. Discussed for decades, there seems to have been little progress from a basic mind set that has been shown not to work over and over again.
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Climate emergency and local democracy
29 April 2019
District Council elections are an opportunity to ask your candidates what answers do they have for the climate and ecosystem emergency
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Restore the natural world and help save us from climate disaster
08 April 2019
Restore our battered natural world on a huge scale - far greater than the feeble efforts we’ve seen so far – and this will also draw carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and so help address climate change.
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The last best hope
19 March 2019
Friday 15 March was the day of the biggest climate strike by children and young people yet.
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The kids are revolting
25 February 2019
Guest blogger, Dr Tony Whitbread, blogs about protests by young people at political inaction over our climate crisis
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New year resolution, rather revolution
10 January 2019
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Political road games
11 June 2018
The Arundel bypass is the key that will unlock a chain of destruction across Sussex. This is the legacy that will be left for future generations.
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Roads to ruin - the ruin of our irreplaceable heritage
15 May 2018
Ancient woodlands are not replaceable