People attending a Somerset public meeting made their opposition to the construction of a wind farm in the Levels crystal clear.
Residents opposed to the proposal were adamant that the Somerset Levels is an area of outstanding natural beauty, which should be protected from “man-made” objects such as wind turbines.
The protests arose after energy firms EDF [...]

BNP Chairman, Nick Griffin, explains the implications of today’s ruling on the party’s revised constitution in an almost ten minute long interview with the BBC. In the interview Mr. Griffin also comments on a second important decision, made earlier, that teachers are allowed to be members of the British National Party. With the court action, [...]

As regular visitors to this site will be aware we are not fans (excuse the pun) of wind power generation and certainly not of terrestrial wind farms. The latter, quite apart from being a blot on the landscape, do not live up to the productivity claims made for them, are hideously expensive and worse still [...]

A recent Environment Agency study has cast doubt on the viability of a network of small hydro-electric power plants on Britain’s rivers that were previously thought capable of providing a substantial source of “green” energy.
Having mapped out potential river sites where small hydro-electric plants could be sited to generated electricity, further consideration led to more [...]

Various news agencies have announced the retaking of the town and district of Marjah from the Taliban. This, apparently, was a major objective.
According to a BBC report broadcast on Friday:-
Hundreds of Afghan police officers have been deployed in areas captured by Nato forces fighting a major offensive against the Taliban, officials say. They have [...]

It appears that we grossly overstated Britain’s military presence in the Falkland Islands in yesterday’s report. We were under the impression that the military garrison consisted of over 1,000 men. In actual fact we have been informed that it is less than half this figure – a single company of around 500.
However, we [...]

It is reported that Britain has taken steps to “protect” the Falkland Islands but expects to resolve a growing dispute with Argentina over drilling for oil in the South Atlantic through talks. So says Gordon Brown.
This news comes some 28 years after Britain and Argentina fought an undeclared war over control of these British possessions [...]

We all know just how far we can trust the Government with our tax money – about as far as we can trust Westminster’s thieving MPs! Just to make the point, visitors to this site may be interested in an example of Government “sleight of hand”, as sent in by a reader.
Labour – you [...]

Land and People recently asked whether there was any link between the US administration’s pouring of thousands of troops into Haiti to “help victims of the earthquake” and the growing evidence for considerable deposits of oil and gas said to be in that country? Indeed, as cynics have already suggested, is this not reminiscent of [...]

In a development that many have suspected for some time it has been revealed that supposedly “biodegradable” plastic isn’t as environmentally friendly as first thought.
According to a Government-commissioned study some types of degradable plastic that was supposed to be better for the environment may not be completely biodegradable.
Bags made from the material incorporating metal [...]

It is claimed that Green pressure groups are becoming financially dependent on Brussels, which may explain their pro-EU stance.
A decade ago Green groups received over €2 million from the European Commission; last year, they pocketed almost €9 million.
A study by the International Policy Network reveals the extent to which Green lobbyists are said to [...]

It is reported that rhinos, which are recognised to be one of world’s most endangered animal species, are being farmed on Chinese wildlife reserves to allegedly harvest their horns for medicinal purposes, a report by international conservation monitors has claimed.
The conservation monitors say that China has imported over 140 live white rhinos from South Africa [...]

Ships were today advised to stay away from a danger zone in the Baltic Sea after ice breakers freed up to 50 vessels and thousands of passengers stranded in freezing conditions off the Swedish coast.
According to a spokesman for the Swedish Maritime Administration: “There is still a very real danger … and we’ve asked ships [...]

Following on from yesterday’s report on how the recent Chilean earthquake is believed to have shifted the inclination of the earth’s axis, albeit by only a few inches, we today bring you an equally interesting story from the Daily Mail. There has long been a debate on whether the extinction of the dinosaurs was brought [...]

NASA Scientists estimate that the recent massive earthquake that hit Chile might have shifted the Earth’s axis by around 3 inches and reduced the length of the day by 1.26 microseconds.
To accurately quantify the physical consequences of the Chilean earthquake the scientists used the same mathematical methods they used in 2004 to define the consequences [...]

We here at Land & People are somewhat bemused by a brief article that has recently appeared on the cobweb site of the Marxist Green Party.
This is a party that claims to be “pro animal welfare”.
We’ll quote a section or two from the piece.
“The Green Party leader is well known for her longstanding efforts to [...]

We are grateful to one of our Scotland correspondents for the intelligence that Loch Lomand was largely frozen over early last week – the first winter in some fifty years.

Independent research by scientists may force the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to reconsider its claims that greenhouse gas emissions have caused an increase in the number of tropical storms.

According to a Government scientific advisor parts of Britain could face water shortages and threats to wildlife unless major changes to how land is managed. The advisor also said that sticking with “business as usual” management of land was not an option in the face of pressures such as climate change and population increases over [...]