View all posts by Jussi16 January 2019 This post is a list of essays and articles covering climate and ecological breakdown from various perspectives, including how these overlapping crises may induce collapse of industrial civilisation as we know it. This is companion piece to my essay on collapse – please read that first. We are… [Read More]
A third of Himalayan ice cap doomed, finds report
The Guardian) Even radical climate change action won’t save glaciers, endangering 2 billion people Damian CarringtonLast modified on Mon 4 Feb 2019 13.38 GMT At least a third of the huge ice fields in Asia’s towering mountain chain are doomed to melt due to climate change, according to a landmark report, with serious consequences for… [Read More]
With $32 Trillion In Assets, Investors Demand Immediate Action On Climate Change
forbes) 8,092 viewsDec 11, 2018, 11:49am A global group of 415 investors managing $32 trillion in assets just released a combined statement urging governments to accelerate their actions to mitigate climate change. The 2018 Global Investor Statement to Governments on Climate Change reiterated their support of the ongoing Paris Agreement discussions taking place during COP24… [Read More]
Apply Congestion/Pollution Charges to Blackcab-users
Campaigns by You) 60% of all lethal car NOx in London is emitted by blackcabs. Blackcabs are up to 30 times more polluting than equivalent private cars! As even ambulances have to pay the mayor’s pollution charge, then really toxic black cabs should not be exempted from paying it. They are a public health emergency… [Read More]
Government repeats pledge to jail killer drivers for life
road.cc) Motorists convicted of causing death by dangerous driving or while under the influence of alcohol or drugs could face life in jail under reforms to the law planned by the government. A new offence of causing serious injury by careless driving could also be introduced, reports The Times (link is external). However, similar proposals… [Read More]
Levenshulme bidding to become Manchester’s first ‘Mini Holland’
road.cc) Levenshulme is bidding for £3.5million of funding to turn a one-mile area into the most cycle-friendly part of Greater Manchester. The project, which draws inspiration from London’s Mini Hollands, would be branded the Levenshulme Bee Network after the region recently renamed its Beelines cycle lanes following a copyright dispute. The Manchester Evening News (link… [Read More]
Dangerous driver who killed cyclist feigned brain injury in failed bid to avoid jail term
road cc) A Leeds motorist pretended to be mentally incapacitated in a bid to avoid a jail sentence for causing the death of a cyclist by dangerous driving. Mohammed Munir had hit John Harkins head-on while driving at double the speed limit on the wrong side of the road while overtaking his cousin’s car in… [Read More]
Near Miss of the Day 248: London – Cement truck driver sees no reason not to pass | road.cc
“All the more worrying if you pause the video as it passes and look at the available road space, on a fisheye lens.” Simon says he didn’t report the incident, “and experience suggests it wouldn’t have made much difference. When I was eventually knocked off by someone who couldn’t be bothered to give way at… [Read More]
Shocking images reveal what London and other major cities would look like if pollution was visible
London Evening Standard) Sunday 20 January 2019 09:00 Shocking images reveal how some of the world’s most polluted cities would look if all pollution was visible. Using data from 2018, the photos show what it would look like if humans could see hazardous chemicals produced by vehicle exhausts once the initial plume of smoke has… [Read More]
Hit-and-run crashes rise by 45% in four years
BBC News) The number of hit-and-run crashes in England and Wales has risen by 45% in four years, the BBC has learned. Recorded hit-and-run incidents increased from 19,239 in 2013 to 28,010 in 2017, according to Freedom of Information responses from 27 of the 44 police forces in England and Wales. Road safety charity Brake… [Read More]
