Air pollution: the result of biomass use, or just too many vehicles ? ( No.2)

Posted by rhanrott on 22 February 2018, 10:00 am

Filthy air caused half a million early deaths in Europe in 2014. “Air pollution is the single largest environmental health risk in Europe,” says the European Environment Agency (EEA). By far the biggest killer was PM2.5 pollution: tiny particles measuring 2.5 micrometres across or less. These caused 428,000 early deaths across the 41 European countries tracked in …

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The EU is cheating on emissions

Posted by rhanrott on 21 February 2018, 9:49 am

On the face of it, Europe is a leader in tackling climate change, on course to get 20 per cent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020. But the biggest source of renewable energy in the European Union isn’t one of the ones everyone talks about – wind, solar or even hydro. Actually, the …

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The white slave trade

Posted by rhanrott on 20 February 2018, 10:21 am

To The Sunday Telegraph I was interested in your article about the lost history of the Cornish people who were captured and sold as slaves by pirates from the Barbary Coast during the 17th and 18th centuries. This subject is much better known about in Ireland, where the largest single raid took place. In 1631, …

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Raul – a poem about renaissance

Posted by rhanrott on 17 February 2018, 7:25 am

On a beach by the tropical water stands a boat Anonymous, un-named, derelict and un-remarked. It was assembled in make-do fashion in metal. Over the rivets tar has been used against the leaks, Oozing through the holes under the baking sun, And dis-figuring the side of the boat. The old petrol engine, once painted green …

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Mormanism in decline

Posted by rhanrott on 16 February 2018, 8:04 am

It once had a claim to be the fastest-growing religious sect in American history, but the prospects don’t look so rosy for the Mormon Church these days. The sense of confidence and momentum is absent in the current Church, which is registering only 1.59% annual growth – its “slowest pace since 1937”. That’s still a …

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Air pollution: the result of biomass use, or just too many vehicles ? ( No.2)

The EU is cheating on emissions

The white slave trade

Raul – a poem about renaissance

Mormanism in decline