Climate Change News Review

UK Energy Policy to increase CO2 and consumer costs Energy Secretary Amber Rudd’s admission in November that the UK does not have the right climate adaptation policies to meet its renewable energy targets was no surprise to the energy and environmental...

Bats and Hibernation

There are approximately 17 species of bat in Britain; two belonging to the Rhinolophid family (the horseshoe bats) and the other 15 (or so) belonging to the Vespertilionidae family (or vesper bats meaning ‘evening’).  Some other species may be resident here at...

Ash Dieback at Landmark

An outbreak of Ash Dieback Disease (Chalara fraxinea) has been confirmed in our area. Worse still, it’s in the Landmark MD’s garden in the Chew Valley south of Bristol. Nick noticed some possible early signs in late May and these became more marked in June. He...