Category Archives: Environment

Humanity and nature: who is in control?

In a recent post I mentioned the fact that the study of anthropology began with nineteenth century atheists who struggled to understand why our hunter-gatherer ancestors all over the world made the same crazy mistake of imagining the existence of … Continue reading

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Illegal law and police brutality at Barton Moss

I have been shown the video at http://youtu.be/lMoCLAyDW5g. It’s just over 4 minutes, and was taken by an anti-fracking protestor. If you want to have a miserable day, watch it. If it had happened in Crimea or China it might … Continue reading

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Protest and order

At the fracking site at Barton Moss the protest continues. Monday’s Manchester Evening News has an article saying that policing the protest had already cost the Police £300,000 (around £50,000 a week) even before they executed search warrants to raid … Continue reading

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Why did God allow those storms?

This is an article I wrote after Hurricane Katrina, but ended up not using. It begins with a quotation from the natural theologian John Ray, written in 1692: If a country thus planted and adorned, thus polished and civilized, thus … Continue reading

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Salford fracking – why protest?

The fracking equipment is moving into place in Salford, and the protestors have managed to delay it a little. Why protest? What’s wrong with fracking? This is my attempt to explain why the protestors are right. In favour of fracking … Continue reading

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The more we destroy the less we care

George Monbiot has an article in Tuesday’s Guardian reporting on the National Geographic’s Greendex Survey. This survey studies the environmental sustainability of people in 14 countries. It was conducted in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012, and adds up to a … Continue reading

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