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climate

05 Aug

Blackpool residents urged to have their say on decarbonising transport plans

David Simper0 CommentsEnvironment and Nature, Local Newsbuses, climate, cycling, decarbonising, trams, transport, transportforthenorth

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Transport for the North has put together a decarbonising transport strategy in response to the obviously escalating climate emergency situation. As a coastal place Blackpool's likely to be vulnerable to sea level rises due to ice melt thousands of miles away (get your glaciers now). We may need to make quite radical life style changes to fend this threat off, going a lot further than altering our transport habits. It's definitely worth taking a look at this draft strategy; this is the north taking a lead, which has to be a good thing.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Studying an environmental degree in the…

30 Nov

Will you be invited to join Blackpool’s first ever climate assembly?

David Simper0 CommentsLocal Newsaction, assembly, climate, consultation, contribute, contribution, environment, takepart

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What's Blackpool's first ever climate assembly in aid of then? Let's have a look at some recent history. Things are changing and not in a good way. The summer of 1976 seemed to go on for ever. We had to have a minister for drought; people forget 1975 was a hot summer too. That was going to be a once in fifty year occurrence; it's happened several times since. By the end of the 70s we marvelled at a warm October, in our shirt sleeves; now October's virtually part of the summer, not a time for the first frosts.…