Councillors criticised for not caring enough about climate change - Bexhill Today - Back to Home Page

Local campaign group Hastings Environment Network (HEN) surveyed every member of Hastings Borough Council to ask them what they were doing to reduce their own carbon footprint.

However, despite climate change being a regular topic for discussion in the council chamber, only ten councillors bothered to reply.

That means that 22 councillors - more than 60 per cent - could either not find the time to complete the survey or were embarrassed by their likely response.
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Some said they have take to growing their own vegetables, using energy saving lightbulbs, buying local produce and reusing carrier bags.

Warming Earth Blows Hot, Cold and Chaotic - WSJ.com

SAN FRANCISCO -- Three independent research groups have concluded that 2008 was a comparatively cool year on planet Earth -- a feverish chill on our warming world.
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"I wouldn't run for the hills," says glacier analyst Eric Rignot at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "But it might be time to start walking."
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To a seasoned eye, day-to-day weather patterns now seem chaotic. Among the Inuit of the eastern Canadian Arctic, University of Colorado researchers reported last month, many elders are no longer willing to trust their forecasting skills, honed by a life in the field, to guide local hunting parties and travelers.