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But this figure clearly is not credible, given that sea levels in the region have been rising at less than half that rate, and with no acceleration. Indeed since the SMP was written in 2012, sea levels at Lowestoft have risen...

By Neil Lock August 2017 Back in April the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, introduced from the coming October a £10 a day “toxicity charge” for pre 2006 cars, both petrol and diesel, entering the current London congestion...

I'm writing these words in what was formerly one of the loveliest valleys in all of Wales. To be fair, the Edw valley still is pretty spectacular. But this year, for the first time in the decade or more I've been holidaying...

David Nussbaum, the Chief Executive of WWF-UK, is very cross with the Prime Minister. (H/T Eureferendum) "His lack of vocal leadership on climate change and energy is jeopardising some of the most promising green shoots of...

Too little too late, is the verdict of the brilliant Allister Heath on the Tories' near-non-existent recovery strategy. I'm 90 per cent with him. Like Allister, I believe that the Tory high command simply doesn't understand...

My campaign as the Anti Wind Farm candidate in the Corby and East Northants is going very well, thank you. I now have a brilliant website at http://www.delingpoleforcorby.co.uk/ (thanks Donna Edmunds!), a superb election...

The issues of overfishing and rapidly decreasing fish stocks have raised alarm for many years, but now it looks like things have reached a tipping point in the North Sea...

Probably the best news in yesterday's cabinet reshuffle – well, apart from the defenestration of the Sayeeda "Never buy the first pony you see" Warsi – was the appointment of Owen Paterson as the new head of the...

It has long been theorized that the use of certain pesticides has contributed to the declining bee population around the world. In order to counter and further prevent the detrimental effect to the UK’s ecosystems,...

The European Union (EU) preens itself on being the global leader in the fight against climate change. EU politicians scold the USA for ’failing’ to ratify Kyoto Protocol and enact cap-and-trade. Within...

And it never was about the science, as Sam at Climatequotes.com (”remembering what they will want us to forget”) reminds us with this useful little delve into the Government archives. He shows how in 2003 the...