UN Secretary General claims use of fossil fuels will lead to ‘mutually assured destruction’
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Coal-hungry China [image credit: democraticunderground.com]
More doom-laden propaganda, pretending climate theories are facts and so on.
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The UN Secretary General says the rush to use fossil fuels because of the war in Ukraine is “madness” and threatens global climate targets.
The invasion of Ukraine has seen rapid rises in the prices of coal, oil and gas as countries scramble to replace Russian sources, says BBC News.
But Antonio Guterres warns that these short-term measures might “close the window” on the Paris climate goals.
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Unbridled Bird Slaughter: Wind Turbines Wiping Out Australia’s Iconic Dancing Brolga
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A 60m long wind turbine blade tip travelling at 350 kph makes short work of birds and bats – smashing Eagles to smithereens and slicing Brolgas to ribbons is all part of our ‘inevitable’ renewable energy transition.
The Australian Brolga (a member of crane family) is a majestic creature known for its intricate, paired dance moves and devoted pairing when raising chicks.
In south-west Victoria, there are around 500 remaining Brolgas, but their chances of survival are becoming slimmer by the day.
Carpeted with hundreds of wind turbines, and more being added daily, their breeding grounds have become the avian slaughter yards that anyone with half a brain could have foreseen.
Hamish Cumming, a local farmer and environmentalist, has been, without doubt, the Brolga’s best and most effective defender. For his troubles, he’s been smeared and ridiculed by lunatics from the hard green left over the last decade.
His…
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Countries That Don’t Have An Army
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March 24, 1603: Death of Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland
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Elizabeth I (September 7, 1533 – March 24, 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from November 17, 1558 until her death in 1603. Sometimes referred to as the Virgin Queen, Elizabeth was the last of the five monarchs of the House of Tudor.
Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, his second wife, who was executed when Elizabeth was 2 and a half years old. Anne’s marriage to Henry was annulled, and Elizabeth was declared illegitimate. Her half-brother Edward VI ruled until his death in 1553, bequeathing the crown to Lady Jane Grey and ignoring the claims of his two half-sisters, the Roman Catholic Mary and the younger Elizabeth, in spite of statute law to the contrary.
Edward’s will was set aside mostly because it never had Parliamentary approval and Mary became queen, deposing Lady Jane Grey. During Mary’s reign, Elizabeth was imprisoned for nearly a…
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Why the World’s Biggest Metro Only Runs 7 Days a Year
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Cadbury’s Wispa – “Dad’s Army” Arthur Lowe and John Le Mesurier Advert
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“More the air of an assassin than of a gentleman”: Duels & attempted murder in eighteenth-century England
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The recent BBC adaptation of John Preston’s book – A Very English Scandal – about the trial of the former Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe for conspiracy and incitement to murder, prompted us at the HPT to think about other parliamentarians with links to murder, conspiracy and scandal. Today’s blog from our Lords 1715-1790 project Editor, Dr Robin Eagles considers duels between MPs and their political connections…
Politics could be a dangerous business in eighteenth-century England. In a period where the honour code made men quick to reach for their swords, fast friendships were occasionally ended by violent altercations. This was the case with Owen Buckingham, MP for Reading, who attended the birthday party of his friend, William Aldworth in March 1720, only for the two to fall out, for their quarrel to turn violent, and for Buckingham to end up on the floor with a mortal wound. Although technically a duel…
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