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One planet living?

By Paul Burall | Wed 1st October 2008 - 11:20 am

We’re running out of planet. It has been calculated that if everyone adopted typical UK lifestyles, we would need three Earths. Clean water is already scarce in some places, including parts of the UK. Biodiversity is receding at such a pace that scientists have forecast mass extinctions, and although this might prove as threatening to life as climate change, politicians have given it little attention.

Closer to home, noise and light pollution disturb the tranquillity of many areas. The rural landscape is being degraded and urban open spaces are disappearing. Valuable habitats and wildlife are being lost. There is a …

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  • Mick Taylor
    @TristanWard. I have never been Mike my entire life. Please don’t take it upon yourself to unilaterally change my name...
  • David Le Grice
    Oddly the article leaves out the full context of the Kirklees result. This was a lib dem ward prior to the may elections which reform gained from us. So winnin...
  • David Warren
    Delighted to have contributed to the win in Almondbury by making several hundred phone calls to voters. Winning Here!...
  • Tristan Ward
    @ Mike , yes an encouraging night....
  • Mick Taylor
    A rather good council by-election week. I see the doomsayers are not saying that our performance is terrible this week, but they're not saying anything positive...