October 2012

Three councils in Cumbria were to have announced this morning whether they wanted to host a nuclear waste dump. Instead, they decided... not to decide just yet. It's a welcome stay of execution - but this plan should never have been given a second thought.

Sometimes it seems like industry directly dictates the laws that politicians draw up. And it’s just been revealed that our old friends Volkswagen are leading the way against green EU legislation.

The rainbow usually seen floating above the Amazon is shining less brightly than usual. Some might even say it is a little dull.

And it's because of sad news: we lost one of our own this week. Tatiana de Carvalho, Greenpeace Brazil’s Amazon campaigner, has left us following a fatal accident at a waterfall near Brasilia, Brazil.

It all started in Cornwall in the fishing village of Falmouth, where 'Clarence' the Cod made his first appearance at the Sea Shanty Festival and wowed the crowds on stage with the Fisherman’s Friends Band.

On a windy night in September, whilst most people were sleeping, wind power reached a record of 64.2% of Spain’s electricity demand.

We’ll be at Radiohead shows in Machester and London:

• Manchester arena from 4.30pm Saturday October 6^th
• O2 arena in London the 4.30pm on Monday the 8^th
• O2 arena in London the 4.30pm on Tuesday the 9^th

The government has bent over backwards to accommodate the nuclear industry. Yet despite promising billions of pounds of public subsidy, it seems unable to find anyone willing to build a nuclear reactor.

You’ll see it best on the darkest nights. When the moon is empty and clouds cover the stars – that’s when the ocean and algae collude. Like the Arctic’s Northern Lights, this is one of those natural phenomena that leave you giddy, wide-eyed in wonder: Psychedelic dolphins.