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YouNiversity Weekend

YouNiversity Weekend Feb 4th and 5th

A great programme in Portsmouth this weekend

Includes interesting sessions on climate change,  air pollution, extreme energy

Speakers include Keth Taylor MEP and campaigning journalist Bea Campbell

Plus poetry and music

See their Facebook page for details

Last Updated (Tuesday, 31 January 2012 12:03)

 

Impacts of Climate Change- New DEFRA Report

A new report from Defra lists 700 impacts from climate change, including flood risk for 3.6 million people, water shortages, soil erosion and wildlife disruption. It suggests that  flooding is the greatest threat to the UK posed by climate change, with up to 3.6 million people at risk by the middle of the century,.

 

To read the Guardian Report

 

To read the full report

 

To read comments by Damian Carrington

 

Talk on our coastline

Portsea Island’s coastline and the Coastal Partnership

Our next PCAN meeting is on Wed 15/2 at 7.30 in Room 1, 3rd Floor Portsmouth Guildhall.

As well as a planning meeting for future events we have a talk on the future of Portsea Island’s coastline and about the Coastal Partnership from Bret Davies Coastal Project Engineer Havant, Portsmouth & Gosport Coastal Defence Partnership.

Do try and come!

 

Last Updated (Saturday, 21 January 2012 18:12)

 

Summer Fair 2011 photos

 Here are a few photos of our Summer Fair last June. The date for 2012 is May 19th and you can find out more if you use the tags above.

More pictures can be found on PCAN's facebook page 

stage

The solar powered stage provided music throughout the fair.

plant_stall

One of the many stalls in the centre of the park.

face_painting

Face painting proved extremely popular..

band

The acoustic stage near the Lodge.

 

bcastle

More fun for children.

 

 

Last Updated (Friday, 03 February 2012 18:17)

 

Green regulations just red tape?

All of Britain's 278 environmental laws have appeared in a list of "red tape" regulations considered by the public for the axe.

The Wildlife and Countryside Act, National Park Act, Clean Air Act and the Climate Change Act are among the packages of environmental safeguards included in the "red tape challenge" – a crowdsourcing exercise launched by the government to establish which regulations restrict business in the UK.

John Sauven, director of Greenpeace, said: "We don't yet know if this is cock-up or conspiracy. If it's a cock-up, David Cameron needs to come out and say the Climate Change Act, central to the push for a clean technology revolution, is safe from the axe. But if ministers are serious about scrapping it and other vital environmental regulations then we'll be looking at something akin to the worst excesses of the Bush-Cheney White House. When did clean air and green jobs become a burden?"

To read more

And another commentary

To take action with 38 Degrees

Last Updated (Friday, 22 April 2011 10:00)

 
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