The Telegraph & Argus: News from across the Bradford district

T&A page designer Tim Quantrill has long been interested in environmental issues - but he's no green saint!

Budgeting for environmental disaster

Another 'green' Budget and another disappointment. It seems Labour will never grasp the nettle on a truly environmental future even when President Obama shows the way and makes it a legitimate option.

Battling the forces of blandness and uniformity

Skipton is a pretty special place to live, work or visit with its castle and many other historic buildings, canal and Dales ambience.

There's more than one side to an argument

What is good news for some people is bad news for others and I bet the likes of Jeremy Clarkson and other petrolheads must have been spitting spark plugs at two items of recent motoring news.

Climate action now on agenda

This week government representatives from around the world are meeting in Poland to discuss the latest step to take on the journey to cutting greenhouse gas emissions and how to limit global temperature rises to a manageable two degrees Centigrade rather than a catastrophic four degrees or more that we are currently heading for.

Energy bill rises could have been avoided

I don’t want to have to say ‘I told you so’ Bradford Council, but I did tell you.

Borrow to beat climate change

Nationalisation is well and truly out of the bag now after the massive action taken to help banks in Britain and around the world. If it is for the good of the country’s economy to take companies into public ownership then it should be done.

Nation needs those billions, not the bankers

And they say Communism was bad! Give me a system that at least provides a roof over the heads of its people and food and transport and jobs.

Fuel price rises can't be insulated

The good news is that today the Government has committed a large amount of money to improving the insulation of people’s homes across the country in their latest move to ease the credit crunch - the bad news is that this is a long-term plan and the vulnerable in society like old age pensioners and the poor face a miserable winter trying to pay escalating fuel bills.

Scuttle this coal commitment

Margaret Thatcher can be blamed for many things during her time in office, one of which is the decimation of the coal industry in Britain.

Live and let live

It was a relief to see that the Government decided not to go ahead with the proposed badger cull in England that would have seen many thousands of these fantastic and much-loved animals trapped and killed.

Paying the price for oil addiction

The chickens are certainly coming home to roost across the country as homeowners and businesses come to terms with the rising cost of fuel and the effects that it is having on how we lead our lives.

Fare dodgers take everyone for a ride

As I've said before, I commute to work into Bradford on the train most days and feel lucky and happy that I don't have to struggle in through the rush-hour traffic.