Bradford Telegraph and Argus | Tim Quantrill

Budgeting for environmental disaster

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:38:23 +0100

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

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:22:28 +0000

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

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:27:32 +0000

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

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:28:53 +0000

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

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:21:15 +0000

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

Borrow to beat climate change

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:20:15 +0100

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

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:51:20 +0100

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

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:49:07 +0100

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

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:35:09 +0100

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

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:05:00 +0100

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

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:12:54 +0100

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.

Nature calls - wrongly

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:09:00 +0100

TV and movie producers and advertisers are fond of tugging at the heartstrings whenever they can to provoke empathy and mood or evoke ideals and character. Everything is dragooned into selling ideas and products and the natural world, like children, beautiful women and cute animals, is no exception.