Running to Catch Up
May 21, 2019
In positive news
Extinction Rebellion founder Roger Hallam was cleared
by a jury over his King's College protest, the Committee on Climate
Change believes that the UK 'can cut emissions to nearly zero' by
2050, Greta Thunberg addressed MPs and the UK Parliament
subsequently declared a climate change emergency.
On a more challenging
note,
Cressida Dick, Metropolitan Police Commissioner, called
for stronger penalties for demonstrators, the Committee on Climate
change warned that it might be necessary to curb the growth in UK
flying while the Environment Agency predicted that flooding caused
by the climate crisis could force some UK towns to be
abandoned.
And then there's that flying
taxi...