Archive for December, 2009

Dec
21
Filed Under (Uncategorized) by Admin on 21-12-2009

Two years ago I travelled to Agra in India to visit the biggest bear sanctuary in the world.

The park offers a peaceful life to former dancing bears and snatched bear cubs allowing them to live with each other with at least some comfort.

The park is part of a project to clear illegal dancing bears from the streets of India.

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Dec
16
Filed Under (Science & Health) by Admin on 16-12-2009

Here is a statement from the Royal Society, the premier science body in the UK, on Copenhagen and Climate Change.

I am publishing it here because it would not normally get a wider airing and it clears up some confusions and answers quite a few of the questions that are sent in to The Mirror.

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Dec
15
Filed Under (Science & Health) by Admin on 15-12-2009

It’s a multi-billion pound fight over the future of our planet.

On the one side is the vast climate change industry meeting in Copenhagen.On the other are the climate sceptics who claim the scientists have got it wrong.

The lives of millions of people as well as our children and grandchildren are riding on the result.

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Dec
14
Filed Under (Science & Health) by Admin on 14-12-2009

It’s a multi-billion pound fight over the future of our planet.

On the one side is the vast climate change industry meeting in Copenhagen.On the other are the climate sceptics who claim the scientists have got it wrong.

The lives of millions of people as well as our children and grandchildren are riding on the result.

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Dec
05
Filed Under (Science & Health) by Admin on 05-12-2009

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The future of our planet could not be at a more critical stage.

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Dec
03
Filed Under (Science & Health) by Admin on 03-12-2009

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For Malcolm Kerby climate change is no distant threat to the Third World. He lives where it is already ruining lives… in Britain.

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Dec
02
Filed Under (Science & Health) by Admin on 02-12-2009

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Dec
01
Filed Under (Science & Health) by Admin on 01-12-2009

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Dec
01
Filed Under (Science & Health) by Admin on 01-12-2009

It’s impossible to portray the majesty and scale of the mountains at the top of the Himalayas.

I’m sure there are many trekkers for whom the trip to Everest is their holiday of a lifetime.

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