Thursday's catch-up and Friday too...

There's a story about Finnie, the environment minister. He's asking all European countries to support a move to manage climate change.

Also, BBC's Green Room is a space in which some of the UK politicians expound their thoughts on and plans for the environment. There are opinions and answers to questions by David Miliband, Chris Huhne and Peter Ainsworth.

There are also new reports of a study that suggest that night-time flights cause more environmental damage and global warming than daytime ones, read about that here.

And, for some of the news that I neglected yesterday...
There is the sad news about the state of the Guernsey beaches and their pollution here.

The more cheery news to balance this is that a group of volunteers has been cleaning a stretch of the Thames this week.

Other bits and pieces that I've kept track of in the last couple of days include news that scientists believe that the recent hot weather in Cambridgeshire has caused the deaths of thousands of fish in water courses.

One very interesting story concerns who our environmentalists are. Several ethnic minority community leaders complain that it is exclusively held by and for white, middle-class people. They also complain that several of their religions place the environment at the centre, and are dismissed as hippyish rather than wise. This discussion will be continued at London sustainability week.

Also, I failed to mention the protests that were held last weekend at British airports against plans to expand them. They were backed by organisations such as Friends of the Earth (see links)