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If you were a visitor here over the last two years thank you for coming. However, in the end the visitor count stalled at low levels making the site unviable […]
If you were a visitor here over the last two years thank you for coming. However, in the end the visitor count stalled at low levels making the site unviable […]
There is, apparently, a war on against Straight White Men. SWM, it’s said, are the newly marginalised, denied protection and resented by society. “If you want proof,” they say, “look at Cologne: […]
Ever heard of schizoflatulalia? Probably not. It’s the condition where you hear voices in your burps. In the early days you took drugs for it: medication which forced digestive gas […]
Following the principled lead of Caroline Lucas MP, today LFG wishes to add its own voice to legal campaigning organisation Reprieve’s call on David Cameron to hold a judicial review into the lethal drone strikes carried out […]
I don’t know if you’ve noticed but I have been saying for FIVE YEARS now that climate change, in the form of climate COOLING, is upon us. Please see this […]
Synthetic polymers including aliphatic or semi-aromatic polyamides commonly found in household cleaning materials could play a direct role in the development of obsessive-compulsive disorder researchers say. The team at King’s College […]
As serious critiques go, comedian Jon Mason’s brief analysis of identity politics last week must rank as one of the weakest pitches for intellectual gravitas in history. The reaction to his […]
In the Independent today the new chief executive of Friends of the Earth, Craig Bennett, finally acknowledges the environmental movement is too white and too middle-class and needs to engage […]
By Marcus Toynboyalé & Brad Keyes Former climate scientist Rajendra Pachauri has at last provided some public clues as to why he stepped down as the moral voice of the […]
Giant multinational car manufacturers are putting your safety at risk – for profit. LFG has identified a weakness in seatbelt warning beep systems: namely, they do not randomise and dis-harmonise […]
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From the NoMeatNoHeat climate action group, today. Interesting. Fuck me. Maybe we’re getting somewhere.
GUEST POST BY STEWART JEFFERYS OF THE GUARDIAN First they came for celebrities’ voice mail, hacking their way past default passcodes to the salubrious morsels contained therein with wolf-like […]
If you’re having trouble getting your question through to Ens at the Bristol talk and online, ask Ey (me) – and I’ll pass on your question later on, over drinks. […]
And still the amazing peoples of the small island of Vanuatu teach us how to live with grace and equanimity – even in the face of terrible devastation, as happened […]
Today Jeremy Clarkson was suspended from the BBC show Top Gear for allegedly landing a blow on his producer’s head (over an argument about food). As per the use of the […]
As you can see from the chart, LFG rates amongst the top five UK institutions passionate about reporting on climate change. Over the last year in particular we’ve made it […]
MENTAL aHEALTH ARTICLES Our articles on mental health Spread the decimal The real mathematics of stigma Let’s talk Elizabeth on talking Ignorance is not an excuse Discrimination against minority groups
No more page 3. That’s the wonderful news this morning. This doesn’t mean, like floor thirteen in skyscapers, that when you open your newspaper in the morning you’ll be jumping […]
Je suis Charlie. That should be obvious. But in all the principled talk recently of defending to the death the right of others to say, express or display hurtful, disagreeable […]
Since our new launch at the start of the year your Best-Non-Governmental-Organisation-Forever thankfully gained a lot of interest from concerned people all over the world. Brilliant. Thanks to everyone who […]
Internet trolls ‘poison our national life’ UK justice minister Chris Grayling declared in October, and ‘should face two years in prison’. But a case proceeding through the courts of Portland, Oregon, highlights the […]
If you remember, recently we enrolled imaginary activist Esbyssius Fairweather on the now 40 million strong membership list of campaigning organisation Avaaz, but being politically confused (about climate change) she then […]
GUEST POST BY PROFESSOR STEPHAN LEWANDOWSKY OK, here are the facts folks: the climate change debate can get heated and personal. As active participants in that debate Richard Pancost and I […]
Dear LFG reader, Thanks for signing our petition on [that particular issue] and supplying us with your email address as a necessary part of that process. We will let you know […]
It’s 10.31 in Clacton, where I am now. Reports are coming through that the really terrible (climate-change denying, smoking friendly etc.) ‘political party’ UKIP has gained its first MP. Having […]
Over my fourteen years working in civil society, raising awareness about the plight of disadvantaged groups stands out as the most frequent request those disadvantaged groups make of us. With […]
So on twitter and facebook at the moment everyone’s asking why the heavily trailed, historic ‘Brouhaha in Bristol’ between a bunch of climate sceptics (in the audience) and the object of […]
Millions of people will be gathering today all over the world to explain why action on climate change is needed urgently. Amongst them, Jeffery Archer, ex-MP turned novelist, stands out […]