Informing you on Melksham environment and climate issues [about]
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Are you confused by the complexities and arguments?
I find that the figures published daily in ‘The Guardian’ keep me rooted in the fundamentals in trying to lower my own carbon footprint. (*) "The simplest measure of how the mass burning of fossil fuels is disrupting the stable climate in which human civilisation developed is the number of carbon dioxide molecules in the atmosphere, usually given as parts per million"
At the beginning of the industrial revolution, CO2 was at 280 ppm in the atmosphere. By 1958, when the first measurements were made at Mauna Loa in Hawaii, it had reached 315ppm. It raced past 350ppm in 1986 and 400ppm in 2013. Today (#) the figure is 416.99 ppm
The level seen as manageable in the long term is 350ppm.
To facilitate and inspire the Melksham Community’s reduction in its carbon footprint, Melksham Town Council’s Environment and Climate Working Group will be writing about a range of climate topics, hoping to generate dialogue and understand the key ways we can all help.
Shirley McCarthy
* - Definition from 5 April 2019 Guardian article by Guardian’s Environmental Editor
# - 18 March 2022 |
Upcoming events: (link / full list)
| Recent articles: (link / full list)
23 Feb 25: Base data for TravelWatch SouthWest (link)
20 Jan 25: Getting to Bristol by public transport from Melksham (link)
19 Jan 25: A welcome to the Pen and Quill (link)
3 Oct 24: Test meeting (link)
23 Aug 24: Great Western Coffee Shop - https and mobile device testing (link)
13 Mar 24: Spam posts re: 'Casino review' - merged topics (link)
1 Sep 22: The new gold standard for telling the story of a branch line. (link)
23 Mar 22: Fuel Efficient Driving (link)
23 Mar 22: Fuel tax reduction - bad for our climate goals? (link)
22 Mar 22: Wilshire Climate Alliance, 30th March 2022 (link)
22 Mar 22: New rewilding and wildflower areas will improve biodiversity in Wiltshire (link)
22 Mar 22: Use the water we have on tap! (link)
22 Mar 22: Energy efficient at Melksham Campus (link)
21 Mar 22: Melksham Information hub - Environment and climate at the core (link)
19 Mar 22: The Basics on Climate (link)
18 Mar 22: Do we throw too much away? (link)
17 Mar 22: Choosing your travel mode (link)
16 Mar 22: Park and Ride to Bath? Why not park at home? (link)
16 Mar 22: Environment and Climate Information hub - in OUR town (link) |
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This is a test page put together by Graham Ellis to try out things and nothing on it necessarily reflect the views or anyone else involved in this project yet. |
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