End of the world nigh - it's official
'The dinosaurs dominated the earth for 160 million years. We are in danger of putting our future at risk after a mere quarter of a million years. The force of the Gaia thesis has never been more apparent. When an alien infection invades the body, the body develops a fever in order to concentrate all its energies to eliminate the alien organism. In most cases it succeeds, and the body recovers. But where it does not, the body dies. The lesson is that if we continue with activities which destroy our environment and undermine the conditions for our own survival, we are the virus'
( Michael Meacher via Guardian )

Michael Meacher is the UK environment minister

See also this Guardian coverage, and three reports on climate change launched this week: this DEFRA implications study (1.61MB PDF), this GARP research report (1.08MB PDF), and this SDC policy audit
http://www.hullocentral.demon.co.uk/site/anfin.htm

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