This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Wednesday, 28 July 2021
The Queen's Gambit
The UK Queen is one of the biggest landowners in Scotland. Her lawyers used the obscure Queen's Consent device, to get early sight of a proposed change to Scottish law. They consequently lobbied ministers to have the Queen excluded from legislation, designed to cut carbon emissions from properties (https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jul/28/queen-secretly-lobbied-scottish-ministers-climate-law-exemption ). As a result, the Queen is the only person in the country not required to facilitate the construction of pipelines on her property to heat buildings using renewable energy. It's not as if she couldn't afford to have the work done! The decision seems short-sighted and wrong.
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