I contributed two features to The Big Issue in the North‘s environment special, out today, which I also helped to edit last week. My pieces are a scene-setter, above, and a look at the debate ranging over onshore wind farms, below. Other interesting features include a look at home brewing…I’d encourage anyone in the north to buy a copy – you’ll be helping a homeless person at the same time.

Speaking of the environment, there’s a fascinating mini-documentary on the Guardian website by filmmaker Nick Broomfield, looking at the story of the Kingsnorth Six – a group of very normal people who scaled a power station chimney in 2007 and managed to shut it down for a day. Their protest, for Greenpeace, aimed to highlight dangerous plans by the company and the government to build more coal-powered power stations in the UK…despite the government’s pledge to cut carbon emissions by 80 per cent by 2050. There’s some fabulous photography in this as well, as one of the protesters was a snapper…
Anyway, the full thing (20 mins) can be viewed here but the trailer can be seen below: