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“There is no conclusive scientific evidence...”

Expressez-Vous wrote 2 hours ago: Responding to the statement made by Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh regarding scientific e … more →

Tags: climate change, COP15, Copenhagen, Global Challenges, Global Warming, globalvoices

Professor Peter Singer: we should pay more to help the poor..88 comments

sheetalparmar wrote 5 hours ago: This is Professor Peter Singer. He believes animals have the same rights as human beings and some hu … more →

Tags: Professor Peter Singer; poverty; vegetarianism; species

"Peace-Processing-Is-Us" 21 comments

Mark Sandell wrote 1 day ago: The Palestinian leadership “wants a deal with Israel without any negotiations” and Israel’s leadersh … more →

Tags: Israel, Jerusalem Post, new yoork times, Palestine, Thomas Friedman

Are you selfish - or are we bad journalists ?108 comments

Mark Sandell wrote 1 day ago: UPDATE: Below is Mark’s original blog post about why we can not seem to interest people in the … more →

Tags: climate change, climate sceptics, copenhagen summit, e-mails, Global Warming, the UNiversity of East Anglia

Time to pull the plug on the Copenhagen summit ?45 comments

World Have Your Say wrote 4 days ago: UPDATE: Earlier in the week we did say we would talk about this on air today, but the Thierry Henry … more →

Tags: BBC, climate change, Copenhagen, whys, World Have Your Say

On air: What do government apologies achieve?79 comments

World Have Your Say wrote 1 week ago: “We come together today to deal with an ugly chapter in our nation’s history.” Australia … more →

Tags: World Have Your Say, BBC, Australia, whys, Kevin Rudd, Slavery, apology, child migrants, melanie phillips

Thank You WHYS!!7 comments

World Have Your Say wrote 1 week ago: Three weeks really do fly when you’re having fun. I’m Gavin Day and I’ve been the … more →

On air: Should you be open about your mental illness ?73 comments

Mark Sandell wrote 1 week ago: It was terribly sad listening to the friends, family, fans and colleagues of Robert Enke this week. … more →

Tags: Depression, Robert Enke

The Intelligence Squared debate...11 comments

Ros Atkins wrote 1 week ago: Today on BBC World News television, we’re picking up on your reaction to a debate about Cathol … more →

Tags: BBC, Catholicism, Intelligence Squared

Is the Catholic church a force for good in the world ?213 comments

Mark Sandell wrote 1 week ago: The one billion plus Catholics in the world would presumably say “yes”-  but what about … more →

Tags: Anne widdicombe, archbishop abuja, Catholicism, Catholics, Christopher Hitchens, Intelligence Squared, Stephen Fry

Ugly is as ugly looks?13 comments

mikeinnes76 wrote 2 weeks ago: My walk to work takes me through Elephant & Castle in south London – it’s lively but … more →

Tags: Environment

A terrible bloody week for NATO forces26 comments

World Have Your Say wrote 2 weeks ago: The shooting carried out by the US Army major Nidal Malik Hasan in Texas is the latest shocking chap … more →

Tags: Afghanistan, Fort Hood, U.S. Soldiers

The Environment :Is the US proving itself to be the most selfish country on earth?31 comments

Helen Richmond wrote 2 weeks ago: Here are the world’s biggest carbon emitters and this is a list of  the richest countries in t … more →

On air: Your questions about Afghanistan84 comments

Ros Atkins wrote 2 weeks ago: This remains the most reported and discussed issue in the world. It’s been the case all week. … more →

Tags: Afghanistan, Questions

Is being green a religion ?25 comments

Mark Sandell wrote 2 weeks ago: Here’s Tim Nicholson. He’s won the right to take his employers  to a tribunal on the gro … more →

Tags: Green religion, tim nicholson

WHYS and the climate change sceptics 31 comments

Ros Atkins wrote 8 hours ago: We got a number of complaints about yesterday’s programme. I’ve published several at the … more →

Tags: BBC, Climate Change Sceptics

Peter Singer: it's time to change our relationship with animals12 comments

Ros Atkins wrote 8 hours ago: Here’s more on Peter Singer’s beliefs on our relationship with animals. All this text is … more →

Tags: animals, Peter Singer

Peter Singer interview

Ros Atkins wrote 8 hours ago: This is our guest today…parts two and three here … more →

Tags: Peter Singer

What questions should the Iraq inquiry ask?17 comments

World Have Your Say wrote 11 hours ago: The Chilcot Inquiry into Britain’s role in Iraq begins today.  This time those answering to th … more →

Tags: Britain, Chilcot Inquiry, iraq