Simon Butcher

I am, at heart, a bit of a greenie, although not the kind that would rush off to chain myself to trees or destructively paint slogans on the side of Japanese “fishing” vessels. I am however strongly opposed to so many things that are permanently scaring the natural world, such as the aforementioned logging and whaling, and my opinion on climate change is that while it's a natural process, we have done so much to speed up the process.

Recently, to my absolute revulsion, a disgusting court case that epitomises the insalubrious legal system of the USA has once again highlighted the human obsession with sweeping major problems under the proverbial rug in order to convince ourselves that someone else will deal with the problem.

The problem is — as I realise every time I need to vacuum my apartment — that this mysterious “someone else” won't deal with the problem.