By Anne Enith Cooper
Let’s not talk about it. Let’s just not
don’t want to hear about tipping points
and feedback loops on a Friday. So
the corals have gone, shame. Hey,
fancy a pint? I’m in the Members’ bar.
Don’t want to hear about COP 30
Starmer’s not going —
Oh, he is —
well, no need to talk about emissions,
we’ve got EV charging points, we’re
becoming a clean energy superpower!
Oh please, declining carbon sinks
and deforestation, at this time of night
there’s no need to get hysterical —
I’m sick of hearing about net zero,
God forbid, we have to balance the books
inconvenient facts lad.
Yeah, yeah, there’s trash mountains in Delhi
tell the Foreign Secretary —
Oh, in Rainham —
well, to be fair, it’s not my constituency,
in any case, heard a gent, professor no less, say
It doesn’t cost much to bulldoze soil
over a stinking, burning landfill. It’s not
rocket science (1)
Wind direction?
Satellite images?
There’s a petition from one of ours?
Stop the stink!
Can we close that down?
- Professor Euan Nisbet, Royal Holloway University, Revealed: the 1200 Big Methane Leaks from Waste Dumps Trashing the Planet in The Guardian, 12th February 2024.
