Website of the day: Friends of the Earth  It’s almost laughable
when you think about it. But the thing that might actually be
the end of our extraordinary little species isn’t a mentalist in
North Korea with his fat finger on the button, or a hunk of
space rock the size of Birmingham smashing into us at high
speed.  No, the thing that could spell extinction for us humans,
is the humble bumble bee.  Their populations are being decimated
across the globe, and the reasons are only partly understood.
The victory for campaigners like yesterday in Brussels means
that pesticides that are known to harm the bee population can no
longer be used.   Friends of the Earth is doing everything it
can to raise awareness of this and many other causes affecting
our little green planet.