Climate Change

After this week's high speed rail blinder, there's more good news on the road towards halting airport expansion. In the lofty legal realms of the High Court, a decision has been made to give the case against a third runway at Heathrow a public hearing. The case is being brought by an unprecedented coalition of groups, including Greenpeace, local councils, CPRE, HACAN, NoTRAG and WWF.

When the new Eurostar terminal opened at St Pancras in 2007, we gave it a big thumbs up

In one fell swoop, a massive hole has been blown in the government's aviation policy. And the person holding the detonator is not a member of the shadow cabinet or even a group of campaigners, but no lesser person than the transport secretary Lord Adonis and his plan for a network of high speed trains for the UK. Crikey.

If you're missing Flight Of The Conchords after the recent series finished, this video might help ease the pain. Our colleagues in New Zealand have recruited Rhys Darby - otherwise know as Murray the hapless manager - to their Sign On campaign, creating pressure for deep emissions cuts from the NZ government, and Rhys has written a little poem to mark the occasion.

Nick from the office in Auckland says they're keen to hear from New Zealanders based overseas as well, so if that's you head on over to the website and, erm, sign on.