The Independent brings more gloomy news about the environment.

I should post the whole thing here as it is that important. The toxifying of the world's oceans is amongst the most disturbing of environmental maladies.

I've said it before, and I'm going to say it again; the environment is the only issue that is transcendent over election cycles. It transcends human lifespans and I think that it is pretty clear that habitable planets are rather scarce. At least within our solar system.

The environment is the only issue that matters in the longest time spans. We are playing with a hand grenade that has the pin pulled. It is only a question of when it detonates, not if.

Will no one make this a campaign issue?