Superannuation funds encouraging greater fossil fuel exploration, report says
Seven of Australia’s large energy companies refer to exploration targets in executive bonus payments, approved by shareholders including super funds Superannuation funds are voting in favour of large bonuses awarded to executives for expanding fossil-fuel exploration, a new report says. According to the report by finance campaigners Market Forces, seven of Australia’s large energy companies […]
Current affairs: the mystery of Langmuir circulation
Steady winds produce a pattern on the sea’s surface like parallel furrows in a field Researchers are still trying to unravel the complex interactions between wind, waves and currents. One of the most visible results of these interactions is Langmuir circulation, which produces a pattern on the water surface like parallel furrows in a field. […]
Environmentalists 'expected better' of Trudeau as Canada backs gas project
The Pacific NorthWest LNG project would ship 19m tons a year of frozen, liquefied natural gas to markets in Asia – and create jobs, says the government Canada’s commitment to fighting climate change has been questioned after the Liberal government, led by Justin Trudeau, announced conditional approval for a C$36bn liquefied natural gas project in […]
Fracking is a lousy way to create jobs | Letters
Gary Smith of the GMB says that Labour’s fracking ban is “an abdication of our environmental and moral responsibilities” (Report, 27 September). Clearly he hasn’t been reading the Guardian: otherwise he’d know that climate change is so serious that we need to leave most fossil fuel reserves in the ground. He also seems unaware of […]
Obama's climate change legacy at stake as Clean Power Plan has its day in court
Seven hours of legal argument on states’ right to allow carbon pollution may determine the fate of the centerpiece of US efforts to limit climate change The future of the US’s centerpiece plan to tackle climate change hangs in the balance following nearly seven hours of legal argument over whether it tramples upon the right […]
Pangolins thrown a lifeline at global wildlife summit with total trade ban
World’s most illegally trafficked mammal wins total ban on international trade in all species under the strictest Cites protection possible Pangolins, the world’s most illegally trafficked mammal, were thrown a lifeline at a global wildlife summit on Wednesday with a total trade ban in all species. More than a million wild pangolins have been killed […]
EDF and UK government set to sign deal on Hinkley Point C
Signing of contract agreeing price EDF will earn for energy produced by £18bn nuclear reactor means project is all but guaranteed The contract giving Hinkley Point C the formal go-ahead is to be signed this week, with the UK government and its commercial partner, EDF, putting pen to paper on the £18bn nuclear power project. […]
Satellite Eye on Earth: August 2016 – in pictures
Ocean storms, California fires and an ice-free North-west Passage were among the images captured by European Space Agency and Nasa satellites last month Composite image of an active Pacific and Atlantic storm season on 30 August 2016, with three hurricanes, two tropical depressions and a former typhoon visible from the ring of geostationary satellites in […]
US drives rainforest destruction by importing Amazon oil, study finds
The report found that California, despite its green reputation, is refining the majority of crude oil – with one facility accounting for 24% of the US total US imports of crude oil from the Amazon are driving the destruction of some of the rainforest ecosystem’s most pristine areas and releasing copious amounts of greenhouse gases, […]
Wildlife butchers of Belén: the town that serves up rare species for a few dollars
In this Peruvian shanty town endangered wildlife is sold daily at market, live or freshly cooked in gory detail by traders flouting lax enforcement. Stopping this growing illegal trade will be key to discussions at Cites this week Where a confluence of rivers meet the Peruvian city of Iquitos, the world’s largest city to be […]