Angry clashes in Karnataka as India's water wars run deep
Bengaluru erupts in violence over water-sharing plans with neighbouring state Tamil Nadu, as country-wide shortages reach crisis levels Scattered tyres, set alight, had already shut the road back into Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore) when Javed Parvesh tried to return on Monday, after a morning at the Cauvery river with his son. Angry crowds were now saying […]
Was that climate change? Scientists are getting faster at linking extreme weather to warming | Graham Readfearn
Attribution studies are letting researchers respond quickly to questions about human influence – before the news cycle turns elsewhere Is it still true to say you can’t point to any single extreme weather event and claim you can’t link it to human-caused climate change? Plenty of people seem to think this is still the case. […]
'A historic change': California first state to pass overtime pay for farm workers
The state’s 800,000 farm workers will be eligible for time-and-a-half pay after 40 hours of work a week phased in over four years Farm workers in California are celebrating this week after governor Jerry Brown signed a new law on Monday entitling them to the same overtime pay as most other hourly workers in the […]
Switching banks: nearly half of all Australians would consider move over climate change
Poll findings released as prominent Australians call on big four to withdraw backing for fossil fuel industry About half of all Australians would be likely to switch banks if they found out their bank was lending money to projects that contribute to climate change, according to polling commissioned by the financial activist group Market Forces. […]
Bayer's $66bn takeover bid of Monsanto called a 'marriage made in hell'
Vermont senator Bernie Sanders leads outcry over merger, saying deal is ‘a threat to all Americans’ and should be blocked by regulators German chemical giant Bayer’s $66bn (£50bn) deal to buy controversial US agrochemical giant Monsanto and create the world’s largest seeds and pesticides company is “a threat to all Americans” and should be blocked, […]
Humanity driving 'unprecedented' marine extinction
Report comparing past mass extinction events warns that hunting and killing of ocean’s largest species will disrupt ecosystems for millions of years Humanity is driving an unprecedented extinction of sealife unlike any in the fossil record, hunting and killing larger species in a way that will disrupt ocean ecosystems for millions of years, scientists have […]
South African national park to kill animals in response to severe drought
About 350 hippos and buffaloes under threat in Kruger national park to be killed in attempt to prevent animals suffering Rangers in South Africa’s biggest wildlife park are to kill about 350 hippos and buffaloes threatened by the impact of a severe drought. The national parks service says the numbers of hippos and buffaloes in […]
What is driving companies towards remanufacturing?
Recovering, reprocessing, remanufacturing and redistributing parts was not an economically beneficial option for manufacturers in the post-industrial revolution linear economy. The picture in the first part of the 21st century is very different and an increasing number of companies have identified opportunities in adopting remanufacturing as a larger part of their business, particularly in the […]
Londoners overwhelmingly back Sadiq Khan’s air pollution crackdown
Some 15,000 people responded to the mayor’s air quality consultation, with 79% backing plans to bring forward restrictions on polluting vehicles, reports BusinessGreen Londoners are backing Sadiq Khan’s plans to crack down on air pollution in the capital, with more than 70 per cent of residents supporting plans to bring forward measures to restrict polluting […]
Attenborough urges UK to use Brexit to improve wildlife protections
Brexit is an opportunity to refine legislation to match UK’s needs, says conservationist, speaking at the launch of a major report that shows Britain is one of the world’s most ‘nature-depleted countries’ David Attenborough has urged the government to use Brexit to better protect the UK’s nature and wildlife. “Like it or not Brexit has […]