We need to do more to keep LGBT employees from returning to the closet
Stanford’s new LGBT executive training program gives an important boost to business leaders, many of whom still fight prejudice at work I had printed the message “I want to be powerful” on a yellow sticky note and affixed it to the bathroom mirror in my dorm room, as my business school professor had instructed. Writing […]
Polar bears losing crucial sea ice: study
Life-sustaining sea ice needed for hunting, resting and breeding is declining in all 19 regions of the Arctic inhabited by the species Polar bears are losing life-sustaining sea ice crucial for hunting, resting and breeding in all 19 regions of the Arctic they inhabit, a study warned on Wednesday. As climate change pushes up Arctic […]
Washing-line snobbery: why can’t I hang my knickers out to dry?
An anonymous note chiding a retired funeral director for hanging her frillies outside has gone viral. But it’s just the latest incident in the global war on drying In the US, they would call them “freedom panties”, which sounds terrible. In the tiny Devon village of Stokeinteignhead, they are known as Rozamund Perrin’s controversial smalls. […]
Besieged Russian scientists drive away polar bears
Ship delivered dogs and flares to staff at Arctic weather station after they were encircled by 10 adult bears for two weeks Russian scientists have driven away polar bears that besieged their weather station on an island in the Arctic Ocean for two weeks. A nearby ship was able to reach the island and supply […]
Deepwater Horizon premiere in Toronto hit by Dakota pipeline protest
Picketers targeted Toronto film festival venue in protest against the controversial Dakota Access pipeline The Toronto film festival premiere of the oil rig disaster movie Deepwater Horizon was picketed on Tuesday by activists protesting against the controversial Dakota Access pipeline. Related: Deepwater Horizon review – Mark Wahlberg v BP in angry disaster movie Continue reading… […]
Theresa May set to give conditional approval for Hinkley Point C
Prime minister poised to approve proposed £18bn nuclear plant after delaying decision on project over security concerns Theresa May is poised to give the conditional go-ahead to the £18bn Hinkley Point C nuclear plant. The prime minister announced a review of the contract to build the power station over the summer amid concerns about the […]
Norway and Turkey vote against ban on dumping mining waste at sea
All of the other 51 countries voted in favour of an international ban, including big mining nations China and Russia Norway and Turkey were the only two of 53 countries to vote against an international ban on the dumping of mining waste at sea, at a major conservation summit in Hawaii last week. Even big […]
Can e-bikes revolutionise long-distance commuting?
Marc Dekker commutes 80 miles a day on his high-speed e-bike. Are these powerful new cycles the long-awaited green solution for lengthy commutes? Every morning Dutchman Marc Dekker hops on his electric bike and cycles 40 miles from his house in a suburb of Utrecht to his work in the town of Ridderkerk. And when […]
Debunking Malcolm Roberts: the case against a climate science denier
The One Nation senator dismisses the conventional scientific view of climate change. Here are the holes in his most commonly deployed arguments The election of Malcolm Roberts as a One Nation senator has put Australia’s media in a difficult spot. In his first speech to Parliament on Tuesday, Roberts made many false claims about climate […]
Deepwater Horizon review – Mark Wahlberg v BP in angry disaster movie
The actor is a believable everyman engineer in a harrowing, courageous account of the 2010 oil rig tragedy – and the corporate greed that caused it In the safe, sanitised world of the multiplex, where product placement and brand partnerships reign supreme, it’s rare to see a mainstream film with the guts to double as […]