Environmental activists still under threat in Honduras six months after Berta Cáceres’ killing
Honduras has become a no-go zone for environmental activists after eight people were murdered in 2015 alone, reports IPS Chills ran down Tomás Gómez Membreño’s spine when he first heard about the brutal murder of his renowned friend and ally, the Honduran Indigenous leader Berta Cáceres, six months ago this week. Continue reading… Source: Guardian […]
Sadiq Khan and megacity mayors urge G20 climate change action
30 mayors from cities including London, Paris, Tokyo, Sydney, New York, Cape Town and Rio de Janeiro call for rapid ratification of Paris climate deal London Mayor Sadiq Khan has joined forces with city leaders from around the world to call on governments to take urgent action on climate change. Ahead of a meeting of […]
Otter pups gambol on the rocks
Isle of Gigha, Argyll The young otters were having a good time, splashing and paddling and roughhousing; we were enchanted Having abandoned our bikes by the gate, we follow a cattle trodden path between walls of bracken down to where field meets sand. The silver slip of a beach is postcard perfect, a flawless bleached-bone […]
Baffling decline of the small tortoiseshell
My spectacles are not rose-tinted when I remember several dozen late-summer butterflies supping on buddleia to gain energy for their winter hibernation The fact that I was delighted this week to find a trio of small tortoiseshells and three red admirals on one of a dozen buddleia I’ve planted in my garden shows how low […]
Pope Francis says destroying the environment is a sin
Pontiff says humans are turning planet into ‘wasteland full of debris, desolation and filth’ in call for urgent action on climate change Pope Francis has called for urgent action to stop climate change and proposed that caring for the environment be added to traditional Christian works of mercy such as feeding the hungry and visiting […]
Halogen spotlights to be phased out across Europe
New European ruling bans any new orders on GU10 spotlights and PAR30 floodlights, which can waste up to 10 times more energy than LEDs Energy-gobbling halogen spotlights will be phased out across Europe from Thursday, in a boost for super-efficient LEDs ahead of a wider halogen bulb ban in 2018. Directional halogen bulbs already in […]
Hawaii under threat: the environment Obama has called to protect – in pictures
The US president was in Honolulu on Wednesday to tell an audience of Pacific island leaders that ‘No nation … is immune from a changing climate.’ Last week Obama created the world’s largest marine reserve by quadrupling in size the biodiverse Papahānaumokuākea national monument. He will visit Midway Atoll, part of the protected area, on […]
Obama makes climate change personal with call for action in home state Hawaii
US president delivers two major speeches on climate change, on in Nevada, pleading with politicians to act in the interest of future generations Barack Obama has issued perhaps his most personal plea yet to overcome the existential threat posed by climate change. The US president gave two major speeches on climate change in the space […]
Fuel economy: just two cars deliver advertised mileage, tests show
Thousands of models are 30% worse on average when measuring miles per gallon in real-world conditions, according to comprehensive new data Just two cars deliver their advertised fuel economy when on the road, with the thousands of other models 30% worse on average in the real world, according to comprehensive new data. Some cars, such […]
Kenya's elephants at home in the Samburu national reserve – in pictures
Though Kenya’s elephant population is stable and poaching is relatively under control, across Africa savannah elephants are increasingly under threat Saving Africa’s elephants: ‘Can you imagine them no longer existing?’ Continue reading… Source: Guardian Environment