UK coal power station in breach of EU air pollution law
Defra and the Welsh government are likely to have to pay European commission’s legal costs for breaching air pollution rules at Aberthaw power station, reports ENDS The UK breached EU law by allowing a coal-fired power station to emit too much air pollution, the court of justice (CJEU) has said. In a reasoned opinion, published […]
Tackling illegal fishing in western Africa could create 300,000 jobs
Overseas Development Institute report says crackdown on illegal fishing, and building up national fleets, could generate billions of dollars for the region If governments in western Africa could end illegal fishing by foreign commercial vessels and build up national fleets and processing industries, they could generate billions of dollars in extra wealth and create around […]
Fill Good Inc – are we close to a refill revolution?
Recycling plastic costs councils – and us – millions every year. It’s time refilling old bottles hit the mainstream While Boris Johnson is busy reducing the size of Europe, his father, Stanley, is appealing to Europe to help us reduce the amount of rubbish we create. This month, Environmentalists for Europe, the cross-party group co-chaired […]
Scotland's fishing industry welcomes decision to leave the EU
EU departure offers a chance to banish past overfishing and incoherent regulation, says head of industry group, despite warnings exit could hurt fisheries Scottish fishermen’s representatives were adamant on Tuesday that Brexit would be good news for the 5,000 strong fleet, despite warnings that the uncertainty surrounding the UK’s departure from the EU could hurt […]
How will leaving the European Union affect our food? | Tim Lang
Whoever leads negotiations on leaving the EU faces big choices – any new food policies must have health, the environment and justice at their heart Food barely featured in the referendum, but years of jibes about Eurocrats controlling our food standards, and myths about bent bananas, left their mark. Food politics will now come to […]
Leaving EU will make it harder for UK to tackle climate change, says minister
Climate and energy secretary says while decision to leave will make UK’s role harder, the government’s commitment remains the same Brexit will make it harder for Britain to play its role in tackling climate change, the UK energy and climate secretary has said. But Amber Rudd said that the UK remained committed to action on […]
After 6 years of working on climate at Harvard, I implore it to show the courage to divest
Despite pressure from students and staff, Harvard leaders have refused to divest One morning in the summer of 2014, I found myself in the city of Tacloban in the Philippines. The city and surrounding area had been devastated less than a year earlier by Super Typhoon Yolanda. Thousands had been killed; bodies were found for […]
‘Devastated’: scientists too late to captive breed mammal lost to climate change
Australian conservationists spent five months obtaining permissions and planning for a captive breeding programme for the Bramble Cay melomys. But when they arrived on the rodent’s tiny, low-lying island, they discovered they were too late. The Bramble Cay melomys has become more famous in extinction than it ever was in life. A mouse-like rodent, the […]
Tragic lack of leadership puts red hot climate change out in the cold
Environment and climate groups publish final scorecards rating main political parties as Australians prepare to vote If ever there was going to be a climate change election, surely this was going to be it. As May came and the election date was announced, the implications of the global Paris agreement between more than 190 countries […]
Huge helium gas find in east Africa averts medical shortage
The natural store of helium found in the Rift valley in Tanzania contains an estimated 54bn cubic feet of the noble gas The discovery of a vast reserve of helium in east Africa has allayed fears of a global shortage of the precious gas crucial for the running of brain scanners, major scientific facilities, and […]