Voters approve controversial French airport relocation
Majority in the local referendum on the Nantes Atlantique airport ends long battle between environmental activists and the government Voters in western France gave the go-ahead Sunday to a controversial airport development that has been at the centre of a years-long battle between environmental activists and the government. The local referendum on the new Nantes […]
When will self-driving cars become the norm?
Safety, fuel efficiency and convenience. Three of the factors driving the evolution of self-driving technology and perhaps at a faster pace than people realise. Autonomous vehicles may still come with an intuitively futuristic association, but it is now a future that isn’t far off with 10 million cars fitted with self-driving features predicted to be on […]
The inter-generational theft of Brexit and climate change | Dana Nuccitelli
Youth will bear the brunt of the poor decisions being made by today’s older generations In last week’s Brexit vote results, there was a tremendous divide between age groups. 73% of voters under the age of 25 voted to remain in the EU, while about 58% over the age of 45 voted to leave. How […]
Unfettered heathlands of the New Forest
Country diary: Dibden Purlieu Dusty paths of sun-baked sand provide firm routes into the heathland, widened by walkers seeking peace in the green lung of the forest West of Dibden Purlieu, isolated from the invasive residential tendrils of the Waterside communities by the teeming bypass, the heathland of the New Forest spreads away almost unfettered. […]
Spring spread more slowly across UK in 2016 – Woodland Trust
Spawning frogs, arrival of swallows and first oak leaves took four weeks rather than three to spread from south to north Signs of a British spring including spawning frogs, the arrival of migrating swallows and the first leaves on oak trees took a week longer to spread across the UK this year than in the […]
Global air pollution crisis 'must not be left to private sector'
Energy authority says governments must take responsibility, and investment would pay for itself in health benefits The global air pollution crisis killing more than 6 million people a year must be tackled by governments as a matter of urgency and not just left to the private sector, a report from the world’s leading energy authority […]
Winds and heavy showers take their toll of insect life: Country diary 100 years ago
Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 1 July 1916 Surrey, June 30The chill west winds and heavy showers take their toll of insect life. You miss the small blue butterflies on the downs, most delicate of the lesser things that fly in dozens, with slight wings that the sun shines through and tinges with […]
Michael Eavis laments muddiest ever Glastonbury festival
Founder says he hasn’t seen anything like it in the music event’s 46-year history, and says it highlights climate change Glastonbury has suffered the worst rain and mud since the festival began 46 years ago, consuming the region’s entire supply of woodchip in the process. Founder Michael Eavis said he will not consider moving the […]
UK food prices set to rise after Brexit vote
Plunging pound and Britain’s reliance on imports will mean higher prices, says farmers’ leader Food prices are likely to go up as a short-term consequence of Britain’s voting to leave the EU, owing to the UK’s dependence on imports, according to the president of the National Farmers Union. Meurig Raymond said the EU referendum result […]
How the dormouse is returning to England’s hedgerows after 100 years
Moves to save the tiny woodland mammal from extinction could herald the reintroduction of larger lost species such as the wolf and sea eagle More than 100 years after they were last recorded by Victorian naturalists in Yorkshire’s Wensleydale valley, rare dormice have returned to a secret woodland location there. Last Thursday, 20 breeding pairs […]