Spice gull: seabird turns orange after falling into vat of curry
Wildlife hospital uses washing-up liquid to clean bird that was scavenging for food at factory A seagull turned bright orange after it fell into a vat of chicken tikka masala. The bird fell into the container while trying to scavenge meat from a food factory bin on Monday. It was rescued by workers at the […]
Windfarm owner Dong Energy floats for £10bn
Copenhagen-based company happy with IPO while in process of moving from fossil fuels to renewables Dong Energy, a Danish company that owns offshore windfarms around the UK, was valued at Kr 98.2bn (£10bn) as it successfully pulled off Europe’s largest stock market flotation this year. The Copenhagen-based group, which employs 700 people in Britain and […]
Bristol mayor approves £5m low-carbon heating scheme
New low-carbon heating network is first stage of a plan to transform Bristol into a carbon-neutral city by 2050, reports BusinessGreen Bristol’s newly elected mayor, Marvin Rees, has approved the city’s first major step towards becoming carbon neutral by 2050, giving the go-ahead for £5m in capital funding to build a low-carbon district heating network […]
EU accused of exporting problem of overfishing with Mauritania deal
EU vessels to catch shrimp, tuna and other fish in return for funds, but critics say there is little evidence that EU cash is helping Mauritanian fishing communities The EU has renewed a four-year fishing agreement with Mauritania that will allow more than 100 EU vessels into Mauritania’s waters in return for funding that will […]
What was it like before the Clean Air Act of 1956? Share your memories
Sixty years on since the introduction of measures to reduce air pollution we’d like to hear your smog recollections In 1952 the great smog of London saw a week-long pea-souper take over the capital which contributed to the deaths of at least 4,000 people. In response to the disaster, the government passed the Clean Air […]
Philadelphia proposals could put city at forefront of water safety efforts
Bills introduced by city council members would require landlords to warn renters about lead piping and require testing by daycares and schools As the Philadelphia water department faces continued scrutiny over how it tests for lead, bills introduced by city council members could push the city to the fore in warning residents about the dangers […]
Nasa to map coral reefs from the air to show impact of climate change
Scientists hope large-scale maps will offer new insight into effects of warming and pollution as previous studies have almost always been done up close in the water Coral reefs have almost always been studied up close, by scientists in the water looking at small portions of larger reefs to gather data and knowledge about the […]
Palm oil giant's impact in Indonesia worse than reported, says Greenpeace
The NGO accuses Malaysian palm oil company IOI of failing to act in accordance with its own sustainability policies and Indonesian law Malaysian palm oil giant IOI drops lawsuit against green group One of the world’s largest producers of palm oil has drained and planted on areas of peatland supposed to be protected by Indonesian […]
Alaska on track for hottest year since records began
Warmest spring on record helps push states’s year-to-date temperature more than 10°F (5.5°C) above average, reports Climate Central Alaska just can’t seem to shake the fever it has been running. This spring was easily the hottest the state has ever recorded and it contributed to a year-to-date temperature that is more than 10°F (5.5°C) above […]
Satellite eye on Earth: May 2016 – in pictures
Rolling sand dunes of Arabia, thinning glaciers of Greenland and wildfires of Fort McMurray in Canada were among the images captured by European Space Agency and Nasa satellites last month Nasa astronaut Jeff Williams captured this image of the ancient Potidea canal in Greece from the International Space Station. For 2,000 years this canal has […]