Getting around the city: why electric rickshaws are the tuk of the town
An electric, zero-emission version of the three-wheeled tuk-tuk is being billed as a short-distance rival to Uber and taxis in Europe, Africa and Asia Anyone who has been in Bangkok, Delhi or Cairo will be familiar with the lawnmower whirr of the mighty tuk-tuk. Nimble enough to weave through traffic jams and narrow streets, the […]
Pioneer gas project in Latin America fails indigenous peoples
Huge revenues generated by the Camisea project in Peru’s Amazon, but locals suffer from health epidemics and lack of clean water Every year a group of experts called the South Peru Panel issues a report on the country’s largest ever energy development which extracts natural gas and natural gas liquids from the Amazon and pipes […]
Foxes blamed for motorists’ severed brake cables
Kent police warn drivers in Tunbridge Wells to check brakes before travelling after six incidents since blamed on fox cubs chewing through cables Drivers in Tunbridge Wells have been left outraged after hungry foxes apparently chewed through the brake cables of several cars. Kent police have now warned drivers to check their brakes before setting […]
Tale of two summers for our butterflies
There are two butterfly summers underway in Britain right now. If you have the good fortune to be a silver-studded blue or a large skipper in the West Country you are leaping out of your chrysalis and dancing in the sunshine. If you were unlucky enough to be an egg laid in eastern England you […]
Moose gives birth in Anchorage parking lot – video
Shoppers in East Anchorage sit quietly for hours on Thursday and watch a mother moose give birth and then bond with her newborn calf in the parking of a Lowe’s hardware store. The store set up a safe zone for the mother and calf until the two eventually left the area Continue reading… Source: Guardian […]
We should look beyond economics and open our eyes to beauty | Fiona Reynolds
We seem to have forgotten that the human spirit is not satisfied by material progress alone. It’s time for us to reconnect with nature Beauty. It’s a word we all use to describe our delight in the world around us: a landscape we love; a butterfly’s wings translucent in the sunshine; or a wondrous piece […]
Can we see Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘smile’ in slow-mo? | Letters
Corbyn’s smile | Neoliberalism lives | Female anti-fracking activists | Sitcoms | Back alleys The highlight of Jeremy Corbyn’s latest speech now appears to be the imperceptible “smile” he allegedly let loose during the brief booing of a journalist. The Sun has even promoted the Telegraph’s “smile” to a “smirk”. Mail on Sunday columnist Dan Hodges […]
Microplastics killing fish before they reach reproductive age, study finds
Tiny particles of plastic litter in oceans causing deaths, stunted growth and altering behaviour of some fish that feed on them, research shows Fish are being killed, and prevented from reaching maturity, by the litter of plastic particles finding their way into the world’s oceans, new research has proved. Some young fish have been found […]
Opponents of huge Alabama landfill fight company's $30m defamation suit
When residents of Uniontown protested at the dumping of 4m tons of toxic coal ash in the poor, 91% black town, Green Group Holdings sued them for slander Residents in tiny Uniontown, Alabama, are locked in a legal battle against a company that has dumped millions of tons of coal ash there and then filed […]
US adopts near total ban on commercial ivory trade
Barack Obama tightens restriction on sale of elephant ivory within the US to clamp down on illegal trade Barack Obama imposed a near total ban on the commercial trade in elephant ivory on Thursday in an effort to choke off smuggling networks and end the slaughter of African wildlife. The US Fish and Wildlife Service […]