Elephant 2.0. – nature's invisible information architecture
What do you see when you look at an elephant? The world’s biggest land mammal – or a giant data store, sharing information in a living, breathing network? Elephants have such sad expressive faces that is hard to imagine how anyone could harm them. They have drawn lips and sagging shoulders; a long, drooping demeanour; […]
Could climate risk disclosure be the new bottom line for Australian companies?
A new global report is putting pressure on publicly listed companies to disclose their risk to climate change Some of Australia’s largest listed companies, including Woodside, Rio Tinto and Santos, are likely to face sweeping changes to the way in which they model, plan for and disclose risk from climate change to investors. How they […]
Kingfisher gives a picture of many hues: Country diary 100 years ago
Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 7 July 1917 SURREYHelped by moisture from the north downs, the river to-day runs higher, swirling along by the tall grasses and the loosestrife, bending reeds, and flags, flowing above the few yellow blooms on the near banks, and lifting “water-blobs” like small boats, which rock a little […]
Save us from tree-less asphalt deserts | Letters
Phil Allen on Northern Ireland’s priceless natural assets, Paul Townsend on Pope Francis’s plea for the environment, and Philip Bisatt on the absence of trees from British town planning Re your editorial on the Great Barrier Reef and “the values that money can’t measure” (29 June), Dieter Helm’s “natural capital” approach recognises that some assets […]
The new west: why Republicans blocked public land management
As ‘permanent tourists’ move to the western US, the oil and gas-captured Republican party is fighting to keep locals out of managing public lands A year ago, residents of Yucca Valley, California, along with Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and US Forest Service officials, filled the town’s community center for a public meeting about the […]
UK will ban foreign fishing after leaving EU, says Gove – video
Michael Gove says the UK will be ‘taking back control’ of its waters and will ‘decide the terms of access’ for foreign fishing after leaving the EU. Speaking on BBC1’s The Andrew Marr Show, the environment secretary announces foreign fishing will be banned upon the withdrawal from the London fisheries convention, an arrangement that allows […]
UK to 'take back control' of waters after exiting fishing convention
Michael Gove announces withdrawal from London fisheries convention and claims leaving EU fisheries policy will be good for environment The government has announced its withdrawal from an arrangement that allows other countries to fish in British waters. The environment secretary, Michael Gove, claimed the UK was “taking back control”. On Monday ministers will trigger withdrawal […]
Russia begins cleaning up the Soviets' top-secret nuclear waste dump
When the Soviet Union collapsed a vast store of spent nuclear fuel was abandoned in the Russian Arctic – an environmental disaster waiting to happen. Decades later an international clean-up has finally begun As the Rossita pulled away from the pier at Andreyeva Bay, sounding a long boom of its horn, a military band struck […]
The eco guide to the repair economy
Taking possessions to be repaired – bicycles, clothes, shoes, anything – instead of throwing them out and replacing them is green gold An unassuming repair shop might not look like a major disruptive force. But extending the lifespan of your possessions by getting them fixed is one of the most effective green direct actions available. […]
Boy, 11, shoots charging bear to save fishing party in Alaska
Elliot Clark was walking through woods with three family members and three dogs when the bear charged them Quick action from an 11-year-old boy saved a fishing party from a charging brown bear, Alaska state troopers said. Elliot Clark was walking through the woods near Game Creek with three family members and three dogs when […]