Federal Labor feels heat over Adani, and Coalition's starting to sweat too | Katharine Murphy
The biggest environmental campaign seen in Australia since the 80s is causing bumps in the road for both sides of politics When it comes to the Adani Carmichael coalmine, the spotlight this week has been trained on Queensland as the state government battled an internal split on whether to give the project a royalties holiday. […]
Let’s keep our water safe and free to drink | Letters
Kierra Box, Maureen Wood and Margaret Cliff on protecting a precious resource This weekend Brits will flock to our beaches. Thanks to EU pressure, visitors to more than 95% of our bathing beaches can paddle safe in the knowledge that nothing nasty lurks beneath the waves – a massive improvement since 1987, when it was […]
Solar power breaks UK records thanks to sunny weather
Thousands of photovoltaic panels across the UK generate 8.7GW, smashing previous high of 8.48GW earlier this month Solar power has broken new records in the UK by providing nearly a quarter of the country’s electricity needs, thanks to sunny skies and relatively low summer demand. National Grid said the thousands of photovoltaic panels on rooftops […]
The Ice by Laline Paull review – allegory in the Arctic
Human intrigue is mixed with climate change in this tale by the author of The Bees “Where is the fiction about climate change?” Amitav Ghosh asked in these pages last year. It’s a good question: glance at most publishers’ catalogues and you would never know that humanity was facing the greatest challenge of its existence. […]
Diesel cars, soggy salad and why whales became so large – green news roundup
The week’s top environment news stories and green events. If you are not already receiving this roundup, sign up here to get the briefing delivered to your inbox Continue reading… Source: Guardian Climate Change
Circulate on Fridays: Glimpse the power of AI and more!
The weekend is almost upon us once again! In this edition of Circulate on Fridays, we’re catching up on the word from the circular economy after Thursday’s Financial Times event, ‘glimpsing’ the future of AI and much more! A 3D-printer capable of creating objects from steel, titanium and copper has been unveiled. Designboom reports that, […]
Adani Carmichael mine to get six-year holiday on royalties, report says
Activist groups warn that swathes of farmland are at risk since the holiday would cover the Galilee basin and two other undeveloped mining regions The Adani Carmichael project will reportedly receive a reduced royalty “holiday” offer from the Queensland government under a policy that activists say would subsidise other vast new coal projects that imperil […]
Public lands offer the best place for recreation. Speak up and protect them | Land Tawney
Land Tawney, president of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, explains why the fight for national monuments is a battle sportsmen and women must win Signed into law by Theodore Roosevelt in 1906, the Antiquities Act has been used by 16 presidents – eight Republicans and eight Democrats – to safeguard millions of acres of exceptional public […]
Sediments hold a record of ancient winds
Scientists have uncovered a 17,000-year history of shifting winds sitting at the bottom of a New Zealand lake bed The Roaring Forties and Furious Fifties are strong winds that encircle Antarctica. They are almost unimpeded by land except for the tip of South America and the southern end of New Zealand’s South Island. These winds […]
Manifesto guide: which party will do the most for cycling?
We compare the manifesto pledges of the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Ukip and the Greens to see who comes top on cycling policy Amid fevered discussions of Brexit, the NHS and social care, not to mention the suddenly renewed importance of security and tackling terrorism, it might seem a bit niche – almost frivolous – […]