Donald Trump wants to build a wall – to save his golf course from global warming | Dana Nuccitelli
On climate change, is Trump uninformed, or playing his voters? Donald Trump has consistently expressed his conspiratorial and misinformed beliefs that global warming is a hoax. Ice storm rolls from Texas to Tennessee – I’m in Los Angeles and it’s freezing. Global warming is a total, and very expensive, hoax! Continue reading… Source: Guardian Environment
Why Elon Musk says Hong Kong will be the 'beacon city' for electric cars
With booming sales and more than 1,000 public charging spots, Tesla CEO Elon Musk predicted the city would be a leader on electric car adoption Hong Kong’s population density, efficient public transportation and general lack of space hardly provide incentive to buy a private car. High registration taxes on new vehicles – up to 115% […]
Our democracy has been bought. To win on climate, we have to take it back | Christine Milne
A majority of voters are in support of more government action on climate change – and yet somehow it’s not an election issue. Let’s make it one The current dissonance between election campaign rhetoric and the facts of climate change is unfathomable, that is, until you dig a little deeper. This month, the world passed […]
Will London Stock Exchange bar firm over Amazon deforestation?
Civil society organizations and Peru government institutions say United Cacao is operating illegally, but the company denies it Two indigenous Shipibo men from Peru’s Amazon – Sedequías Ancón Chávez and Robert Guimaraes Vasquez – paid a rare visit to the London Stock Exchange (LSE) earlier this month. The reason? To present a letter addressed to […]
Do you care about animals? Then you really shouldn't eat octopus | Elle Hunt
They may be delicious and sure, there are lots of them, but next time you’re chomping down on your barbecued octopus, just remember they were the first intelligent beings on Earth and have more genes than you do When Inky the octopus made global headlines for his eight-legged getaway from a New Zealand aquarium, I […]
Australia's dirtiest power station may be closed or sold, French owner says
Engie tells French senate committee that it plans to withdraw from coal-fired power generation and is looking at possible shutdown of Victoria’s Hazelwood power station The Hazelwood coal-fired power plant in Victoria may be closed or sold by its owner, French utility Engie, as part of its move away from operating any coal-fired plants, the […]
Wild flower meadows burst into life
A late spring has brought meadow plants alive in May, but Britain’s natural grassland is continuing to disappear A late spring led to a big burst of wild flowers this month, but of all the native wild flowers how many green-winged orchid, oxlip, dyer’s greenweed and meadow clary have been seen? These are all meadow […]
ExxonMobil CEO: ending oil production 'not acceptable for humanity'
Shareholders win vote that could support board candidates concerned about climate as Rex Tillerson faces turbulent annual meeting Rex Tillerson, the boss of oil giant ExxonMobil, said cutting oil production was “not acceptable for humanity” as he fought off shareholders’ and activists’ attempts to force the company to fully acknowledge the impact of climate change […]
Fracking decision was undemocratic | Letters
The decision of North Yorkshire county council to allow fracking (Campaigners vow to fight fracking permit, 25 May) was based on limited information. I enquired some weeks ago whether there was or would be a social cost-benefit analysis (SCBA), and was told in essence this was too difficult and not required for a planning decision. […]
Anti-fracking campaigners threaten to set up protest camps
Activists consider ‘more confrontational’ action to prevent energy firms drilling for shale gas in Yorkshire and Lancashire Anti-fracking campaigners are threatening to set up protest camps in Yorkshire and Lancashire to prevent energy companies drilling for shale gas. Fracking firm Third Energy was given permission on Monday to carry out test drilling at a site […]