Hollande renews support for Hinkley Point nuclear reactors
French president backs project despite fears that £18bn price tag could bankrupt EDF, which is 85% state-owned François Hollande has renewed his support for the controversial nuclear project planned by the French energy company EDF at Hinkley Point in Britain. “I am in favour that this project goes ahead,” the French president told Europe 1 […]
Boris Johnson 'held back' negative findings of air pollution report
Report’s author says City Hall publicised positive conclusions but held back the finding that deprived schools were disproportionately affected by toxic air The author of a report on how London’s illegal air pollution disproportionately affects deprived schools has said City Hall under Boris Johnson held back the study’s negative findings, while publicising the positive ones. […]
Is sharing circular? Exploring the links at OuiShare Fest
On one level, the links between the circular economy and the sharing economy appear clear-cut. Countless assets around us exhibit ‘idle capacity’, with car sharing the example that we’re all most familiar with: the average European car is parked 92 percent of the time. When the car is used, there’s still surplus capacity, with only 1.5 […]
The whitethroat expresses both acacia thorn and bramble
Claxton, Norfolk The song is as lowly and modest as the bush from which it emerges. It inhabits our spring subliminally I can tell the weather by the St Mark’s flies, because, as they sail over the brambles, their fore-legs dangle together and are held so that they face directly into the oncoming breeze and […]
Saving Great Barrier Reef from climate change should be central election issue, says Tim Flannery
Scientist says lack of attention to climate change is ‘staggering’ given it is Australia’s last chance ‘to close down coal-fired power stations and save the reef’ Tim Flannery says preserving the Great Barrier Reef from coral bleaching linked to climate change should be a central issue in the federal election campaign. Flannery, a scientist and […]
The long game: will Malcolm Turnbull's gamble pay off?
The leader who promised to end three-word slogans now says ‘jobs and growth’ every second breath. But will diluting the personality that made him popular win him the power to build a lasting legacy? Malcolm Turnbull is selling his “jobs and growth” election message with the zeal of a man whose life’s ambition depends on […]
Global warming will hit poorer countries hardest, research finds
Tropical regions likely to suffer biggest increase in hot days and extreme weather because of climate change, say scientists New evidence that poorer countries will suffer the worst effects of climate change has shown that the number of hot days in tropical developing countries is likely to increase markedly as global warming takes hold. It […]
People power: Tasmanian residents to store solar energy and sell it back to grid
Some 40 Bruny Island households are to be transformed into ‘mini-power stations’ as they trial Reposit Power’s software and solar storage There are more than 1.5m households in Australia with rooftop solar. And in a few months time, 40 Tasmanian homeswill be acting as mini power stations – not just producing energy for their own […]
BP plan to drill for oil in Great Australian Bight rejected for second time
Australian offshore oil and gas regulator keeps reasons for rejection secret, but says company will be given an opportunity to revise application BP’s application to drill for oil deep in the pristine Great Australian Bight has been rejected for a second time by the offshore oil and gas regulator, Nopsema. The regulator said on its […]
Richard Di Natale: global warming is the most urgent threat to Australia's security
Greens leader tells the Lowy Institute Australia should develop an independent foreign policy that made poverty and climate change priorities The Greens leader, Richard Di Natale, has accused the Turnbull government of failing to understand that global warming is a bigger threat to Australia’s national security than terrorism. In an address due to be given […]