Brazil iron miner Samarco sued for billions in disaster that killed 19 people
Samarco and its owners Vale SA and BHP Billiton sued for 155bn real ($43.5bn), an amount calculated based on cost of Deepwater Horizon oil spill Federal prosecutors in Brazil have filed a 155bn-real ($43.5bn) civil lawsuit against iron miner Samarco, and its owners Vale SA and BHP Billiton, for the collapse of a tailings dam […]
Behind the bright lights of Vegas: how the 24-hour party city is greening up its act
Las Vegas opened its first green space last month – is it further proof that Sin City is turning over a new leaf? Taking shade under a Mesquite tree shouldn’t seem exotic in the Mojave Desert. Nor should catching the aroma of sage flowers, or brushing past spiky yucca and tongue-limbed agave plants. But on […]
Global water shortages to deliver 'severe hit' to economies, World Bank warns
The Middle East, north Africa, central Asia and south Asia due to suffer biggest economic hit from water scarcity as climate change takes hold, report finds Water shortages will deliver a “severe hit” to the economies of the Middle East, central Asia, and Africa by the middle of the century, taking double digits off their […]
Developers don’t want to spend money on us – but they will if we make them | Catherine Shoard
The nature reserve opened by David Attenborough received some funding from developers, but not enough. We need to strike much harder bargains Happy anticipation ahead of the opening of a new nature reserve. Until last weekend, there had been more coverage in the property supplements than the news pages. This is because Woodberry Wetlands is […]
Why today’s global warming has roots in Indonesia’s genocidal past | Joshua Oppenheimer
The mass killings in 1965 live on in global emissions from forced forest fires – and through human rights abuses in the palm oil fields There has been tremendous concern over the ways climate change will affect human rights, but little attention to how human rights abuse affects our global climate. Fifty years ago, Indonesia […]
Climate protesters occupy UK's largest opencast coalmine – in pictures
The biggest coordinated global action against fossil fuel companies began with early morning demonstrations at the Ffos-y-fran coalmine, near Merthyr Tydfil in south Wales. Groups of environmental activists descended at the site in red boiler suits forming human chains and blocking access roads Continue reading… Source: Guardian Environment
'Little Miss Flint' ready to welcome Obama after letter asking him to visit
Eight-year-old Mari Copeny plans ‘big hug’ for president, who asked to meet her during a visit to the Michigan city as it continues to grapple with water crisis When Barack Obama meets her on Wednesday in the city of Flint, Michigan, Amariyanna “Mari” Copeny has an agenda. “I’m gonna give him a big hug and […]
Malta should consider moratorium on turtle dove hunting, says EU
European Commission investigating violations of the EU bird directive after Malta allows 5,000 turtle doves to be shot, says Karmenu Vella Malta should consider a temporary ban on the shooting of turtle doves which are being driven to extinction by hunting and other pressures, the EU’s environment chief has said. The International Union for the […]
Idea of renewables powering UK is an 'appalling delusion' – David MacKay
Country should focus on nuclear power and carbon capture technologies, former chief scientific adviser said in his final interview The idea that renewable energy can power the UK is an “appalling delusion”, according to the final interview given by former chief scientific adviser, the late Professor Sir David MacKay. The sensible energy and climate change […]
The time has come to turn up the heat on those who are wrecking planet Earth
Break free and join the biggest global action against fossil fuel companies the world has ever seen An interesting question is, what are you waiting for? Global warming is the biggest problem we’ve ever faced as a civilisation — certainly you want to act to slow it down, but perhaps you’ve been waiting for just […]