Has the Chernobyl disaster affected the number of nuclear plants built?
Thirty years on from one of the worst radiation leaks in history, several countries have moved to phase out nuclear energy production altogether, and experts say another accident would kill the industry Related: Chernobyl nuclear disaster 30th anniversary – in pictures This week marks 30 years since an accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant […]
Britain's wild places are vital to our imaginations
The UK has hundreds of islands, hills and rivers and a coastline almost 20,000 miles long, inspiring a passion deep within us. Plus: top five wild hotspots Country files: nature writers on the books that inspired them Recently, I climbed Maol Chean-dearg, a mountain in the far north-west of Scotland. Down in the glens, it […]
Country files: nature writers on the books that inspired them
Robert Macfarlane, Helen Macdonald, Kathleen Jamie and other contemporary writers choose the books that made them fall in love with the natural world Robert Macfarlane: ‘Britain’s wild places are vital to our imaginations’ TH White’s tragic and beautiful memoir of his attempts to train a young goshawk in 1936 is a story that works in […]
Recycling your mobile phone? Beware the empty price ‘promise’
I’ll admit it, I didn’t read the small print. So I almost paid the price when a £26 offer was cut by more than two-thirds I’m an idiot, I don’t mind admitting it. In a fit of stupidity, and only seeing pounds signs, I was lured in by flashy marketing and failed to read the […]
Seeing the woods for the trees
Crewe Green, Cheshire Creative writing students take a walk in the natural world in search of material for poetry The sky is as lovely as an illustration in a children’s picture book, pale blue with a big sun, yellow as a buttercup. There is a cobweb-faint breeze. We are approaching the copse, a group of […]
Al Gore attacks CSIRO's climate cuts and praises Labor's proposals
Former US Democratic vice-president says agency’s decision will deeply affect the source of valuable research for the entire world Al Gore has said the decision by Australia’s science agency CSIRO to cut climate research should be “re-evaluated at the highest level”, since they limit a source of critical information for the entire world as it […]
Paris agreement is a strong signal that 'we will solve climate crisis', Al Gore says
Leading environmental activist says cheaper renewable energy provides an opportunity to create a sustainable world economy – but we must do more Al Gore, former US vice-president, Nobel laureate and chairman of the Climate Reality Project, has led the global discussion about climate change for many years. His multi-award-winning film An Inconvenient Truth (2006) has […]
Circulate on Fridays: What if we just gave everyone money?
Every Friday, Circulate rounds up a collection of interesting circular economy related stories and articles. This week, we take a closer look at the topic of basic income, what is it? Why is there growing support for it? What does it mean for the future of work? In 1930, economist John Maynard Keynes famously predicted that by […]
Climate policy uncertainty could cost as much as 1% of GDP, report finds
Bipartisanship on climate policy would bring ‘real economic benefits’, former Reserve Bank board member Warwick Mckibbon says The investor uncertainty caused by a continuing climate policy war would push power prices up by more than the policies proposed by either the government or Labor, according to a leading modeller. Related: Why Coalition climate scare campaign […]
Obama administration warns of ‘climate refugees’ due to rapid Arctic warming
US Interior Secretary Sally Jewell has painted a stark picture of communities displaced by rising Arctic temperatures that are ‘washing away’ towns The Obama administration has warned the US will need to deal with a wave of “climate refugees” as the Arctic continues to warm, joining with the Canadian government to express alarm over how […]