Hawaii's last sugar harvest paves the way for a fight over the land's future
As the industry winds down, a new generation of activists are dreaming of replacing sugar with a new agricultural model – and a new political settlement For one last season, luscious, green fields of sugarcane are animating Maui’s landscape. Hulking trucks are loading pre-burned cane from the Hawaiian Corporate and Sugar Company (HC&S)’s 144th crop […]
Greens are often critical of the status quo. No wonder the police monitor us | Jenny Jones
On issues from air pollution to civil liberties, elected Greens ask difficult questions – as a result, the establishment sees us as a threat Elected Greens are being systematically monitored by the Metropolitan police because we do not buy into the ideas that uphold the establishment status quo. We ask difficult questions, we often support […]
Shareholder pressure mounts on downgraded ExxonMobil
Aviva among latest investors to declare support for climate change resolution at next month’s AGM, reports Climate Home A growing list of major investors is backing calls on ExxonMobil to acknowledge climate risk, after its credit rating was downgraded on Tuesday. British insurer Aviva and Seattle’s public pension fund are among the latest to declare […]
Two of the world's top three insecticides harm bumblebees – study
Different types of neonicotinoid pesticide have varying effects on colonies with one showing no bee decline, say scientists Two of the world’s most widely used insecticides cause significant harm to bumblebee colonies, a new study has found, but a third had no effect. The work shows the distinct effects of each type of neonicotinoid pesticide, […]
UK support for fracking hits new low
Just 19% of people back fracking while public support for renewables has surged to 81%, government poll shows Public support for fracking in the UK has fallen to a new low, according to government polling, at the same time as backing for renewable energy has hit a record high. The survey, which is repeated every […]
Readers recommend playlist: songs about climate change
From the prescient lyrics of Jackson Browne to Michael Jackson getting angry about humans destroying the Earth, here are the tunes that made this week’s playlist Below is this week’s playlist – picked by a reader from the comments on last week’s blog. Thanks for your suggestions. Read more about the weekly format of the […]
Emma Thompson films Great British Bake Off spoof to protest fracking
Oscar winner cooks up cake-themed sortie on land leased by energy firm Cuadrilla – sparking a farmer’s retaliatory dirty protest of his own Emma Thompson has broken a court injunction – and come uncomfortably close to a manure-spreading tractor – to film a Great British Bake Off spoof on land leased for fracking. Related: Emma […]
Tracking the growth of the circular economy
A recent report released by UPS and GreenBiz titled, “The Growth of the Circular Economy”, includes a survey of circular economy knowledge among executives and thoughts leaders in a corporate context, with a strong weighting towards the USA. The goal of the research was to capture an understanding of the growth of the circular economy […]
Black lung in Queensland coalminers caused by 'perfect storm' of factors
Report blames governments and mining companies, citing regulatory failure, industry indifference, poor dust control and irregular health monitoring A “perfect storm” of regulatory failure, indifference from the mining industry, poor dust control and patchy health monitoring is responsible for the re-emergence of black lung disease among Queensland coalminers. An interim report from a Senate select […]
Second electricity connection to Tasmania under consideration
Announcing a feasibility study, PM says time has come to consider second link after challenge of breakage of existing Basslink interconnector The federal government has launched a feasibility study into a second electricity connector between Tasmania and the mainland, which Malcolm Turnbull has said is “very likely” to prove its commercial viability. Speaking in Tasmania […]