Government to pick single site to store Australia’s nuclear waste within a year
Shortlist includes three sites in South Australia and one each in Queensland, NSW and Northern Territory, but plan will only proceed with public support The Turnbull government has set itself a one-year deadline to lock in a single site to store Australia’s nuclear waste, after revealing a shortlist of six locations and promising it will […]
BHP shares plunge again as Brazil gives $66m initial fine over mine disaster
President Dilma Rousseff announced the penalties for co-owners BHP and Vale, after last week’s dam burst coated two states in mud and waste Shares in mining giant BHP Billiton have fallen to new 10-year lows after Brazil imposed an initial fines of 250m reais ($66.2m) on its co-owned operation where two dams burst, killing at […]
List of six potential sites for storing Australia's nuclear waste released
Federal government nominates three sites in South Australia and one each in NSW, Queensland and the Northern Territory The federal government has released a shortlist of six sites in the running to become Australia’s first permanent nuclear waste dump for low-level and intermediate waste. The sites were chosen from 28 voluntarily nominated sites around Australia. […]
Turning up the heat on Amber Rudd over renewable energy | Letters
Amber Rudd admits the UK doesn’t have the right policies to meet the UK’s renewable energy targets (Rudd criticised after leak reveals renewables failure, 10 November), but she is clutching at straws to try to transfer the burden on to transport and renewable heat, while sacrificing a popular grassroots movement that could bring about a […]
How a Helmut became a cap | Letters
The death penalty was abolished 50 years ago this week on 9 November 1965. The murder of Becky Watts was a distressing and disturbing event (Report, 12 November), but it is not a reason to bring back hanging. As Roy Jenkins, central to the campaign for abolition, would no doubt have noted, not taking a […]
Boss of Adani's Australian arm linked to mining pollution in Zambia
Jeyakumar Janakaraj, who would head the controversial Carmichael mine project, allegedly worked at a copper mine that leaked toxic water into a river The chief executive of the Australian arm of Adani has been linked to a mining pollution case in Africa, prompting renewed questions about the Indian company’s suitability to run this country’s largest […]
Collapsing Greenland glacier could raise sea levels by half a metre, say scientists
Huge Zachariae Isstrom glacier has begun to break up, starting a rapid retreat that could continue to raise sea levels for decades to come A major glacier in Greenland that holds enough water to raise global sea levels by half a metre has begun to crumble into the North Atlantic Ocean, scientists say. The huge […]
Valérie Belin wins Prix Pictet for showing how consumers are 'slowly killing the planet'
The French photographer’s project Still Life took memento mori of cheap, plastic goods (from Slinkys to soldier dolls) to expose grotesque excess French photographer Valérie Belin, who lives and works in Paris, has won the Prix Pictet. The SFr100,000 award – presented at a ceremony in her home city – showcases “leading photographers’ contributions to […]
Hillary Clinton proposes $30bn lifeline for hard-hit coal communities
Infrastructure and education in poor mining regions among targets of funding, as well as repurposing of lands and power plant sites for other industries Hillary Clinton on Thursday unveiled a $30bn plan to help America’s coal communities adjust to a climate agenda increasingly driven by renewable energy sources. After setting ambitious goals to combat climate […]
Mick Carroll obituary
Our friend and colleague Mick Carroll, who has died of cancer aged 68, was a conservationist who worked tirelessly, often at the expense of his health, to protect birds of prey from the depredations of the game shooting industry. Mick founded the South Ryedale and East Yorkshire Raptor Group, dedicated to monitoring and protecting birds […]