Don’t miss out on free energy-efficiency measures
Some households are eligible for grants and free insulation – or even new boilers Thousands of householders – particularly those on low incomes – are missing out on free energy efficiency measures, including new boilers, because they may not be aware that help is available. Since 2013, energy firms have been ordered by the government […]
Halcyon mood shattered by a single shot
Poppit Sands, Pembrokeshire Greenland whitefronts come from the cold north to overwinter here, and run the gauntlet of “sportsmen”, their blued barrels loaded with deadly ejaculate Along the dune-path, sloes and haws hung from thorn thickets, late flowers grew in profusion: bladder campion, herb robert, guelder rose, colonies of evening primrose, michaelmas daisies, clotted blooms […]
Walking in a Welsh rainforest
You don’t have to go to Brazil to trek through a rainforest – Snowdonia has its very own wet woodland just waiting to be explored Does the phrase “save the rainforest” conjure up visions of: a) Brazil, b) Borneo, or c) north Wales? You may not know it but Britain is home to 70,000 hectares […]
Dozens missing in BHP-Vale mine disaster in Brazil as rescue continues
Rescuers continue search for survivors after flooding from two collapsed dams used by mines owned by BHP Billiton and Vale swept through six villages Rescue teams searched through mud and debris on Friday for dozens of people missing after a pair of dams collapsed at a Brazilian mine owned by two of the world’s biggest […]
Climate summit held by business and green groups to end six-year policy war
Exclusive: mirroring the Turnbull government’s tax debate with all options ‘on the table’, six different climate policies are canvassed at closed-door summit Leaders from business, welfare, the conservation movement, the electricity sector and the union movement have moved to try to fill Australia’s climate policy vacuum by starting a new slogan-free debate to help political […]
The Keystone XL pipeline defeat is one goal in a game, and we're way behind | Bill McKibben
We’ve shown that people aren’t going to just give up and go away when the government ignores climate change, if we can show them how to have an effect In the first two weeks of the Keystone fight, we couldn’t get any press to pay attention to our work to defeat the environmental disaster we […]
SeaWorld fights to restore its image as shares sink in the wake of Blackfish
Documentary has made opposition to orca practices ‘the mainstream view’, says expert as company grapples with $10m blow to profits Sina Schmocker asks for a minute to think before responding. “I have really enjoyed seeing the whales and the other animals,” she said. “But I am really shocked by how little space they have. “I […]
Public art projects that double as renewable energy sources
Two Pittsburgh artists are encouraging cities around the world to install public art structures designed to generate power while educating viewers about renewable energy What happens when renewable energy meets public art? The Land Art Generator Initiative, or Lagi, founded by Pittsburgh-based artists Elizabeth Monoian and Robert Ferry, is trying to find the answer with […]
VW says it will cover extra CO2 and fuel usage taxes paid by EU drivers
Chief executive Matthias Müller asks ministers to charge carmaker for taxes incurred after admitting understatement affecting 800,000 vehicles Volkswagen has said it will foot the bill for extra taxes incurred by drivers after it admitted understating the carbon dioxide emissions of about 800,000 cars in Europe. In a letter to European Union finance ministers on […]
Obama rejects Keystone XL pipeline and hails US as leader on climate change
President ends years of political drama and hands environmentalists a big victory with decision to turn down proposal to build 1,700-mile pipeline through US Barack Obama ended seven years of high-wire political drama to reject the Keystone XL pipeline on Friday, saying the decision reflected America’s determination to be a global leader in the fight […]