Carbon Pricing Debate: Report Indicates Economic Benefits
The debate around carbon pricing and its implementation is only likely to intensify as COP21 draws nearer. In that context, a new report released by the New Climate Economy (NCE) think-tank provides some interesting data. NCE’s report analyses existing carbon pricing schemes and suggests that far from damaging economic competitiveness, carbon pricing can actually have […]
Last US Sumatran rhino joins Indonesian reserve in effort to save species
Conservationists hope the US-born rhino will breed with female ‘hairy rhinos’ at the sanctuary and boost population of the critically endangered species A US-born Sumatran rhino ate leaves and wallowed in mud at an Indonesian sanctuary, as the US formally handed over the animal on Thursday in hopes he will have offspring and help save […]
Treasury tax plans will 'decimate' UK's community energy projects
More than 100 green groups warn that changes to tax relief on community solar and wind projects will be the ‘final nail in the coffin’ for their prospects Efforts by local communities to install their own solar panels and wind turbines will be decimated by Treasury changes to tax relief, more than 100 green energy […]
Insects should be part of a sustainable diet in future, says report
Alternative protein sources will be needed for humans and livestock to reduce land and energy use, says UK government’s waste agency Insects should become a staple of people’s diets around the world as an environmentally friendly alternative to meat, according to a report by the UK government’s waste agency. But persuading consumers to overcome “the […]
Green homes plan finally gets funding for just 10% of proposed houses
Ground-breaking Energiesprong project is massively scaled back after falling short of funds to provide eco-makeovers for 100,000 British housing association and council homes A groundbreaking project to give thousands of sub-standard homesa dramatic green makeover has finally won EU approval, but only after a massive downgrading of its ambition. The Energiesprong project had hoped to […]
Capitalism isn’t dead; it can become a force for good in society
There may be appetite for change but without a coherent alternative we must work out how to make capitalism work for us The capitalist model is under attack on all sides. Yet while there is appetite for change, not even the Occupy movement has come up with a coherent, alternative model. So can capitalism be […]
Thomas Piketty proposes flight tax to raise climate funds
French economists moot €180 levy on business class tickets to help vulnerable countries adapt to the impacts of climate change, reports Climate Home Air travel should be taxed to protect the world’s vulnerable from drought, flooding and sea level rise. Continue reading… Source: Guardian Environment
Scientists warned the President about global warming 50 years ago today | Dana Nuccitelli
On 5 November 1965 climate scientists summarized the risks associated with rising carbon pollution in a report for Lyndon Baines Johnson Fifty years ago today, as the American Association for the Advancement of Science highlighted, US president Lyndon Johnson’s science advisory committee sent him a report entitled Restoring the Quality of Our Environment. The introduction […]
Ken Saro-Wiwa memorial art bus denied entry to Nigeria
Sculpture sent as gift to mark 20th anniversary of the environmentalist’s execution seized by Lagos customs officials because of its ‘political value’ A sculpture created as a memorial to Nigerian environmentalist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other activists has been denied entry to Nigeria, where it had been sent as a gift to mark the 20th […]
Scientists attempt to breed 'super coral' to save threatened reefs
Researchers in Hawaii are using an assisted evolution experiment to grow coral that can withstand the hotter and more acidic oceans caused by global warming Scientists at a research centre on Hawaii’s Coconut Island have embarked on an experiment to grow “super coral” that they hope can withstand the hotter and more acidic oceans that […]