Wildlife TV shows don't help conservation, says Autumnwatch presenter
Martin Hughes-Games, of the BBC’s Spring, Autumn and Winterwatch, says series presents ‘a utopian world that bears no resemblance to the reality’ Wildlife programmes have totally failed to have an impact on conservation, the presenter of some of the UK’s most popular natural history shows has said. Martin Hughes-Games, presenter of the BBC’s Springwatch, Autumnwatch […]
Essar Oil fined £500k for Cheshire pollution
Firm pleads guilty to two separate incidents, including five tonnes of oil entering the Manchester ship canal, reports the Ends Report An oil company has been fined nearly half a million pounds for two pollution incidents in Cheshire. Essar Oil (UK) Ltd, which is headquartered in India and operates Stanlow oil refinery in Ellesmere Port, […]
Indiegogo criticised for helping climate deniers crowdfund money
Site rejects calls to take down Heartland Institute campaign raising funds to host a rival conference alongside the Paris climate summit in December Crowdfunding site Indiegogo has been criticised for carrying a campaign raising money for the Heartland Institute, a thinktank that casts doubt on climate science, to run a rival conference alongside a landmark […]
Rise of the smart farm: get ready for satellite-controlled cows
From tracking cows and Peruvian asparagus to monitoring harmful algae blooms, satellites offer the food industry valuable information The first successful weather satellite, TIROS-1, was launched in 1960. The images, though a bit blurry, picked up a typhoon 1,000 miles east of Australia. This satellite only lasted 78 days in orbit but it showed the […]
Macedonia dam faces the axe over risk of Balkan lynx extinction
Controversial €100m hydropower project likely to lose funding after Bern Convention warns of ‘decisive negative impact’ on the critically endangered lynx A controversial €100m (£71m) dam project in a Macedonian national park is expected to be scrapped after independent experts called for a halt to all funding and construction work because of risks to critically […]
The scary truth behind the climate change conspiracy – video
Could those who theorize that climate change is a conspiracy actually have it right? The Guardian teamed up with CollegeHumor to bring you the real and frightening truth behind the conspiracy led by Al Gore, and its plans to use climate change fears to gain profit, power and world domination. Happy Halloween! Continue reading… Source: […]
Circulate on Fridays: Meet Zeoform, 3D Printing Ecosystems and More…
Every Friday, Circulate rounds up a collection of interesting circular economy related stories and articles. This Friday, check out Zeoform, a new replacement for plastics, an article on 3D printing ecosystems and much more… In TechCrunch this week, Andreas Bastian argues that 3D printing innovation is being held back by the limitation of thinking about […]
New Study Presents Bioplastics Opportunity In UK
The Bio-based and Biodegradable Industries Association has suggested that the UK needs to develop a legislative framework that enables the growth of a UK-based bioplastics sector. A study carried out by the Centre for Economics & Business Research (CEBR) recently found that a domestic bioplastics sector could bring significant benefits to the UK, including 35,000 […]
£1.5bn Galloper windfarm in Suffolk to go ahead with new backers
RWE Innogy announces support of Siemens Financial Services, Macquarie Capital and UK’s Green Investment Bank Construction of a £1.5bn windfarm off the Suffolk coast is to go ahead in November with the creation of nearly 800 jobs, after three new partners were found to back the project. The future of the Galloper windfarm was left […]
Water too warm for cod in US Gulf of Maine as stocks near collapse
Waters in the north-west Atlantic have warmed 99% faster than the rest of the world’s oceans in the past decade due to changes in the Gulf Stream and Pacific A rapid warming of the Gulf of Maine off the eastern United States has made the water too warm for cod, pushing stocks towards collapse despite […]