Canada's Trudeau committed to climate protection and ending Isis combat – video
The prime minister-designate, Justin Trudeau, says he spoke with the US president, Barack Obama, on Tuesday and confirmed his election commitment to withdraw Canadian fighter jets from the coalition campaign against Isis. Trudeau also says he will be making a break from the environmental policies of his predecessor, Stephen Harper Photograph: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Continue reading… […]
Corbyn has 'cordial' exchange with Xi over China's rights record
Labour party leader raises issue of steel imports as well as human rights record in meeting with Chinese president The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has raised China’s human rights record and the impact of its imports on the UK steel industry at a meeting at Buckingham Palace with President Xi Jinping, which the party described […]
Solar power in crisis: 'My panels generate enough power for two loads of washing'
Endless energy from the sun looked like a long-term solution for running our homes. But now the state has pulled the plug on the subsidies that made panels affordable for many. What happens now? Sit back, relax, and read this story with an untroubled conscience: it has been created on a laptop and mobile phone […]
Coastal construction: how Britain's shoreline changed in 50 years
Built-up areas around the UK coast have increased by more than 40%, but conservationists have saved the ‘most pristine’ areas, Patrick Barkham reports Continue reading… Source: Guardian Environment
Here comes Elaine again – why the naming of storms is a washout | Natalie Haynes
We’ve managed perfectly well for centuries calling it ‘that bloody rain’. But now weather forecasters want to start personifying the weather The naming of storms is a difficult matter, as TS Eliot might have said, if he hadn’t been so distracted by cats. Only last year scientists discovered that Americans failed to take storms seriously […]
Energy minister 'open-minded' about UK solar subsidy cuts
Andrea Leadsom tells a committee of MPs that she remains open to the findings of a consultation into proposed cuts to renewable energy subsidies Energy minister Andrea Leadsom has told MPs she remains “open-minded” about plans to slash subsidies for solar power in order to protect consumer bills, but told MPs on Tuesday that “very […]
Fukushima nuclear disaster: first worker diagnosed with cancer linked to cleanup
Diagnosis of man who worked on reactor buildings damaged in 2011 tsunami could hamper efforts to encourage people to return to the area A 41-year old man has become the first worker at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to be diagnosed with cancer that officials recognise as being linked to his work there after […]
Europe's greenhouse gas emissions fall to record low
Member states report a 23% drop since 1990, but the pace is slowing and several countries have missed renewable and energy efficiency targets Greenhouse gas emissions in Europe have plunged to the lowest level ever recorded after the EU’s member states reported an estimated 23% drop in emissions between 1990 and 2014. The bloc has […]
Activist stunts make good headlines, but no long-term difference
If we want to avoid an endless cycle of protest and corporate resistance, then campaigners need to aim for long-term collaboration with their foes The protest movement is failing: it’s fighting the same old battles Imagine the scene: the chairman of Shell UK, Erik Bonino, sitting alongside Lee-Anne Barraclough, Shell’s VP of communications, over a […]
Two-thirds of Germans still trust Volkswagen after emissions scandal
Polls shows 65% of respondents think the scandal has been exaggerated, and 63% expect it to be forgotten in a year Two-thirds of Germans say they still trust Volkswagen despite the emissions rigging scandal that has engulfed the carmaker, according to a survey. Sixty-five percent of respondents in a poll conducted earlier this month thought […]