Extreme weather is hurting Australian farmers – it's time to demand action
Heat, drought and floods are affecting Australia’s food security but shoppers can support farmers by learning about the origins of their groceries It’s easy to switch off during the weekly grocery shop. Everything we need is conveniently at our fingertips, so why bother thinking about where it comes from? If we pick up a banana […]
Republicans fail to repeal methane regulations for drilling on public lands
Vote on Obama-era rule to reduce emissions from oil and gas drilling on federal land fails 51-49 as three Republican senators defect A Republican move to undo limits on the emission of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, has suffered an unexpected defeat in the Senate. A bill to repeal a Department of Interior rule that […]
Bandits kill park ranger in Democratic Republic of the Congo
An armed group ambushed a convoy of rangers from the Itombwe reserve fatally injuring one and holding two others ransom, including a French national A park ranger was killed and two conservation workers were briefly abducted when bandits ambushed a convoy of rangers from the Itombwe reserve in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Anselme […]
SNP accused of twisting Andrea Leadsom's fishing industry remarks
Nicola Sturgeon’s party criticised by Tories and industry leaders over leaked excerpts of letter about integrating EU fisheries law A battle has broken out over the future of Britain’s fishing industry after the Scottish National party was accused of twisting the words of the environment secretary, Andrea Leadsom. The Conservatives and industry leaders said the […]
Indian solar power prices hit record low, undercutting fossil fuels
Plummeting wholesale prices put the country on track to meet renewable energy targets set out in the Paris agreement Wholesale solar power prices have reached another record low in India, faster than analysts predicted and further undercutting the price of fossil fuel-generated power in the country. The tumbling price of solar energy also increases the […]
Thousands of lizards delay controversial Stuttgart 21 rail project
Deutsche Bahn budgets €15m to relocate threatened sand and wall lizards as costs continue to grow in major station upgrade A multibillion-euro railway development project in southern Germany, which has already been waylaid by spiralling costs and rows over environmental concerns and viability, is facing its latest challenge – two threatened species of lizard. Thousands […]
Biofuels: could agave, hemp and saltbush be the fuels of the future?
Oilier plants, new processing technologies and multipurpose crops could put the biofuel industry back in the race for greener transport fuels Biofuels have long been touted as a carbon-neutral alternative to fossil fuels, doing for the world’s planes, ships and automobiles what windfarms and solar panels are doing for its electricity grids. With the transport […]
Man in hospital after Northern Territory crocodile attack
Saltwater crocodile attacked the 54-year-old as he tried to wade across a flooded causeway in the Daly river region A 54-year-old man is recovering in hospital after being attacked by a saltwater crocodile in the Northern Territory. The man was wading across a waterway near Palumpa, a Daly river region community about 370km south-west of […]
Trump Tower rally demands divestment ahead of decision on Paris climate deal
Environmental activists seek to use Trump’s cabinet of fossil fuel millionaires to pressure New York City pension funds to divest Environmental activists held a rally inside Trump Tower in New York City on Tuesday, ahead of an expected decision from the president on whether to leave the Paris climate change agreement. About 90 people gathered […]
Fatal consequences of a lack of regulation | Letters
Pollution and climate change are election issues, write Professor Steve Tombs and Geoff Naylor The government attributes 40-50,000 premature deaths each year to the effects of airborne pollution; there are some 1 million cases of foodborne illness, which result in 20,000 hospital admissions and 500 deaths a year; and up to 50,000 people die each […]