Major corporations taking climate change threat more seriously – survey
Survey of 440 sustainability workers around the world finds companies are taking steps to reduce their carbon footprints More companies are making climate change one of their top sustainability priorities, according to a survey released this week by nonprofit Business for Social Responsibility, which counts big brands like consumer goods giant Unilever and food and […]
Carmakers urge EU to delay new emissions limits by a year
Head of Acea manufacturers’ group calls plan to cap nitrogen oxide emissions for new cars by September 2018 unrealistic in letter seen by the Guardian European carmakers have lobbied behind the scenes in Brussels for a one-year delay to the introduction of planned EU limits on nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions, despite public uproar at the […]
South American bird rhea found in front garden in Hampshire
Police, fire crews and a specialist animal management team rescue the bird but are clueless as to how it ended up in North Boarhunt A rhea has been rescued by police, fire crews and a specialist animal management team after a householder in Hampshire found the large bird in his garden. Police were called at […]
Green news roundup: Arctic oil, diesel emissions and Samsung TVs
The week’s top environment news stories and green events. If you are not already receiving this roundup, sign up here to get the briefing delivered to your inbox Continue reading… Source: Guardian Environment
The Times did not misrepresent Arctic expert in assassination story, IPSO rules
Newspaper did not breach press code in report about Prof Peter Wadhams’s claims that British Arctic scientists had been assassinated, regulator says The Times did not misrepresent one of the world’s leading Arctic experts in a report on his claim that three British scientists investigating ice thickness may have been assassinated two years ago, the […]
VW drivers in UK to escape higher emissions tax, government vows
Transport secretary calms fears that owners of cars caught cheating emissions tests might be forced to pay higher vehicle excise duty linked to pollution Volkswagen drivers in Britain whose vehicle was fitted with a device to cheat emissions tests will not have to pay higher taxes to reflect the extra pollution their car causes, the […]
Signs of drought in Los Angeles
When more water is being found on Mars than in California, you know the drought is bad. Comedian Jason Saenz created and posted his own signs about the drought around Los Angeles Continue reading… Source: Guardian Environment
India's pledge clears a significant hurdle towards a climate deal in Paris
India’s announcement means all the world’s biggest economies are now publicly in favour of a deal, but there are still challenges ahead With India’s plan for curbing carbon emissions now in, most of the major developing economies have responded to the UN’s requests for the commitments on climate change that will form the keystone of […]
Lack of electricity locks people in poverty – low-carbon energy is the key | Mafalda Duarte
Funding geothermal and solar energy projects can help to provide clean, reliable, renewable power to people, boosting green growth and reducing poverty Steam billows from an energy plant in a stretch of Kenya’s Great Rift Valley, about 180km north of the capital, Nairobi. But the white clouds rising from the tidy grid of pipes aren’t […]
Zoology Notes 008: the shark that eats its siblings, in utero
A female sand tiger shark will begin a pregnancy carrying multiple embryos. Only two – at most – ever emerge It makes for gruesome but fascinating reading. In 1983, marine biologists published an in-depth study of the embryonic development of the sand tiger shark, (Carcharias taurus), also known as the grey nurse shark. The paper […]