Baltimore Plant Set to Overcome Plastics Recycling Barriers
There’s value in the materials, nutrients and products that are currently wasted by a linear global economy, there are numerous studies that provide evidence for that. However, there are still some significant barriers to overcome if that economic opportunity is to be taken advantage of. Two of those challenges, capital investment and the ability to […]
Will Boris Johnson’s Vision for Cycling deliver what it’s promised?
The London mayor’s ambitious cycling plans have many laudable aims but their delivery must be kept under proper scrutiny When the outgoing London mayor Boris Johnson published his Vision for Cycling in 2013 it was greeted with a wave of adulation by the middle class press that has barely rolled back since. Media coverage of […]
Bill de Blasio calls on New York pension funds to divest from coal companies
Mayor says investments must ‘catch up’ with the rest of the city in its effort to battle climate change and shift toward renewable energy New York’s Mayor Bill de Blasio called on the city’s five pension funds on Tuesday to end their investments in coal companies, demonstrating his commitment to taking on climate change. The […]
Jeb Bush lays out energy plan with call to relax environmental rules
Republican candidate blames onerous regulations for holding back US from alternate drilling industries amid plummeting poll numbers The embattled Jeb Bush campaign turned to an industry his family knows well on Tuesday with a stop at a shale gas producer in Pennsylvania and the launch of an energy policy focused heavily on deregulation. Promising to […]
XPrize’s $20m carbon recycling award aims to cut fossil fuel emissions
The idea of capturing carbon emissions and turning it into something valuable has long intrigued scientists, businesses, politicians and environmentalists alike. But it’s never proven economically viable. Could the XPrize change that? Given the threat of climate change, what should the world do with its reserves of fossil fuels? Some say keep it in the […]
Carney warns of risks from climate change 'tragedy of the horizon'
Bank of England governor tells Lloyd’s insurers that ‘challenges currently posed by climate change pale in significance compared with what might come’ Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England, has warned that climate change will lead to financial crises and falling living standards unless the world’s leading countries do more to ensure that […]
Alaska divided as Shell halts Arctic drilling: heartbreaking news or a miracle?
The company’s exit has ‘lifted a burden’ on villagers who depend on marine mammal meat, says one Alaska Native, but a state representative bemoans the decision after residents ‘stood on the cusp of another boom’ Like many villagers of Barrow, Alaska, Rosemary Ahtuangaruak woke up on Monday morning and prepared to set out for another […]
BHP insists global climate deal will not harm future mining profits
World’s biggest mining company confident of doubling profits by 2030 even with the introduction of stringent emission controls The world’s biggest mining company has spent £37m a year on climate change since 2007, and is confident of doubling its profits by 2030 despite the possibility of stringent new controls on greenhouse gas emissions. BHP Billiton […]
Why Seattle is calling on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to divest
Bill and Melinda Gates could send a message to politicians and the public that it’s possible to imagine a future free of fossil fuels and signal to others to follow Seattle has found itself at a crossroads of the fight against fossil fuel extraction. Heading right through our waterfront are coal trains from Wyoming, oil […]
There may be flowing water on Mars. But is there intelligent life on Earth? | George Monbiot
While we marvel at Nasa’s discoveries, we destroy our irreplaceable natural resources – so we can buy pre-peeled bananas and smartphones for dogs Evidence for flowing water on Mars: this opens up the possibility of life, of wonders we cannot begin to imagine. Its discovery is an astonishing achievement. Meanwhile, Martian scientists continue their search […]