Global goals received with rapture in New York – now comes the hard part
Pope Francis and Shakira fuel fanfare at UN global goals summit but caution tempers euphoria as thoughts turn to funding of 2030 agenda To cheers, applause and probably a tinge of relief, the 17 global goals that will provide the blueprint for the world’s development over the next 15 years were ratified by UN member […]
New VW chief Matthias Müller: I will do all I can to win back trust – video
Matthias Müller, the new Volkswagen CEO, vows to win back customers’ trust and to make the company stronger than ever. Müller says it accepted responsibility for using a defeat device to mask illegal levels of nitrogen oxide pollution from diesel engines, and says it is crucial it never happens again Continue reading… Source: Guardian Environment
Cameron beware: when the super-rich are scorned, they take supersize revenge | Peter Bradshaw
It’s not just Lord Ashcroft’s bulldozing of the prime minister. Hedge-fund antics in the US show the wealthy take payback to a higher level What happens when very, very rich men hate each other? Why, they get revenge, of course. They long to show the world the blood of their victims dripping off their chins. […]
The pope's address to the United Nations: an annotated reading
Francis laid out the idea of the ‘rights of the environment’ in a speech that also spoke of the need to end the persecution of Christians around the world. Our Rome correspondent decodes what the pope said to the general assembly Continue reading… Source: Guardian Environment
George Osborne presses on with Hinkley power station despite criticism
The chancellor used his visit to China to secure support from Chinese investors despite reservations on the cost-effectiveness of the power plant Nuclear power returned to the top of the political agenda this week when George Osborne used his visit to China to underline the government’s determination to push through the Hinkley Point C power […]
VW scandal: staff suspended as car giant appoints new CEO
Veteran head of Porsche division Matthias Müller takes over car giant and blames ‘small group’ of staff for emissions scandal Volkswagen has blamed its emissions scandal on a “small group” of people and has suspended a number of staff as Matthias Müller was unveiled as its new chief executive. Müller, who has been promoted from […]
Volkswagen scandal – seven days that rocked the German carmaker
In just a week the VW emissions scandal has wiped a third of the carmaker’s value and become a bigger threat to the German economy than the Greek debt crisis Volkswagen is told to recall 482,000 cars in the US after it is caught deploying sophisticated software to cheat emissions tests and allow its cars […]
Ted Smith obituary
Conservationist who inspired the creation of wildlife trusts and nature reserves In the school summer holiday of 1937, the conservationist Ted Smith, who has died aged 95, cycled 14 miles from his home in rural Lincolnshire to Gibraltar Point. The sixth-former took his cheap binoculars to look for terns on this lonely stretch of sand […]
Circulate on Fridays: Cities, Clothing, Sharing (or not)
Every Friday, Circulate rounds up a collection of interesting circular economy related stories and articles. This week: clothes, cities, sharing (or not), Iggy Pop and lots more! Fast fashion is often held up as a trend undermining everyday efforts to build a circular economy. Owning fewer, but better quality clothes is one solution, but this […]
‘I was horrified’ – the council staff campaigning to divest their pensions
Local government pension funds have invested £14bn in fossil fuel companies like Shell and BP. We spoke to some of the staff pushing for ethical investment When Pete Wallis started working in Oxfordshire’s youth justice service, helping young people who have committed crimes to reconcile with their victims, he was encouraged to sign up to […]