These New Orleans musicians have the climate change blues – video
New Orleans musicians Tom Henehan and David S Lewis talk – and sing – about hurricane Katrina and the way it changed their city. Look out for special guest Barack Obama and his motorcade Listen to the full track, Climate Change Blues Check out more climate change comedy from the Guardian and the Upright Citizens […]
Pope Francis asserts 'right of the environment' in speech to UN
Pontiff declares to United Nations general assembly that the environment should enjoy the same rights and protections as humanity Pope Francis asserted that the environment – as well as humanity – has rights, in a dramatic rethinking of the relationship between people and the Earth at the United Nations on Friday. Related: Pope Francis in […]
Volkswagen scandal Q&A: What you need to know about diesel
Rigged tests mean diesel pollution levels are higher than thought. But is diesel that bad? And how will it affect you? The carmaker Volkswagen has been forced to admit that it falsified emissions tests run on its vehicle engines. It did so by employing special technology that only turned on during test conditions, and which […]
EU clamps down on grey squirrels and other invasive wildlife
EU embargo on trade, possession and transport of 37 invasive species filed at the WTO, but conservationists say species omitted for commercial reasons pose a major threat to biodiversity Anyone caught exporting or possessing invasive species such as grey squirrels, ruddy ducks and water hyacinth in the EU will soon face heavy fines and confiscations, […]
Carbon capture project under threat as Drax pulls out
Key shareholder blames cuts in renewable energy subsidies for decision to abandon White Rose CCS An ambitious plan to build a £1bn prototype plant to capture carbon from a coal-fired power station in North Yorkshire is under threat after a key shareholder pulled out. Drax, owner of the country’s biggest single power station, blamed cuts […]
George Monbiot is wrong to suggest small farms are best for humans and nature
Monbiot has criticised ecomodernism for endorsing agricultural modernisation, but this is the way to feed a growing urban population and free up land for rewilding Yesterday we launched in London what we hope will be a new direction for the environmental movement, one which takes green thinking in a more progressive and pragmatic direction. We […]
WWF: World's richest reef system could soon succumb to climate change
Scientists are predicting the demise of most of the world’s coral reefs by as early as 2050. The Coral Triangle is the richest of them all and could be the first to go. The publication last week of the Worldwide Fund for Nature’s (WWF) Living Blue Planet report painted a bleak picture of the state […]
Melbourne and Sydney join Compact of Mayors coalition on climate change
Australia’s two largest urban areas are among 10 new cities added to the UN initiative launched by Michael Bloomberg, former mayor of New York, in 2014 Melbourne and Sydney have joined an international coalition of cities that have committed to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and advocate for action on climate change. Related: Byron Bay […]
Anti-radicalisation kit never meant for use in schools, says key author
Gary Bouma, who is quoted extensively in the booklet, has distanced himself, saying the Attorney General’s Department published it ‘out of the blue’ One of the experts quoted in the government’s anti-radicalisation awareness kit has distanced himself from the report, arguing it was never meant to be used in schools and that people need to […]
China to launch national cap-and-trade plan in 2017, US announces
White House officials announce deal, which will make China the world’s biggest carbon market, on eve of summit between Barack Obama and Xi Jinping China, the world’s biggest carbon polluter, will launch a national cap-and-trade scheme in 2017, the White House said on Thursday. Related: ‘Big Daddy Xi’ attempts to charm US but tough crowds […]