Blackadder creator checks with UN over portraying them as animals in advert
Richard Curtis’ ad for Global Goals for Sustainable Development to debut in cinemas on Saturday in more than 30 countries aiming to reach 7 billion people Film director Richard Curtis had to phone the UN to make sure they didn’t mind being portrayed as animals in a new cinema ad to promote global development goals. […]
Renewable energy outstrips coal for first time in UK electricity mix
Wind, solar and bioenergy surge to supply a record 25% of the country’s electricity for a whole quarter Renewable energy has for the first time surpassed coal in supplying the UK’s electricity for a whole quarter, according to government statistics released on Thursday. The revelation of the surge in wind, solar and bioenergy to a […]
Global Goals for Sustainable Development advert – video
Film director Richard Curtis has created a cinema ad teaser to promote global development which is set to debut on Saturday in more than 30 countries and aims to reach 7 billion people in seven days Continue reading… Source: Guardian Environment
Turning Waste Cotton Into A New Fibre
A group of Finnish organisations have launched a project to experiment with a new cellulose dissolution technique that transforms old disused cotton clothing into brand new fibres that can be utilised freshly in the textile industry. There is plenty of optimism surrounding this project. The cellulose “wet-spinning” is expected to begin in a plant in […]
Hillary Clinton unveils her plan to make US 'clean energy superpower'
Presidential hopeful builds on Keystone pipeline stance to outline agenda to create climate change compact with Canada and Mexico and incentivize clean energy A day after announcing her opposition to the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, Hillary Clinton unveiled a more comprehensive agenda for the US energy infrastructure that seeks to transform the US into “the […]
Superpod of leaping dolphins delights sightseers in Costa Rica – video
Stunned sightseers off the coast of Costa Rica find their small boat surrounded by a ‘superpod’ of dolphins, racing alongside and leaping into the air. Orlando Marin, who posted his footage to Facebook, says they numbered in the thousands. Such a large gathering can be the result of abundant food in the area, or can […]
Abbott considered investigation into 'exaggerated' Bureau of Meteorology temperature data
Documents show former PM was briefed on setting up a taskforce into whether the Bureau of Meteorology exaggerated records – as claimed in the Australian Tony Abbott considered asking a taskforce to investigate whether the Bureau of Meteorology was exaggerating temperature data records following the publication of such claims in the Australian newspaper, newly released […]
Brazil threatens to withhold licence for Belo Monte dam over mitigation worries
Without an operating licence the hydroelectric plant will stand unused but projects to limit the impact on the local community remain incomplete Brazil’s controversial Belo Monte hydroelectric plant is facing another setback after the country’s environmental protection agency, Ibama, threatened to withhold an operating licence until the consortium which built the dam completes mitigation projects […]
Plantwatch: Mushroom madness – fungi finale?
Harmful foraging? So long as there’s cash in harvesting wild fungi they face being stripped away, so they need protecting Plenty of rain has brought out lots of mushrooms, including giant puffballs, psychedelic red and white fly agaric, field mushrooms and many more. One of the most prized edible fungi is the penny bun or […]
Environmental activist David Suzuki on Tony Abbott, solar panels and his book
The Canadian environmental activist, who is in Australia next March for WOMADelaide’s Planet Talks series, speaks to Oliver Milman Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki, who was the subject of a solo Q&A broadcast in 2013, is back in Australia in March to take part in WOMADelaide’s Planet Talks series. Suzuki, a vocal advocate for action on […]