Blessed morning on the moor
Blacka Moor, Derbyshire You wake to a clear sky and the air filtering through the open bedroom window is sharp and fresh Late summer is flat in north Derbyshire; the light is harsh and the moors a drab monochrome. The air is heavy; lay your hand on a slab of gritstone and it comes away […]
Barnaby Joyce says business case for big new coalmines 'no longer stacks up'
With coal at $60 a tonne and upfront costs of $1.3bn, Shenhua may as well buy a secondhand mine in the Hunter Valley, says minister in a swipe at huge projects Barnaby Joyce says the business case for big new coalmines “no longer stacks up” given the low price and slowing global demand for the […]
Vivienne Westwood takes the fracking debate to Cameron – in pictures
Fashion designer and political activist Vivienne Westwood drove a tank to David Cameron’s home to demonstrate against the government’s pro-fracking policy Continue reading… Source: Guardian Environment
Chemistry's green revolution – video
At a Guardian green chemistry conference held in New York in September, academics and nonprofit leaders agreed that chemists of the future will need to innovate to ensure the future of chemistry is a green one In the future, the best chemistry practices will be green Continue reading… Source: Guardian Environment
Lake District forests hit by ash dieback disease
Sites affected by Hymenoscyphus fraxineus fungus include areas of woodland near Ambleside and Keswick, with disease already widespread across Europe Trees at four different sites in the Lake District have been found infected with ash dieback disease, according to the Forestry Commission. The sites include areas of woodland near Ambleside and Keswick. It is not […]
Burning all fossil fuels will melt entire Antarctic ice-sheet, study shows
Oceans would rise by over 50m sinking land inhabited by a billion people and changing the face of planet Earth, say scientists Burning all the world’s coal, oil and gas would melt the entire Antarctic ice-sheet and cause the oceans to rise by over 50m, a transformation unprecedented in human history. The conclusion of a […]
Pacific leaders respond to Australian minister's sea levels remarks
Tony de Brum, Marshall Islands foreign minister, joins others in expressing offence at comments by Peter Dutton, caught on microphone in Canberra Pacific leaders have hit out at the insensitivity of an Australian minister’s apparent joke at the expense of low-lying nations struggling against rising sea levels. Immigration minister, Peter Dutton, was caught on a […]
Chris Packham: ‘It has a psychopathic element, taking pleasure from killing’
The Countryside Alliance says he is an extremist and wants the BBC to fire him. But the conservationist insists he is on farmers’ side, and unafraid to go on opposing foxhunting and badger culling Related: Countryside Alliance urges BBC to sack Chris Packham in conservation row Even though it started over a hen harrier – […]
No water to shower, cook or clean: life in California's drought valley
Bucket showers, no flushing toilets and daily trips to collect bottled water are the reality for many people in East Porterville, after years of dought, reports Mother Jones Glance at a lawn in East Porterville, California, and you’ll instantly know something about the people who live in the house adjacent to it. If a lawn […]
Vivienne Westwood drives tank to Cameron's home in fracking protest
Designer drives military vehicle through Witney to Chadlington, Oxfordshire, to carry out fake ‘chemical attack’ Used to sticking two fingers up at the establishment, Vivienne Westwood has driven a tank to David Cameron’s constituency home in a protest against fracking. Related: UK backing bid by fossil fuel firms to kill new EU fracking controls, letters […]