March against madness – denial has pushed scientists out into the streets | Dana Nuccitelli
America’s leaders are playing Russian roulette with our future This past weekend, hundreds of thousands of people in the US and around the world marched in support of science. Next weekend, the People’s Climate March will follow. Redglass Pictures and StarTalk Radio created a short film in which the brilliant scientist and communicator Neil deGrasse […]
How Finland is approaching the circular economy
A national circular economy roadmap was published last year by parts of the Finnish government and Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra last year, showcasing a new direction for a country best known for surprisingly having one of the world’s leading education systems. According to Sitra estimates, the circular economy could generate two to three billon euros in […]
Conservationists call for moratorium on logging to save endangered Leadbeater’s possum
Victorian government asked to ‘completely prohibit logging’ on more than 100,000 hectares of the state’s mountain ash forest Conservationists have called for a moratorium on logging more than 100,000 hectares of Victoria’s remaining native forest estate to protect the critically endangered Leadbeater’s possum. Environmental Justice Australia, acting on behalf of volunteer organisation Friends of the […]
Adani coalmine at heightened risk of becoming a stranded asset, report says
Carmichael project likely to be ‘cash flow negative’ for most of its operating life, according to Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis The risk of the controversial Adani Carmichael coalmine becoming a stranded asset has increased in the last 12 months, according to a new report. The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis […]
2017 Goldman environmental prize recipients – in pictures
The Goldman environmental prize honours the achievements of grassroots activists in six continents, recognising their sustained efforts to protect natural habitats often at great personal risk Continue reading… Source: Guardian Climate Change
Black entrepreneurs are the driving force behind urban farming in Boston | Letters
Mel King, Glynn Lloyd and Klare Shaw are among those who should be credited, writes Dave Madan, founding board member of the Urban Farming Institute Boston is more than our complicated history with racism, but your article on urban farming (Is Boston the next urban farming paradise?, 16 April) unintentionally perpetuates the image of a […]
Government accused of bullying judges over bid to delay clean air plan
Labour and Greens say government has failed to tackle air pollution crisis and is cajoling judges to let them miss deadline to comply with election purdah rules Continue reading… Source: Guardian Climate Change
What should we do with our rubbish-strewn roadside verges? Treasure them | Patrick Barkham
Major road embankments are a refuge for more than 800 species of flora. We should care for them with that in mind In a ditch by a burger van on the A142 near Ely, Cambridgeshire, lives one of our rarest plants. It is the last natural home of fen ragwort, which shows its yellow flowers […]
This spring, fight for our precious planet and join the climate march | Eve Ensler
The same forces that are crushing women are destroying the planet. They must be defeated, and the march is an important next step in that battle It doesn’t matter how many winters I endure, I am never less astounded by the arrival of spring. Suddenly, green shoots and the hint of daffodil yellow start breaking […]
UK's rarest plants are at risk of extinction, charity warns
Campaign group Plantlife unveils list of top 10 endangered species and calls for better management of road verges that have become habitats of Britain’s flora Some of the UK’s rarest plants are at risk of extinction unless action is taken to look after the road verges that have become their final refuge, a charity has […]