Birds on the battlefield: Country diary 100 years ago
Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 27 April 1917 Reports of the arrival of the swallow are coming in thick and fast from all parts of the district; it is impossible to mention them in detail. A few straggled in earlier, but from the 16th onwards they have been arriving or passing in considerable […]
Winter returns to Europe with a vengeance
Farmers fear for crops after a week of frost and snow, while a persistent heatwave in India costs scores of lives After a very warm start to April, parts of Central and Eastern Europe reverted to winter mode over the Easter weekend and throughout last week as unusually cold air for this time of year […]
Giant redwoods brought to British shores on a tide of Victorian fashion
In woods across the UK, an imported American stands higher and broader than the trees that surround it A wooded ridge overlooking the Ouzel Valley in Bedfordshire has a remarkable set of trees sticking head and shoulders above the rest. Credited with being able to grow into the world’s largest living thing, they can reach […]
Do former transport ministers dream of electric buses?
Ex Lib Dem MP Norman Baker has swapped the ‘constant battle’ of working with Theresa May for running a Brighton eco-firm that’s launching a green bus route Vince Cable and Ed Davey, the former business and energy secretaries respectively, are among the Liberal Democrats who lost their seats in 2015 plotting their way back to […]
Hillary Clinton in surprise Tribeca appearance for Bigelow elephant film
Defeated presidential candidate discusses The Protectors: Walk in the Rangers Shoes, a short VR film about the fight against poaching and the ivory trade The premiere of a virtual reality short by Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow was already a high-profile event at the Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday night. And then Hillary Clinton walked onstage. […]
Trump: 100 days that shook the world – and the activists fighting back
Three months in, the future is totally unpredictable. But a dramatic fightback is under way. Four activists tell us how they are adapting to the new normal The first 100 days of President Donald Trump: how has my life changed? First of all, there was the mourning period. Not for me, but for my fellow […]
Shipping container architecture – in pictures
Designers and architects are exploring the potential of repurposed shipping containers, but critics say they are not necessarily sustainable or cost-effective Continue reading… Source: Guardian Climate Change
Canadian oil firm pulls out of national park in Peru's Amazon
Pacific abandons one million hectare concession including indigenous peoples’ territories along Brazil border A Canadian-headquartered company, Pacific Exploration and Production, has pulled out of a huge oil and gas concession overlapping a new national park in the Peruvian Amazon. The concession, Lot 135, includes approximately 40% of the Sierra del Divisor national park established in […]
March for Science puts Earth Day focus on global opposition to Trump
More than 600 marches held around the world, with organizers saying science ‘under attack’ from a White House that dismisses the threat of climate change Why March for Science? Because when it is attacked, only elites benefit Hundreds of thousands of climate researchers, oceanographers, bird watchers and other supporters of science rallied in marches around […]
Ten of the best March for Science signs – in pictures
Hundreds of thousands of climate researchers, oceanographers, bird watchers and other supporters of science rallied in marches around the world on Saturday, in an attempt to bolster scientists’ increasingly precarious status with politicians. Hundreds of thousands join March for Science rallies across the world Continue reading… Source: Guardian Climate Change