Dead bat found in bagged salad sold at Florida Walmart prompts investigation
CDC tests for rabies and regional recall follow discovery of deceased chiropteran in partially eaten packet of Fresh Express Organic Marketside Spring Mix A dead bat found inside a bagged salad sold at a Florida Walmart has prompted a regional recall and an investigation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which has […]
Climate change action is good for the economy – and Britain is the proof | Michael Howard
When John Major set up our global warming strategy, the doom-mongers said it would ruin living standards. New research shows how wrong they were Just before the Rio Earth summit 25 years ago, John Major, in whose cabinet I then served as environment secretary, made a bold prediction: reducing Britain’s carbon emissions in line with […]
New litter strategy could see fly-tippers given community service
Government will also instruct councils to end charging at tips, and issue on-the-spot fines for motorists caught throwing rubbish Fly-tippers could be forced to pick up litter as part of community service, the environment secretary, Andrea Leadsom, has said. The government will also instruct councils to end the “unfair” practice of charging people to use […]
21st-century fox: how nature's favourite outsider seduced the suburbs
Not so long ago, they were the pests that made a mess on the lawn. But now they have crept into our homes – their images on mugs, cushions and tea towels – into TV adverts, fashion and literature British cities are full of foxes. Within a mile of my home in east London, there […]
'See you in court': activists ready for Trump to relax smog and drilling rules
With the Trump administration poised to roll back rules on smog and drilling off Alaska and the east coast, environmental campaigners are ready for legal action Environmental campaigners promised on Saturday to wage fierce and protracted legal battles against “outrageous and wrong-headed” Trump administration moves to open Atlantic and Arctic waters for drilling and loosen […]
Now the swallows are here, the year throws off its cloak | Alex Preston
The arrival of the first swallows is cause for celebration, but we should also think of others making the perilous journey to reach us Last Wednesday, early evening, the Kent-Sussex border north of Rye. I was driving home under an immoderate sky, the hawthorn around me frothy with blossom, when I saw them. Coming up […]
Saved: the endangered species back from the brink of extinction
Human activity has put wildlife around the world at risk, but many creatures are now thriving thanks to conservationists The saiga antelope makes a strange pin-up for the conservation world. With its odd bulbous nose and spindly legs, it is an unlovely looking creature – particularly when compared with wildlife favourites such as the polar […]
Top Bolivian NGO facing eviction – given just days to move archive
Director of CEDIB in Cochabamba says they’re being punished for criticising natural resource exploitation and other government policies One of Bolivia’s leading social and environmental organisations has been plunged into crisis after being told it must clear out of its current premises storing millions of records and tens of thousands of books and other publications. […]
North Sea oil is in its death throes. But the industry has one last grand act left | Ian Jack
Hundreds of oil rigs will be decommissioned over the coming years, at enormous cost to taxpayers. Why not use British workers and expertise to do it? To witness the beginning or end of a great industry or a way of living isn’t unusual. Each generation has its list of comings and goings – great grandfathers […]
Hotel Armadillo review – Attenborough checks in to an amazing animal AirBnB
David Attenborough narrates a fascinating detective story about the hunt for the rare armour-plated kittens who hold the key to Brazil’s fragile ecosystem Conservationist Arnaud Desbiez worked in the Brazilian Pantanal for eight years before he set eyes on a giant armadillo. On one level this is surprising: a giant armadillo is about the size […]