While governments dither, companies step up with environmental targets
Businesses and cities are taking up the slack left by government policy, aligning environmental goals with climate science Each year, Investa Office Management releases its corporate sustainability report. In 2016, it announced that electricity use was down by 43% since 2004, gas use had fallen 38% over the same time, and water use had also […]
Great Barrier Reef bleached for unprecedented second year running
Reef authority says findings of aerial surveys show enough to confirm another mass coral bleaching event, after last year’s dramatic death rate A mass bleaching event is taking its toll on the Great Barrier Reef for an unprecedented second year in a row, a Queensland government agency has confirmed. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park […]
Head of EPA denies carbon dioxide causes global warming – video
Scott Pruitt, the new head of the US Environmental Protection Agency, gave an interview on CNBC on Thursday during which he denied carbon dioxide was a primary contributor to global warming. Pruitt also said that there is ‘tremendous disagreement’ over the extent to which human activity such as CO2 emissions are affecting the earth, despite […]
EPA head Scott Pruitt denies that carbon dioxide causes global warming
Trump adviser shocks scientists and environmental advocates with statement that negates EPA policy and ‘overwhelmingly clear’ evidence on climate change Scott Pruitt, Donald Trump’s head of the US Environmental Protection Agency, has dismissed a basic scientific understanding of climate change by denying that carbon dioxide emissions are a primary cause of global warming. Pruitt said […]
Use buggy covers to combat air pollution danger, parents warned
Parents should protect their infants by using covers on prams during the school run, particularly in the morning, according to experts Parents should use covers on their prams during the school run to protect their infants from air pollution, experts have warned. Scientists tested the pollution levels inside prams to assess the exposure of infants […]
Why large scale indoor farms will be crucial to feed our fast growing cities
Technological innovations are enabling a new way of producing food transforming indoor environments into places where fruits and vegetables can be grown without soil, close to the city, with an extremely short supply chain, fully independent of weather fluctuations, while reducing demand on water and chemicals. One of the pioneers of the approach, New Jersey […]
Warnings over children's health as recycled e-waste comes back as plastic toys
A trend towards using plastic parts in electrical and electronic goods is causing a headache for the recycling industry Flame retardants used in plastics in a wide range of electronic products is putting the health of children exposed to them at risk, according to a new report (pdf). Brominated flame-retarding chemicals have been associated with […]
Too close for comfort: campaign aims to give cyclists safe space
Cycling UK is raising funds to replicate nationwide a West Midlands police initiative that teaches drivers how to overtake cyclists safely More than 2 million Britons cycle every day, and about 6.6 million ride at least once a month. For most of these people, the cycling infrastructure will be poor and they will be on […]
Drone fly stirs for the first feed of spring
The insect’s abdomen pulsed – with a sudden flexing of its armour-like plates it was readying itself to fly, feed and pollinate Winter winds had worked their way into the sills and splits in a wooden gate. Silver birch seeds and seed cases had been blown and wedged into every gap. Many more had been […]
Australia's energy policy is a world-class failure and Abbott wears the gold medal of blame | Katharine Murphy
Malcolm Turnbull says he wants to take ideology out of energy but he shows every sign of another manufactured political fight If you’ve watched the inglorious spectacle of the failure of Australian politics on climate and energy policy over the last 10 years, it’s a bit hard to look out on the wreckage without feeling […]