Hinkley Point C nuclear power station gets government green light
Labour and environmental groups say new safeguards for foreign investment are merely “window dressing” Theresa May has been accused of backing down on security concerns about Chinese involvement in nuclear power after she gave the go-ahead to the £18bn Hinkley Point C plant following a six-week review. The government insisted the new plant in Somerset […]
Nuclear power? Yes please. Hinkley Point? No thanks | George Monbiot
Atomic energy is low carbon and safer than you think. But Hinkley C is an expensive white elephant Yes, I still believe that nuclear power can make a useful contribution to low-carbon energy. No, I do not believe that the new plant the government has just approved at Hinkley Point is part of that useful […]
Indonesia and EU announce historic deal on timber trade
Indonesia will become the first country in the world to export wood products to the EU that meet new environmental standards to curb illegal logging Indonesia will in November become the first country in the world to export wood products to the European Union meeting new environmental standards in a move aimed at bolstering transparency […]
China plans central role in UK nuclear industry after Hinkley Point approval
China General Nuclear aims to submit designs for Bradwell power station in Essex within weeks of Somerset approval, sources say China is set for a central role in the future of Britain’s nuclear industry, with the Chinese company involved in the Hinkley Point C nuclear project planning to submit its design for a new power […]
'It puts us on the map': Bridgwater business toasts Hinkley Point C
Government go-ahead for nuclear plant excites residents eager for economic boost, but others fear for their safety Malcolm Pyne, butcher and entrepreneur, was planning to crack open the bubbly at his store and takeaway in Bridgwater. “This is fabulous news for the town and for Somerset. It really puts us on the map. I feel […]
Trafigura, Vitol and BP exporting dirty diesel to Africa, says Swiss NGO
Traders blend cheap fuel with sulphur levels many times the European limit for sale in African countries, says Public Eye Dirty diesel from European companies fuels pollution in Africa – in pictures Major European oil companies and commodity traders are exploiting weak fuel standards in African countries to export highly polluting fuels that they could […]
UK to ban fishing from a million square kilometres of ocean
Government creates marine protected areas around four islands in the Pacific and Atlantic, with commercial fishing banned in some areas The UK is to ban commercial fishing from a million square kilometres of ocean around British overseas territories, the government said on Thursday. In total, the government is creating marine protected areas around four islands […]
It’s absurd that Hinkley is going ahead while cheaper, cleaner options are blocked | Caroline Lucas
Britain’s most abundant resources are the sun, sea and wind. It makes no sense to be wasting so much money on a white elephant It’s finally happened. After weeks of speculation, and despite a hastily called review by Theresa May, the government has given a green light to the most expensive white elephant of a […]
Angry clashes in Karnataka as India's water wars run deep
Bengaluru erupts in violence over water-sharing plans with neighbouring state Tamil Nadu, as country-wide shortages reach crisis levels Scattered tyres, set alight, had already shut the road back into Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore) when Javed Parvesh tried to return on Monday, after a morning at the Cauvery river with his son. Angry crowds were now saying […]
Was that climate change? Scientists are getting faster at linking extreme weather to warming | Graham Readfearn
Attribution studies are letting researchers respond quickly to questions about human influence – before the news cycle turns elsewhere Is it still true to say you can’t point to any single extreme weather event and claim you can’t link it to human-caused climate change? Plenty of people seem to think this is still the case. […]