I pick up plastic waste to save it from landfill. It's lonely but worth it
In my single-handed fight I have collected 180,000 items – 50 pieces of litter a day for 10 years. If only the world didn’t find this weird Who’s that weirdo? Sadly, the answer is me. I can feel the question following me as I dive into the gutter or duck around the feet of my […]
Trump's alarming environmental rollback: what's been scrapped so far
Since January, the White House, Congress and EPA have engineered a dizzying reversal of regulations designed to protect the environment and public health Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from the Paris climate deal may have followed months of anguished division amongst his closest advisers, but his administration has proceeded with quiet efficiency in […]
Clean energy target 'best deal that coal will get', says NSW energy minister
Don Harwin tells Committee for Economic Development of Australia the ‘self-indulgent climate culture war’ should end The Liberal New South Wales energy minister has delivered a speech marking a sharp departure from his federal colleagues saying the coal-fired power industry should accept the clean energy target that will see the industry close in the coming […]
Chris Packham: learning to love slugs will help garden wildlife bloom
BBC Springwatch host urges gardeners to manage molluscs without killing them or risk losing hedgehogs and song thrushes The naturalist and broadcaster Chris Packham has advised the nation to encourage the ecosystem of their gardens by ceasing to kill slugs. Extolling the virtues of tolerance, Packham said “draconian choices” like “I don’t want slugs and […]
Court rejects EPA's attempt to halt Obama-era methane rule
Environmental Protection Agency had announced stay in rule that would require oil and gas companies to fix methane leaks in equipment The Environmental Protection Agency cannot freeze the implementation of a rule requiring oil and gas companies to fix methane leaks in their equipment, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday in a setback for […]
Hamming it up? Supermarket label changes colour to help cure food waste
Sainsbury’s launches packaging that shows how long its own-brand ham has been open to stop slices being thrown away A major UK supermarket is launching a new “smart” label on packets of its own-brand ham in a bid to reduce waste by telling consumers how fresh it is. Ham is Sainsbury’s top-selling cooked meat product, […]
Ofgem energy price cap shows May's 'help for millions' is off the boil | Nils Pratley
Tepid government response to limited cap for yet-to-be-defined ‘vulnerable’ people shows universal cap is virtually dead This is how political U-turns are performed in the energy sector – not with a visible yank on the steering wheel but with some vague words from the secretary of state designed to disguise the manoeuvre in hand. As […]
Wildlife on your doorstep: share your July photos
Whether basking in sunshine in the northern hemisphere or fighting cooler temperatures in the south, we’d like to see the wildlife you discover After the June heatwaves in the northern hemisphere, July has got off to a slightly more uneven start, but there will still be plenty of sun rays around. As winter takes hold […]
Elephant 2.0. – nature's invisible information architecture
What do you see when you look at an elephant? The world’s biggest land mammal – or a giant data store, sharing information in a living, breathing network? Elephants have such sad expressive faces that is hard to imagine how anyone could harm them. They have drawn lips and sagging shoulders; a long, drooping demeanour; […]
Could climate risk disclosure be the new bottom line for Australian companies?
A new global report is putting pressure on publicly listed companies to disclose their risk to climate change Some of Australia’s largest listed companies, including Woodside, Rio Tinto and Santos, are likely to face sweeping changes to the way in which they model, plan for and disclose risk from climate change to investors. How they […]