New York's remodelled Governors Island has built-in climate change defense
Amid rising seas, a park on the island uses Dutch ingenuity to protect itself while maintaining its beauty – with barely a seawall to be seen The Netherlands may have surrendered what is now New York to the English 352 years ago, but if America’s largest city is to withstand the inexorable rise of the […]
Monster shark fishing tournaments face growing pressure to reform
Competitions to catch monster sharks have been held on the US Atlantic coast for decades, but now critics are stepping up their fight and calling for a ban It’s 4am at the dock on Block Island, a teardrop-shaped New England vacation spot situated off Rhode Island, and tempers are fraying among fishermen competing in one […]
Matthew Canavan says there is 'uncertainty' around impact of climate change
New resources minister describes Adani Carmichael coalmine as ‘incredibly exciting’ for Australia The new resources minister, Matthew Canavan, has warned there is still a level of uncertainty about the impact of carbon emissions on global warming and described the Adani Carmichael coalmine as an “incredibly exciting project” for Australia. Canavan, who has previously called for […]
Shipping air pollution causes 24,000 deaths a year in east Asia – study
Ship traffic is often overlooked compared to smog-producing cars and factories, but it has more than doubled off east Asia since 2005 A boom in shipping is aggravating air pollution in China and other nations in east Asia, causing thousands of deaths a year in a region with eight of the world’s 10 biggest container […]
What's the etiquette of the Dunwich Dynamo? | Maeve Shearlaw
From the mundane to the more serious, it’s in everyone’s interest to preserve the spirit of the overnight London-Suffolk bike ride The Dunwich Dynamo is a roughly 120-mile bike ride to the Suffolk coast, on a date sometime near the fullest moon between the end of June and mid-July, setting off from Hackney’s London Fields […]
UK government 'must deliver' on 25-year environmental pledge
WWT urges ministers to uphold promise to boost nature and cut the costs of environmental damage after the Brexit vote Ministers must deliver on a manifesto pledge for a 25-year plan to boost nature and cut the costs of environmental damage, it has been urged. Harm caused by floods, air pollution, water pollution and chemicals […]
Renewable energy: Victoria approves state's largest windfarm project
The $650m, 96-turnbine Dundonnell project is expected to save 700,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions a year Victoria has approved a $650m, 96-turbine windfarm that will be the largest in the state as it bids to become the nation’s renewable energy leader. The approval of the Dundonnell project means 300 direct and indirect jobs will […]
Only thrushes and blackbirds are awake at 'sparrow's-fart'
Claxton, Norfolk I reached the river Yare when the sun’s first effect was a band of exquisite apricot that shaded incrementally colder overhead According to the veteran chronicler of English slang Jonathon Green, the expression “sparrow’s-fart” is a late 19th-century coinage, when country folk knew a thing or two about dawns. All I can say […]
Surging electricity prices spark calls for national inquiry into renewable energy
Nick Xenophon says there are ‘legitimate questions’ about the renewable energy mix after South Australian price shocks Surging electricity prices in South Australia have sparked calls for a national inquiry into renewable energy and whether the electricity market is coping with the influx of wind and solar. Over the past month South Australia has had […]
National Trust launches £250,000 appeal for care of Trevose Head
Charity raising money to open up access to 220-acre headland site near Padstow, Cornwall, and extend wildlife habitats An appeal has been launched to raise money to care for a headland that provides spectacular, sweeping views of the rugged north Cornwall coast – and a home to precious flora including wild asparagus. The National Trust […]