The eco guide to renewable energy
Solar power is soaring, wind goes from strength to strength. Look for a mighty surge in renewables over the next few years One day in late March, during a sunny weekend, something spectacular happened. Solar power broke a new record. The demand for daytime electricity in UK homes fell to night times levels – thanks […]
Australia will still support Paris climate deal if Trump pulls out, Frydenberg says
Environment minister says Coalition takes emissions targets seriously and US climate change policy was ‘a matter for the Trump administration’ The Turnbull government will support the Paris agreement on climate change regardless of whether or not the US president, Donald Trump, pulls out, the environment minister, Josh Frydenberg, has signalled. Trump upset world leaders on […]
Wild Amazon faces destruction as Brazil’s farmers and loggers target national park
The Sierra Ricardo Franco park was meant to be a conservation area protecting rare wildlife To understand why the Brazilian government is deliberately losing the battle against deforestation, you need only retrace the bootmarks of the Edwardian explorer Percy Fawcett along the Amazonian border with Bolivia. During a failed attempt to cross a spectacular tabletop […]
Facing climate change on the Louisiana bayous – in pictures
Isle de Jean Charles in Louisiana is home to a Native American community who fished, hunted, trapped, and farmed the land. But since 1955, more than 90% of the island’s original land mass has washed away, the loss caused by logging, oil exploration, hurricanes and ineffective flood control. A report by 13 US federal agencies […]
Donald Trump will make 'final decision' on Paris climate deal next week
President resists pressure from other G7 countries to support treaty Merkel says discussions on climate deal ‘difficult and unsatisfactory’ Donald Trump has resisted pressure from Europe, Canada and Japan to declare his support for the UN’s landmark climate change treaty signed in Paris in 2015, marking a defiant end to his first international trip as […]
Could you cut out plastic from your weekly shop? One family tried
With fruit sold in tubs, chicken in trays – and remote Pacific islands awash in plastic debris – the McCreadies found the plastic challenge tough The grotesque images of rubbish-strewn Henderson Island, a remote and uninhabited Pacific coral atoll where millions of tonnes of plastic waste have washed up, sent shockwaves around the world. The […]
Queensland drops plan to give Adani Carmichael coalmine royalty holiday
Annastacia Palaszczuk confirms the Indian mining group will have to pay ‘every cent’ of royalties for the project Queensland’s cabinet has dumped a controversial plan to offer the Adani Group a royalties holiday for its $16bn Carmichael coal mine. The premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, said late on Friday the Indian mining group would have to pay […]
Two L’Oreal products achieve Cradle to Cradle certification
One of the world’s largest cosmetics firms, L’Oréal, has received accreditation for two of their products based on their manufacturing processes. The products, a shampoo and a conditioner, were awarded the Silver Standard Cradle to Cradle® accreditation, from MBDC, a company which was created to champion better business practises and co-founded by architect William McDonough, […]
Federal Labor feels heat over Adani, and Coalition's starting to sweat too | Katharine Murphy
The biggest environmental campaign seen in Australia since the 80s is causing bumps in the road for both sides of politics When it comes to the Adani Carmichael coalmine, the spotlight this week has been trained on Queensland as the state government battled an internal split on whether to give the project a royalties holiday. […]
Let’s keep our water safe and free to drink | Letters
Kierra Box, Maureen Wood and Margaret Cliff on protecting a precious resource This weekend Brits will flock to our beaches. Thanks to EU pressure, visitors to more than 95% of our bathing beaches can paddle safe in the knowledge that nothing nasty lurks beneath the waves – a massive improvement since 1987, when it was […]