Yellowstone bison calf euthanized after park visitors picked up animal on road
A calf that two men picked up in their SUV because they thought it was ‘freezing’ was put to sleep after it was rejected by its herd upon returning A newborn bison calf that was picked up and put into the back of car because someone thought it was cold has had to be euthanized, […]
Designer Creates Glueless Shoe
A Japanese footwear designer, Roderick Pieters, has worked together with fashion brand Proef to create a glueless shoe. The pairs of easy-to-assemble footwear are put together using rope and are designed to address challenges in the fashion industry’s current production and distribution methods, instead creating a product that can be easily disassembled and repaired by […]
Tampons aren't for toilets: biodegradable bag hopes to fight the flushers
Around 9.3 million women use tampons in the UK, but we don’t often speak about how we dispose of them “Everyone knows that horror story of wrapping a tampon up in toilet roll and trying to smuggle it out your friend’s bathroom,” says Martha Silcott, inventor of Fab Little Bag, a biodegradable bag designed to […]
World's largest floating windfarm to be built off Scottish coast
Statoil granted seabed lease to develop floating windfarm 15 miles off the coast of Peterhead that is expected to be operational by the end of 2017 The world’s largest floating windfarm is set to be built off the coast of Scotland after its developers were granted a seabed lease on Monday. Statoil, the Norwegian energy […]
Where are the world's most fire-prone cities?
Images of the devastated Canadian city show just how destructive fire can be to urban populations. But the risk is greatest in informal settlements, where high population density and low-grade construction can be a deadly combination With patches of lawn on fire in the front yards of his neighbourhood’s suburban homes and flames rising up […]
The Great British Bee Count – in pictures
These beautiful images were captured by participants of last year’s event, when thousands recorded more than 100,000 bees to help raise awareness of the threat to Britain’s 250 species of bee. Those taking part in this week’s count can send their photos using a free app Continue reading… Source: Guardian Environment
Not a drop to waste: how expanding Australian cities can tackle water shortages
Smart leak detection and reusing stormwater to reduce urban heat are discussed at this year’s OzWater as cities prepare for climate change For the international water industry delegates descending upon Melbourne last week, in the leadup to OzWater 16, it must have seemed they had arrived in the wrong place. The torrential rain and flash […]
The brutal economics of Zambia's illegal wildlife trade – in pictures
Frustrated by simplistic portrayals of poaching, photographer Benjamin Rutherford has documented the complex and violent trade in his new project, Nyama Continue reading… Source: Guardian Environment
The Welsh valleys road with some of the UK's worst air pollution
Heavy traffic sees A472 at Crumlin record highest nitrogen dioxide outside London – and residents fear for children’s health The rush hour is not a good time to be out and about on the A472 as lorry after lorry climbs out of the south Wales valley town of Crumlin and heads up and over towards […]
Direct Action funds 'spent on projects that would have happened anyway'
Payments to greenhouse gas emitters more likely to go to reduction schemes that would have taken place without government funding, says economist The government’s $2.55bn emissions reduction fund, which pays greenhouse gas emitters to pollute less, will inevitably pay for reductions that would have happened anyway, for the same reason that secondhand car markets are […]