Kenya's ivory burn, bees and air pollution – green news roundup
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Museums face ethics investigation over influence of sponsor BP
Internal documents appear to show British Museum, National Portrait Gallery and others accommodating oil firm’s demands The Museums Association is investigating claims that some of Britain’s most revered cultural institutions have broken its code of ethics in the way they dealt with one of their commercial sponsors, BP. The move follows the release of internal […]
How the car industry trumped banking for sociopathic corporate behaviour | Karel Williams
The emissions scandal has revealed the motor industry’s stunning disregard for public health. Who knows how else they’ve been putting our lives on the line? Since the financial crisis of 2008, we have had multiple scandals about banks and bankers behaving badly – from the misselling of payment protection insurance and interest-rate hedges, to the […]
Kenya to burn biggest ever stockpile of ivory
Tusks from over 6,000 illegally killed elephants will be set alight in Nairobi national park to highlight the poaching crisis Tusks from more than 6,000 illegally killed elephants will be burned in Kenya on Saturday, the biggest ever destruction of an ivory stockpile and the most striking symbol yet of the plight of one of […]
More tigers poached in India so far this year than in 2015
Conservationists say census figures are ‘worrying’ and cast doubts on the country’s anti-poaching efforts More tigers have been killed in India already this year than in the whole of 2015, a census showed Friday, raising doubts about the country’s anti-poaching efforts. The Wildlife Protection Society of India, a conservation charity, said 28 of the endangered […]
Indigenous owners outraged at site earmarked for Australia’s first nuclear waste dump
Traditional owners describe backing for facility on South Australian cattle station beside Indigenous cultural site as ‘cultural genocide’ A South Australian cattle station that is part-owned by the state’s Liberal party director and next to an Indigenous Protected Area has been provisionally selected as the site of Australia’s first nuclear waste dump, outraging traditional owners. […]
How can outdoor learning boost pupil development and wellbeing? Live chat
As exams and fair weather approach, join us on Wednesday 4 May from 5.30pm to 7.30pm for advice and debate about making the most of outdoor education Most adults will have treasured memories of splashing in muddy puddles and playing games in the local park. But today’s youngsters are leading far more enclosed lives. A […]
Revitalised and calmed by an English wood in spring
Fineshade Woods, Northamptonshire Not a carpet of bluebells, but a scattering of sweet hyacinth, celandines and anemones I propose that a few hours spent in an English wood in the full flush of spring is an experience that leaves all such time investors revitalised and calmed. Fineshade Wood is not furnished with a wall to […]
Sea lion found on farm 50 miles inland dies after release into ocean
The 160kg animal swam and waddled its way to the ranch in Washington state but has failed to survive the sea, biologists say A sea lion that baffled scientists after being found in the driveway of a cattle ranch about 80km (50 miles) from the ocean in Washington state has been found dead two weeks […]
Great Barrier Reef bleaching made 175 times likelier by human-caused climate change, say scientists
Such coral bleaching could be normal in 18 years, according to preliminary findings by leading climate and coral reef scientists The hot water temperature that drove the devastating bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef this year was made 175 times more likely by human-caused climate change, and could be normal in just 18 years, according […]