Walking in a Welsh rainforest
You don’t have to go to Brazil to trek through a rainforest – Snowdonia has its very own wet woodland just waiting to be explored Does the phrase “save the rainforest” conjure up visions of: a) Brazil, b) Borneo, or c) north Wales? You may not know it but Britain is home to 70,000 hectares […]
Dozens missing in BHP-Vale mine disaster in Brazil as rescue continues
Rescuers continue search for survivors after flooding from two collapsed dams used by mines owned by BHP Billiton and Vale swept through six villages Rescue teams searched through mud and debris on Friday for dozens of people missing after a pair of dams collapsed at a Brazilian mine owned by two of the world’s biggest […]
Climate summit held by business and green groups to end six-year policy war
Exclusive: mirroring the Turnbull government’s tax debate with all options ‘on the table’, six different climate policies are canvassed at closed-door summit Leaders from business, welfare, the conservation movement, the electricity sector and the union movement have moved to try to fill Australia’s climate policy vacuum by starting a new slogan-free debate to help political […]
The Keystone XL pipeline defeat is one goal in a game, and we're way behind | Bill McKibben
We’ve shown that people aren’t going to just give up and go away when the government ignores climate change, if we can show them how to have an effect In the first two weeks of the Keystone fight, we couldn’t get any press to pay attention to our work to defeat the environmental disaster we […]
SeaWorld fights to restore its image as shares sink in the wake of Blackfish
Documentary has made opposition to orca practices ‘the mainstream view’, says expert as company grapples with $10m blow to profits Sina Schmocker asks for a minute to think before responding. “I have really enjoyed seeing the whales and the other animals,” she said. “But I am really shocked by how little space they have. “I […]
Public art projects that double as renewable energy sources
Two Pittsburgh artists are encouraging cities around the world to install public art structures designed to generate power while educating viewers about renewable energy What happens when renewable energy meets public art? The Land Art Generator Initiative, or Lagi, founded by Pittsburgh-based artists Elizabeth Monoian and Robert Ferry, is trying to find the answer with […]
VW says it will cover extra CO2 and fuel usage taxes paid by EU drivers
Chief executive Matthias Müller asks ministers to charge carmaker for taxes incurred after admitting understatement affecting 800,000 vehicles Volkswagen has said it will foot the bill for extra taxes incurred by drivers after it admitted understating the carbon dioxide emissions of about 800,000 cars in Europe. In a letter to European Union finance ministers on […]
Obama rejects Keystone XL pipeline and hails US as leader on climate change
President ends years of political drama and hands environmentalists a big victory with decision to turn down proposal to build 1,700-mile pipeline through US Barack Obama ended seven years of high-wire political drama to reject the Keystone XL pipeline on Friday, saying the decision reflected America’s determination to be a global leader in the fight […]
Obama turns down Keystone XL pipeline: 'Today the US is leading on climate change' – video
Barack Obama announces at the White House on Friday that he is rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline because he does not believe it serves the national interest. Keystone XL, which has divided petroleum interests and environmentalists, was designed to pump crude oil from the Alberta tar sands for 1,700 miles to the Gulf coast Continue […]
Solar farm in Balcombe 'fracking village' shelved due to Tory policies
Sussex village gives up plans for community-run project that would have enabled it to run largely on clean energy A project to generate renewable energy in the village at the centre of the UK’s first fracking protests has become the latest casualty of the shake-up of the government’s green policies. REPOWERBalcombe, a group of local […]