With Hinkley Point, squandermania has reached dangerous new heights | Simon Jenkins
George Osborne is signing IOUs for megastructure projects on behalf of future British taxpayers – and yet no one dares call him to account It is the costliest white elephant in history. No power station, perhaps no building, so expensive has ever been built anywhere. In a modest meadow overlooking the Bristol Channel is to […]
Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn quits over diesel emissions scandal
Winterkorn, chief executive since 2007, to leave embattled carmaker after company admits ‘we totally screwed up’ Volkswagen has announced the resignation of its chief executive, Martin Winterkorn, and said the fallout from the diesel emissions test scandal would result in further executive scalps and a likely criminal investigation in Germany. Related: Volkswagen crisis: chief executive […]
India's doctors blame air pollution for sharp rise in respiratory diseases
Cases are up 30% since 2010 in country where decline in air quality is shifting from acute to chronic in more than just Delhi A sharp rise in cases of chest and throat disease in India is being blamed by doctors on worsening air pollution in the country, which is now home to 13 of […]
Watch the moment the Pope urged America to act on climate change
It seems clear to me also that climate change is a problem which can no longer be left to a future generation, Pope Francis tells White House audience President Obama welcomed Pope Francis to the White House Wednesday morning to loud cheers from thousands gathered to greet the leader of the Catholic church — in […]
Pope Francis calls for urgent action on climate change in White House speech
Addressing a crowd of nearly 15,000 on the south lawn, pope invokes Martin Luther King Jr in speaking of the moral need to protect our ‘common home’ Have you met the pope? Share your experiences Pope Francis enlisted the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr to help bolster his call for urgent action on climate […]
The first day of autumn – in pictures
As the leaves begin to turn golden and the days get chillier, here are some of the best pictures from around the country on the autumnal equinox Continue reading… Source: Guardian Environment
Hillary Clinton opposes Keystone, but other pipelines have forged ahead
Clinton has taken a stance on Keystone XL, but in the meantime, TransCanada has moved on and new tar sands projects are being prepped at the border At a campaign stop in Iowa on Tuesday, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton broke her silence on where she stands on TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline: “I oppose it because […]
Starbucks, Nike and Walmart commit to sourcing 100% renewable electricity
Nine leading companies join the likes of Ikea and M&S as part of RE100 global campaign for low-carbon business, reports BusinessGreen Some of the world’s largest businesses have today announced plans to fully transition to using renewable electricity, providing a further boost to the global renewables market. Nine well-known firms – Johnson & Johnson, Procter […]
Adventures in the Anthropocene by Gaia Vince – review
Gaia Vince’s ambitious, all-embracing, compelling journey holds a mirror up to humanity’s epoch to reveal all we have destroyed, but may yet be able to save UN scholars have calculated that within the next 10 years the degradation of farm and grazing land could turn 50 million people into migrants: put them together and they […]
Volkswagen hires BP oil spill lawyers to defend emissions cases
Carmaker faces class action suits after admitting 11m of its cars were designed to cheat emissions testing Volkswagen has hired the US law firm that defended BP after the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster to help it deal with a growing collection of investigations and law suits over the emissions scandal that has rocked the car […]