People's Climate March: thousands rally to denounce Trump's environmental agenda
Hundreds of marches held around the US including in Washington DC, Seattle, Boston and San Francisco Thousands of people across the US have marched in rain, snow and sweltering heat to demand action on climate change mass protests that coincided with president Donald Trump’s 100th day in office and took aim at his agenda for […]
Thousands march across US to demand action on climate change – video
Mass protests in Washington, San Francisco, Denver and Seattle coincide with Donald Trump’s 100th day in office and take aim at his rolling back of environmental protections. Organisers said about 300 sister marches were being held around the country, including in Seattle, Boston and San Francisco. In Chicago, marchers headed from the city’s federal plaza […]
Shops urged to help cut £10bn food waste cost
End confusing ‘best before’ labels, says report Supermarket “best before” labels could be phased out while shops should be forced to sell oddly shaped vegetables under proposals from MPs who have warned the government it needs to do more to tackle food waste. More than £10bn worth of food is thrown away by households each […]
Nespresso bid to recycle coffee pods
Nestlé bows to environmental backlash over popular home brewing system Coffee company Nespresso – part of Swiss multinational Nestlé – is to trial a scheme for consumers to recycle their used aluminium capsules for the first time in the UK, in the face of a growing environmental backlash against increasingly popular single-serve pods, many of […]
Yes, I am a climate alarmist. Global warming is a crime against humanity | Lawrence Torcello
There can be no greater crime against humanity than the destruction of conditions that make human life possible Most of us have wondered about the human context of past crimes against humanity: why didn’t more people intervene? How could so many pretend not to know? To be sure, crimes against humanity are not always easy […]
NY Times hired a hippie puncher to give climate obstructionists cover | Dana Nuccitelli
Bret Stephens’ first piece for the Times showed exactly why some climate realists are canceling their subscriptions Yesterday, New York Times subscribers were treated to an email alert announcing the first opinion column from Bret Stephens, who they hired away from the Wall Street Journal. Like all Journal opinion columnists who write about climate change, […]
Refugee guests are given hands-on experience of a shepherd's work
Ribblehead, Yorkshire Dales Willing helpers hold the week-old lambs until Rodney is ready to dock their tails Pliers and rubber rings, a tub of aquamarine dye, plastic ID ear tags … Rodney Beresford lays out the tools of his trade on a flat-topped boulder. It’s lambing time, and he is here in the sheepfold to […]
Humpback whales charge a pod of killer whales in Monterey Bay – video
Humpback whales charge orcas in an ‘altruistic’ behavior that pushes the predators away from their favorite prey: seals, dolphins, sea lions and young whales. A pod of nine orcas have killed four grey whales in seven days in the bay Continue reading… Source: Guardian Climate Change
Orca pod filmed hunting whale calf in 'unprecedented' California killing spree
A group of killer whales in Monterey Bay killed four gray whales in a week, a phenomenon one researcher hasn’t seen in her 30-year career In an “unprecedented” rash of attacks, a pod of killer whales in Monterey Bay, California, has killed four gray whales in a week, including a calf whose killing was captured […]
Mood black as community rakes over Hume Coal's mine plan
Southern highlands landholders unite to battle proposal that would threaten the bore water they rely on • Support our independent journalism by giving a one-off or monthly contribution The sun has not long disappeared below the rolling hills of the highlands when the locals begin to muster. There are angry mutterings and shaking of heads […]