Conservationists call for moratorium on logging to save endangered Leadbeater’s possum
Victorian government asked to ‘completely prohibit logging’ on more than 100,000 hectares of the state’s mountain ash forest Conservationists have called for a moratorium on logging more than 100,000 hectares of Victoria’s remaining native forest estate to protect the critically endangered Leadbeater’s possum. Environmental Justice Australia, acting on behalf of volunteer organisation Friends of the […]
Adani coalmine at heightened risk of becoming a stranded asset, report says
Carmichael project likely to be ‘cash flow negative’ for most of its operating life, according to Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis The risk of the controversial Adani Carmichael coalmine becoming a stranded asset has increased in the last 12 months, according to a new report. The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis […]
2017 Goldman environmental prize recipients – in pictures
The Goldman environmental prize honours the achievements of grassroots activists in six continents, recognising their sustained efforts to protect natural habitats often at great personal risk Continue reading… Source: Guardian Climate Change
Black entrepreneurs are the driving force behind urban farming in Boston | Letters
Mel King, Glynn Lloyd and Klare Shaw are among those who should be credited, writes Dave Madan, founding board member of the Urban Farming Institute Boston is more than our complicated history with racism, but your article on urban farming (Is Boston the next urban farming paradise?, 16 April) unintentionally perpetuates the image of a […]
Government accused of bullying judges over bid to delay clean air plan
Labour and Greens say government has failed to tackle air pollution crisis and is cajoling judges to let them miss deadline to comply with election purdah rules Continue reading… Source: Guardian Climate Change
What should we do with our rubbish-strewn roadside verges? Treasure them | Patrick Barkham
Major road embankments are a refuge for more than 800 species of flora. We should care for them with that in mind In a ditch by a burger van on the A142 near Ely, Cambridgeshire, lives one of our rarest plants. It is the last natural home of fen ragwort, which shows its yellow flowers […]
This spring, fight for our precious planet and join the climate march | Eve Ensler
The same forces that are crushing women are destroying the planet. They must be defeated, and the march is an important next step in that battle It doesn’t matter how many winters I endure, I am never less astounded by the arrival of spring. Suddenly, green shoots and the hint of daffodil yellow start breaking […]
UK's rarest plants are at risk of extinction, charity warns
Campaign group Plantlife unveils list of top 10 endangered species and calls for better management of road verges that have become habitats of Britain’s flora Some of the UK’s rarest plants are at risk of extinction unless action is taken to look after the road verges that have become their final refuge, a charity has […]
Birds on the battlefield: Country diary 100 years ago
Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 27 April 1917 Reports of the arrival of the swallow are coming in thick and fast from all parts of the district; it is impossible to mention them in detail. A few straggled in earlier, but from the 16th onwards they have been arriving or passing in considerable […]
Winter returns to Europe with a vengeance
Farmers fear for crops after a week of frost and snow, while a persistent heatwave in India costs scores of lives After a very warm start to April, parts of Central and Eastern Europe reverted to winter mode over the Easter weekend and throughout last week as unusually cold air for this time of year […]