The English countryside and its wildlife are at serious risk because of Boris Johnson’s pledge to…
Month: July 2020
‘An ashram for the hummingbird’: the Trinidad haven for world’s tiniest bird
At the foot of Theo and Gloria Ferguson’s property stands a giant silk cotton tree. Reminiscent…
Dover clifftops ‘buzzing with wildlife’ after National Trust takeover
A well known piece of the British landscape that had become depleted of flora and fauna…
Reality bites: how the pandemic changed the way we eat
If I thought food waste was complicated before Covid-19 emerged, now it blows my mind. I…
The environmentalist’s apology: how Michael Shellenberger unsettled some of his prominent supporters
Few things engage a particular subset of conservative media more than an environmentalist having an apparent…
The week in wildlife – in pictures
An Indian one-horned rhino wades through flood water in Pobitora wildlife sanctuary in the Morigaon district…
UK waste firm Biffa loses appeal after exporting dirty waste to China
One of the UK’s biggest waste firms has lost a case in the court of appeal…
Judge fines Greenpeace GBP80,000 over North Sea oil rig occupation
Greenpeace has been fined GBP80,000 after a Scottish court found it guilty of the “wilful defiance”…
Heatwaves have become longer in most of the world since 1950s – study
Heatwaves have increased in both length and frequency in nearly every part of the world since…
E-scooters go on trial in Middlesbrough to aid UK’s green recovery
Residents of Middlesbrough in north-east England will be the first in the UK to legally ride…