'Green' plastics may be worse for environment
A type of degradable plastic bag that was supposed to be better for the environment may not be completely biodegradable, a Government-commissioned study has found. The bag is made with metal salts that are supposed to accelerate degradation, but scientists found the material was not fully biodegradable and might contaminate the way plastics are recycled.
Lock up your pets, killer owl on the loose
It could be a job for the Flying Squad, or perhaps The Bill.
Solar by Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan approaches the climate crisis in comic modeClimate change is chiefly an engineering problem to Michael Beard, the central character in Ian McEwan's new novel. In a different sense, it is to McEwan too. A practised manipulator of his readers' expectations and responses, he has plainly
Mary Robinson: 'I feel a terrible sense of urgency'
After 13 years with the UN, former Irish president Mary Robinson is coming home to her debt-ridden country - not to retire, but to fight for 'climate justice' for all the world's poorIn 1993, three years into her presidency of Ireland, Mary Robinson paid a visit to west Belfast. The trip was controv
Letters: Medium-speed rail also needs a boost
A new high-speed rail line could play an important role in UK efforts to tackle climate change, but the proposed scheme is forecast to have only a minimal impact in cutting transport emissions - and could even lead to an increase (Report, 12 March). If the UK is to meet its legally binding targets f
The Empathic Civilization: The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis by Jeremy Rifkin |...
Will global empathy save us from the catch-22 of climate change? John Gray is sceptical Whoever hacked into the emails at the University of East Anglia fired the opening salvo in a new kind of dirty war. The Copenhagen conference met on the basis that dealing with global warming was in everyone
London Assembly Investigation into City Airport Expansion
An investigation into expansion of London City Airport has been launched.
Insect to Combat Japanese Knotweed
Go-ahed given to release of psyllid insect to combat Japanse Knotweed
Report on Air Pollution by Ozone Across Europe
Technical report on air pollution by ozone across Europe in summer 2009.
Arctic seed vault hits half-million mark
Barely two years after it opened, a unique Arctic "doomsday" stockpile of all the world's crop seeds has reached the half-million species mark, the foundation that oversees it said Thursday.