Project aims to grow a ‘city of trees’
Source: BBC By Mark Kinver Environment reporter, BBC News A project aims to plant three million trees – one for every man, woman and child – in Greater Manchester over […]
China to invest £292bn in renewable power by 2020
Source: The Guardian World’s largest energy market looks to move from coal towards cleaner fuels China will plough 2.5tn yuan (£292bn) into renewable power generation by 2020, the country’s energy […]
Donald Trump makes top Republican fear environmental future
Source: BBC By Roger Harrabin BBC environment analyst A leading US Republican says she fears for the future of her seven grandchildren with Donald Trump in the White House. Christine […]
Ash tree genome sequenced for first time
Source: BBC By Mark Kinver Environment reporter, BBC News The genome of the common ash (Fraxinus excelsior) has been sequenced for the first time – an important step in the […]
Obama bans oil drilling ‘permanently’ in millions of acres of ocean
Source: BBC Image copyrightAPImage captionArctic rigs like the “polar pioneer” were never actually deployed Outgoing US President Barack Obama has permanently banned offshore oil and gas drilling in the “vast […]
The Lungs of the Earth
Source: Aljazeera Jacopo Ottaviani Photography and design: Isacco Chiaf The world’s forests, along with its oceans, absorb enormous amounts of the carbon dioxide that circulates in the atmosphere. They are, […]
Obama Administration Blocks Oil and Gas Drilling in the Arctic Ocean
Source: Time By Matthew Daly (WASHINGTON) — The Obama administration is blocking new oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Ocean, handing a victory to environmentalists who say industrial activity in […]
David Attenborough: Here’s my world-changing idea
Source: BBC We asked the iconic natural history presenter to describe the one technological revolution that he hopes will save humanity. Watch the video above to see his answer. David […]
Zurich named ‘greenest’ city on the planet
Zurich is the most sustainable city in the world and has unbeatable environmental credentials, according to new research. Report: Swiss are officially ‘good’ for the planet (03 Jun 16) Swiss ranking for climate change action drops (08 Dec 15) The Swiss city beat off strong competition to take first place […]
Coral Reefs Are Dying. Here’s Why You Should Care
Source: Time BY JUSTIN WORLAND Richard Vevers has traveled the globe to photograph coral reefs since quitting his advertising job. In 2011 he cofounded the XL Catlin Seaview Survey, a […]
Meet the man on a mission to save carnivorous plants
Source: BBC By Lucy Jones 15 September 2016 Stewart McPherson is prepared to go a long way for his science: even into the grounds of a prison in the Philippines. “I […]
Could air pollution cause brain damage?
Source: BBC Tiny particles of pollution – inside samples of brain tissue – could be contributing to diseases such as Alzheimer’s, according to new research. The study, led by scientists […]
Nearly 15% of Earth’s Land Is Now Protected — but That’s Not Enough
Source: Time BY Justin Worland Nearly 15% of land on earth is now protected, though some key areas needed to preserve biodiversity have been left out, according to a new […]
BBC Video: The Selfish Green: Saving our Planet
David Attenborough – Richard Dawkins – Richard Leakey – Jane Goodall Debate on how we should tackle the issue of saving our own planet. For education and awareness purposes only.
Indigenous Australians fight nuclear dump plan on ‘sacred land’
Source: Reuters By Timothy Large HAWKER, Australia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Enice Marsh remembers the black clouds of “poison stuff” that billowed from the northwest after British atomic bomb tests in the 1950s spread fallout across swathes of South Australia. Now a new kind of radioactivity could head to her […]
The woman turning rubbish into homes in Pakistan
Source: Aljazeera By Faras Ghani Karachi, Pakistan – Nargis Latif lay on her hospital bed dying. The doctors had given up on her. Her children and husband were at her side, […]
France Wants To Build More Than 600 Miles of Solar Roads
Source: Niume The French Minister of Ecology and Energy, Ségolène Royal, has announced that the country plans to cover 1,000 kilometres (621 miles) of roads with solar panels, according to the Global Construction Review. A single kilometre segment of the surface, called Wattway, can generate enough power for a town of […]
India records its hottest day ever
Source: BBC A city in India’s Rajasthan state has broken the country’s temperature records after registering 51C, the highest since records began, the weather office says. The new record in […]
It’s World Penguin Day, and penguins are facing extinction
April 25 is World Penguin Day. Around the globe, penguins are at risk of extinction due to overfishing and man-made changes to their breeding grounds. See pictures in CNN
How Lead Poisoning Is Devastating Countries Around the World
Source: Time ‘Think of an entire society that’s impaired’ The crisis in Flint over the contamination of tap water with toxic levels of lead has inspired a national outcry over […]