The remote Scottish community of Knoydart unites to oppose construction of environmentally-damaging 4G masts
The Knoydart peninsula is nestled on the west coast of the highlands of Scotland. It forms part of the 'Rough ...
Tag: Environment
Guardian has “Mr Bean moment” with Atkinson electric vehicle article
The Guardian has had a Mr Bean moment over electric cars on 3 June. British actor and petrolhead Rowan Atkinson ...
Case calls on court to force TotalEnergies to suspend new oil and gas projects
On 31 May a coalition of nonprofits, French cities, and the city of New York presented a demand at a ...
Pressure mounts on Cambridgeshire council to rethink nature-killing busway plan
By Cambridgeshire County Council's (CCC) own admission, Coton Orchard - a 100-year-old fruit tree, meadow, and hedgerow-filled ecosystem - is ...
UN to make world’s melting ice a priority as loss poses global threat
The United Nations' (UN) weather agency announced on 30 May that it was making the cryosphere - meaning iced areas ...
Police teargas climate protesters who are disrupting the AGM of an oil giant
A climate protest blockaded the entrance to an annual general meeting (AGM) of oil giant TotalEnergies on 26 May. They ...
Many of the world’s lakes and reservoirs are drying up due to the climate crisis, a new study finds
A new study has discovered that "more than half of large water bodies" are drying up. It pointed a finger ...
Circular economy approach to plastic pollution won’t fix the problem
In March 2022, 175 member states agreed to end plastic pollution by forming an international and legally binding agreement by ...
Drop in Amazon deforestation does not let Global North nations off the hook
Figures for the first four months of 2023 show promising signs that Amazon deforestation is beginning a downward trend. However, ...
As MPs debate our right to roam, new figures show how racialised the situation really is
Backbench MPs will debate England's access to nature on Thursday 18 May. In preparation, land justice group Right to Roam ...
Spanish government approves financial measures amid devastating droughts
Spain's cabinet approved measures worth more than €2bn on 11 May to tackle serious drought in the country. The drought ...
Indigenous Mapuche travel to Europe to highlight impacts of fracking megaproject
Representatives of the Indigenous Mapuche community, along with a Human Rights Defender (HRD) from Neuquén in Argentina, are touring Europe ...
Horse racing pushes one horse to literal breaking point as his leg snaps during a race
This article contains graphic discussion of animal injury. A jockey at Fakenham Racecourse pushed their horse to breaking point on ...
The Telegraph is still trying to help fox hunting by publishing very creative claims
The Telegraph has reported on a letter that claimed foxes are suffering a "catastrophic decline" because of the hunting ban. However, ...
‘Green’ investment funds are supporting fossil fuels, a new report finds
Major financial firms that publicly support efforts to limit the climate crisis have made billions of dollars of investments in ...
EACOP TotalEnergies named one of the worst companies for attacks against human rights defenders
On 27 April, TotalEnergies announced staggering profits of $6.5bn for the first three months of 2023. Meanwhile, the nonprofit Business ...
Forest-saving Indigenous Brazilians call for more land reserves
Thousands of indigenous Brazilians are gathered in Brazil's capital this week. They're demanding the creation of new reserves on their ...
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