Minister opposes ban on coursing and claims hares never
in any danger
A junior Minister has rejected the banning of live
hare coursing, saying the greyhound sector creates jobs and is “part
of our way of life” in Ireland.
Caroline Spelman refuses to deny plans to slash environmental regulations
The environment secretary, Caroline Spelman, has
refused to deny that the Cabinet Office is proposing to rip up of
thousands of pages of environmental regulations and guidance as
part of the government's "red tape challenge".
UK's last wildlife recording course threatened with
closure
The natural world is the litmus paper of the health
of our environment. But the last course in the UK which teaches
people how to identify plants and animals in the field, and so monitor
their changes, is threatened with closure.
Over 18,000 oak trees have been planted by the Forestry
Commission in a long term plan to return Stapleford Wood, near Newark,
back to its ancient roots.
As the UK’s first marine plans approach for
the East of England, public drop-in sessions are being held along
the coast to make sure residents are fully involved.
The Sound of Barra marine Special Area of Conservation
(SAC) consultation period has now ended, but local opposition to
the proposal remains considerable.
At least 81 dolphins have died along the Cape Cod shore
since early January in a series of unexplained incidents, U.S. officials
and wildlife rescuers said.
The European Commission is proposing for the first
time to regulate pharmaceutical pollutants in surface water, citing
their potential health hazards to humans and aquatic life.
Yellow-cedar are dying in Alaska: scientists now know
why
Yellow-cedar, a culturally and economically valuable
tree in southeastern Alaska and adjacent parts of British Columbia,
has been dying off across large expanses of these areas for the past
100 years. But no one could say why -- until now.
The Wildlife Conservation Society's (WCS) Peru program
announced today the discovery of 365 species previously undocumented
in Bahuaja Sonene National Park (BSNP) in southeastern Peru.
It is a peculiar twist of logic that we elevate a small
handful of Australian actors to be called national treasures, yet
our national parks struggle to make even B-grade celebrity status.
Arctic scientist warns of dangerous climate change
The future of human kind faces dire consequences
due to arguably the first signs of dangerous climate change in the
Arctic, says a leading international scientist from The University
of Western Australia.
Climate change poses threat to India's water resources
A new survey of the likely effects of climate change
on India's water resources released today identifies huge challenges
to maintaining adequate supplies in the coming decades.
UK Climate Change Risk Assessment shows the East
of England needs to adapt
A ground-breaking study into the implications of
climate change, and the threats the country faces, has revealed
that the key priorities for the East of England include responding
to water availability, flooding and sea level rise.
EU climate chief calls for ‘much care’
on biofuels
The European Union's climate commissioner, Connie
Hedegaard, has warned about expanding the use of biofuels as the
EU executive finalises an assessment of the potentially damaging
effects they may have over the earth's climate. She spoke to EurActiv
as part of a wide-ranging exclusive interview on sustainability
issues.
U.K. said to plan cuts to solar subsidy at predictable
intervals
The U.K. government will announce as early as next
week plans to reduce subsidies for solar energy at routine intervals
as part of an effort to curb a boom in installations, a person familiar
with the plan said.
