Wild fish interests condemn major
escape from Lochaber freshwater salmon farm
The
Association of Salmon Fishery Boards (ASFB) and the Rivers and Fisheries Trusts
of Scotland (RAFTS) have condemned a major escape of juvenile salmon from a Marine
Harvest unit on Loch Lochy, the freshwater loch in the Great Glen near Fort William.
Dolphin watchers yesterday expressed concern that wildlife will
be put in jeopardy by an increase in commercial boats using the Moray Firth, including
Inverness Marina, and a proposed new boat centre at Whiteness along the coast.
The Severn is a wide expanse at this
point on the river. Silvery grey in the morning mist, the surrounding hills are
tinted lavender by the morning sun.
The bird left the tree in front of me and, in an instant of time,
dropped his wing and hijacked the power of the wind, whirling away at impossible
speed, the ultra-clean line of his wings, pointed, pale underneath, standing out
with dramatic sharpness from the countryside all around.
Arran has its first red squirrel
warning signs. A long-running campaign to highlight the number of red squirrels
being killed under the wheels of passing cars has resulted in the erection of
road signs warning motorists of the possible presence of the little creatures.
The State and oil giant Shell have lost their bid to stop two
Mayo residents pursuing High Court claims as to whether a ministerial consent
given eight years ago for the Shell Corrib gas pipeline is valid.
Millions of tonnes of recycling is still being sent to landfill
by businesses despite a multimillion pound Government campaign, according to spending
watchdogs.
A move by Unilever to stop buying palm oil from Indonesia's top
supplier Sinar Mas and to blacklist another supplier PT Duta Palma was "unfair,"
Indonesian Agriculture Minister Suswono said on Friday.
Europe's food safety agency has used partial evidence to approve
genetically modified crops, including a GM potato developed by BASF, and should
overhaul its methods, a French environment minister said.
All fish tested from U.S. streams found contaminated with mercury
In a new study conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
every single fish tested from 291 freshwater streams across the United States
was found to be contaminated with mercury.
The U.S. Department
of the Interior said on Friday that an iconic bird of the U.S. West warranted
protection under the Endangered Species Act but would be not be listed for now
...
Conservationists unveil plans to restore bison to North American
plains
Bison, the iconic animal of
the American west, could once more roam wild across the great plains under a recovery
roadmap prepared by international scientists.
Closing to fishing an area already largely closed by pirates
is a long way short of being meaningful fisheries management, WWF said at the
conclusion of the annual meeting of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) in
Busan, Korea today.
Black-faced Spoonbill numbers up again as Action Plans are launched
BirdLife International has compiled International Action Plans
for three globally Endangered and Critically Endangered migratory waterbirds in
Asia, under the auspices of the Convention on Migratory Species.
Study says undersea release of methane
is under way
Climate scientists have
long warned that global warming could unlock vast stores of the greenhouse gas
methane that are frozen into the Arctic permafrost, setting off potentially significant
increases in global warming.
The
European Union's development chief may be forced to name and shame France, Germany
and Italy for not living up to their aid commitments, contributing to a roughly
$17 billion funding gap this year.
EU tempers hopes of binding climate deal this year
The European Union executive is tempering its hopes of securing
a legally binding climate deal in talks this year culminating in Cancun, Mexico,
focusing instead on a 2011 summit in South Africa, a source said.
China to unveil multibillion-dollar renewable energy plan
The Chinese government is working on a 10-year initiative that
would see 15 per cent of the country's electricity generated from low-carbon sources
by 2020, according to reports in China Daily.
A rift within Japan's government over legislation to fight climate
change has raised the risk of it watering down plans for an emissions trading
system that is at the core of its drive for greener policies.
A leading scientific institute allowed its evidence to a parliamentary
inquiry into climate science to be influenced anonymously by an energy industry
consultant who argues that global warming is a religion.
