Dead red kite is the 15th found illegally
poisoned
A red kite found dead on
a main road had been poisoned, police have confirmed. The bird was the 15th illegally-poisoned
red kite to be found in Dumfries and Galloway from a re-introduced population
of the birds of prey.
Before the snow drops again, book a trip
to see the snowdrops
With much of
Britain still feeling the full force of one of the most severe winters in living
memory, and with more snow forecast, summer might seem a long way away.
Pike
anglers are warning that Broads Authority plans to dredge Heigham Sound on the
Upper Thurne could cause an ecological "catastrophe" by triggering a bloom of
killer algae.
Campaigners pledged yesterday to put the decision to approve
the £350 million Beauly-Denny power line at the heart of the General Election
in Scotland.
Cuts could undo all the
good work that wildlife group have achieved on our hills
A leading Belfast environmental charity has hit out at “crippling”
cuts by the Department of the Environment that have slashed its budget by more
than half.
A campaign group battling plans to build thousands of homes near
Oxford’s Grenoble Road has released a document highlighting the importance of
the city’s Green Belt.
Anti-whalers
claim hull pierced in Antarctic clash
Anti-whaling
activists Saturday accused Japanese harpooners of intentionally ramming one of
their ships and piercing its hull in a further escalation of hostilities in Antarctic
waters.
Elena Espinosa, Spain's minister for environment, marine and
rural affairs, told MEPs last month that getting a political agreement on the
soil directive would be one of her priorities for Spain's presidency of the EU.
Preparations for Olympic
games in Russia not meeting environmental standards - WWF
Despite a recent visit by the United Nations Environment Programme,
preparations for the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia
are failing to meet proper environmental standards, according to WWF.
While on honeymoon in Indonesia,
Australian newlyweds Richard and Clair Webb decided to go somewhere truly exotic:
not a luxury resort on an idyllic beach, but an eco-friendly lodge surrounded
by wild orangutans.
Loss of species hits
economy; new U.N. goals needed
Losses
of animal and plant species are an increasing economic threat and the world needs
new goals for protecting nature after failing to achieve a 2010 U.N. target of
slowing extinctions, experts said Friday.
Seals are hot at chilly G7 Canadian Arctic meeting
Seals are hot at the G7 meeting in Canada's Arctic this weekend,
whether it's the sealskin mitts artisans are trying to sell, or the raw seal meat
on the menu at a community feast on Saturday.
Climate change is transforming the Arctic environment faster
than expected and accelerating the disappearance of sea ice, scientists said on
Friday in giving their early findings from the biggest-ever study of Canada's
changing north.
Writing in The Daily Telegraph, the former chief scientist said
the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has tried too hard to achieve
"consensus science" around the risks of floods, droughts and extreme weather events.
Canadian ambassador Gary Doer on Wednesday cautioned U.S. policy-makers
against imposing punitive climate-change measures against Alberta's oilsands ...
The roof of the world is heating
up, according to a report today that said temperatures in Tibet soared last year
to the highest level since records began.
The Indian government has established its own body to monitor
the effects of global warming because it “cannot rely” on the United Nations’
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the group headed by its own leading
scientist Dr R.K Pachauri.
The U.N.'s panel of climate experts said on Friday it was reviewing
whether it wrongly said that more than half of the Netherlands is below sea level
in a new glitch after exaggerating the thaw of Himalayan glaciers.
Public sector greenhouse gas emissions rose by 6.25% in 2008
despite overall UK emissions falling by almost 2%, analysis of government figures
showed today.
