Goldfinches wooed from farmland to British gardens
The bright red face and yellow wing patches of the
goldfinch are nearly five times more likely to be seen in British
gardens than they were in the mid-1990s, according to the British
Trust for Ornithology (BTO).
On the second anniversary of Scotland’s pioneering
laws to conserve the seas, Scots are showing a groundswell of support
for Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).
Rare birds are to have their nests protected around
the clock by high-tech motion-sensitive cameras after a spate of poisonings,
a police force has said.
Twitchers have been flocking to the Forestry Commission’s
Hicks Lodge National Forest Cycle Centre, near Ashby de la Zouch in
Leicestershire, to spot rare feathered visitors.
Seal killing: A vital part of preserving Scottish salmon
The number of seals shot around Scotland’s coastline
is decreasing, but hundreds were still killed last year, often by
fish farms protecting their stocks.
UK nuclear sites at risk of flooding, report shows
As many as 12 of Britain's 19 civil nuclear sites
are at risk of flooding and coastal erosion because of climate change,
according to an unpublished government analysis obtained by the
Guardian.
Cable: put offshore wind "success story"
at heart of UK industrial policy
Offshore wind is one of the British industrial success
stories business secretary Vince Cable has urged the government
to get behind as part of creating "a compelling vision of where
the country is heading".
Government announces measures to defuse row over
turf-cutting ban
The government has doubled the compensation payable
to bog-owners in the first year after they agree to stop cutting
turf in environmentally sensitive areas.
Green Party accuses London mayor of £44m climate
budget underspend
The mayor of London has been accused of failing to
deliver on a range of climate change policies during his four-year
term in office, as new figures reveal he has spent just half of
an £84m green budget.
A plan to encourage farmers to increase stocking
rates for sheep in remote areas will have a devastating effect on
the environment, it has been claimed.
Natural England and Conservation Grade to collaborate
in farmland biodiversity drive
A landmark agreement has been reached between Natural
England, the government’s advisor on the natural environment,
and the Conservation Grade Nature Friendly Farming scheme.
Two hundred ancient woodlands at threat from development
More than 200 ancient woodlands are currently under
threat from development, and many more could be at risk without
changes to the proposed planning reforms, campaigners are warning.
EU-funded study underlines importance of Congo Basin
for global climate and biodiversity
With its 1.7 billion square kilometres, an area equivalent
to 5 times the size of Germany, the Congo Basin forest is the world's
second largest tropical forest.
Farmers face tough choice on ways to fight new strains
of weeds
OK, so this story is about weeds and weedkillers, neither
of which is ever the hero of a story, but stay with me for a second:
It's also about plants with superpowers.
Carp dominate crayfish in invasive species battleground
Louisiana red swamp crayfish and common carp are two
of the most invasive species on the planet yet how they interact has
only recently been revealed by scientists at Queen Mary, University
of London.
Coal-dependent Poland has warned fellow European
Union member states against “gambling with the European economy’s
future” as it seeks to thwart a campaign to deepen the bloc’s
cuts in greenhouse gas emissions linked to climate change.
EU ministers want to spur low-carbon energy: draft
Environment ministers meeting in Brussels on Friday
are likely to urge the EU's executive to look at practical ways
to drive green investment, but to stop short of calling for intervention
to prop up carbon permits that have lost much of their value.
Controversial green energy report 'very, very poor',
says government economist
The government and renewable energy businesses have
slammed the findings of a controversial report that claimed 2020
carbon reduction targets could be achieved more cost effectively
by building nuclear and gas-fired power stations instead of wind
farms.
Scotland to fit carbon capture at existing coal plants
by 2025
The Scottish government plans to fitcarbon capture
and storage at all coal plants by 2025 and said demonstrating the
technology could generate 3.5 billion pounds ($5.6 billion) in the
next decade.
IMO set to collide with EU over vessel CO2 emissions
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is
making little headway on market-based measures to curb carbon dioxide
emissions from international shipping, putting it on a policy collision
course with the European Union, observers said.
Economic slowdown means UK can phase out more fossil
energy
The economic slowdown means the UK could retire old
coal, oil and nuclear power plants without risking black-outs between
2015 and 2020, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
The scientist who has borne the full brunt of attacks
by climate change deniers, including death threats and accusations
of misappropriating funds, is set to hit back.
