Scientists think they have resolved
one of the most controversial environmental issues of the past decade: the curious
case of the missing frogs' legs.
Scotland's future marred by damaging national developments?
RSPB Scotland welcomes the publication today of the second National
Planning Framework (NPF2) for Scotland, but is disappointed that potentially environment
wrecking proposals have not been dropped.
Environment campaigners today criticised UK Government delays
on rules for ship-to-ship oil transfers in the Forth, asking whether it needed
the threat of a disaster to produce some action.
Doris survey of English Channel seabed finds traces of ancient
river
An ancient river channel, shipwrecks
and giant underwater gravel dunes are among previously unknown features discovered
during the most detailed survey to date of the Channel seabed.
The UK has the potential to generate an extra 25GW of offshore
wind energy on top of the 8GW that is already planned, providing enough power
for 20 million homes and supporting up to 70,000 new jobs.
Stephen and Joceline Gibson of Birkdale Farm, Terrington, York
have beaten off stiff competition to be named Northern England’s winner of the
RSPB’s Nature of Farming Award, run in association with Countryfile magazine.
The
International Whaling Commission's annual conference ended in disarray Thursday,
keeping in place a ban on commercial whaling amid deep rifts between hunters and
conservationists.
Hidden whale culture
could be critical to species survival
Though it sounds at first like a marine biologist’s take on political
correctness, respecting the cultural diversity of whales may be essential to saving
them.
One third of sharks and rays 'threatened with extinction'
Almost a third of sharks and rays found in the open ocean are
threatened with extinction - largely as a result of overfishing, conservationists
have warned.
France to face EU court over great hamster disappearance
The European Commission plans to
take France to Europe's highest court for failing to protect the great hamster
of Alsace, a species threatened with extinction, an official said Thursday.
EU governments on
Wednesday agreed to tighten up limits to industrial pollution, though without
getting as tough as some nations, and environmentalists, would have liked.
The northern spotted owl has been a controversial conservation
icon for years -- ever since large swaths of old-growth forest in the Pacific
Northwest were set aside to protect the threatened bird 15 years ago.
Major economies including the United States and China are considering
setting a goal of halving world greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 when they hold
a summit in Italy next month, a draft document showed.
Russia is the weakest link of climate change talks - WWF
Russia’s announcement to reduce its emissions by 10 to 15 percent
by 2020 is disappointing and sets a bad example for other countries who are trying
to negotiate a global deal to save the world from dangerous climate change.
The
tallest building in the Western Hemisphere will undergo a $350 million "green"
retrofit that its owners said on Wednesday will make the 110-story office tower
a beacon for environmentally sound space.
Guidance to planners on latest climate change projections
Planners have been told that the latest climate change projections
should not require regional and local plan-making to be slowed down or planning
applications deferred.
A raft of new powers to crack
down on wasteful homeowners and businesses were passed yesterday, giving the Scottish
Government the tough tools it needs to meet what have been hailed as the world's
most ambitious emissions targets.
Insights into how climate change might
impact species' geographic ranges
A
new study ... offers interesting insights into how species may, or may not, change
their geographic range — the place where they live on earth — under climate change.
