Gamekeepers have accused Scottish
ministers and their scientific advisers of failing to grasp the damage
that is done to the country’s multi-million pound shooting industry
by birds of prey.
Conservation experts in the Scottish Borders are celebrating
that over the past ten years, over a 100 osprey chicks have fledged
nests in the River Tweed catchment area.
The Firth of Clyde in Scotland was once known for its
stocks of cod, halibut and herring, but scientists have warned that
it faces ecological meltdown.
Fighting to save the rapidly vanishing English hedgerows
The West's hedgerows should be better protected
to stop developers and farmers continuing to destroy thousands
of miles of important habitat every year.
Durham Wildlife Trust has been given £210,000
to preserve woodland. The money will be used to conserve Milkwellburn
Wood in the Derwent Valley, which is the home of rare wildlife
and endangered flowers.
It was like a scene out of Yes Minister. A few
years ago the leader of an environmental group approached a
Scottish Executive minister with the suggestion that Harris
be designated as Scotland’s third national park. He was
bemused by the ministerial response: “It is a good idea,
indeed it is a very good idea, but that is exactly why you mustn’t
say anything about it.”
Oil sands polluting Alberta river system, study finds
Oil sands operations are polluting the Athabasca River
system, researchers said on Monday, contradicting the Alberta government's
assertions that toxins in the watershed are naturally occurring.
Friends of the Earth urges end to 'land grab' for biofuels
European Union countries must drop their biofuels targets
or else risk plunging more Africans into hunger and raising carbon
emissions, according to Friends of the Earth (FoE).
From Agent Orange to deliberate oil spills, conflict
carries massive environmental costs. But apart from high-profile cases
such as Rwanda's mountain gorillas, the impact of war on animals and
biodiversity remains a largely unexplored and underfunded area, despite
the United Nations naming 2010 the 'International Year of Biodiversity'.
Swarms of marine turbines could 'tap the Gulf Stream'
The engineer at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
in the US is currently finalising designs for a series of turbines
that could be used to harness the immense energy of the Gulf Stream,
flowing deep in the Atlantic Ocean.
Galicians demand answers over 2002 Prestige oil spill
The coastline of Galicia is green and rugged, dotted
with deserted, sandy coves. But this enticing landscape was the site
of one of Spain's worst environmental disasters.
Climate panel must 'fundamentally reform' to survive
The world's climate science authority must "fundamentally
reform" its organisation and how it operates if it is to
regain the public's trust, according to a major review.
Climate change implicated in decline of horseshoe
crabs
A distinct decline in horseshoe crab numbers
has occurred that parallels climate change associated with the
end of the last Ice Age, according to a study that used genomics
to assess historical trends in population sizes.
The fear that global temperature can change very
quickly and cause dramatic climate changes that may have a disastrous
impact on many countries and populations is great around the
world. But what causes climate change and is it possible to
predict future climate change?
German solar-power capacity may exceed wind by
2020, state adviser says
Germany probably will have more production capacity
at solar power plants than from wind-energy turbines within
a decade, a government energy adviser said.
Russia submits 1st Kyoto CO2 offset project to
U.N.
Russia has submitted its first clean energy project
to a U.N. climate panel for registration to earn carbon credits
under the Kyoto Protocol, the United Nations' Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC) said on Monday.
Japan plans to bind large firms to CO2 caps:
draft
Japan's compulsory emissions trading scheme is
set to start in April 2013 and cover large CO2 emitting companies,
a draft of the government's proposals showed on Monday, but
several issues are still open to debate.
