COMMENT: It is difficult to believe but according to research scientists in New Zealand, dogs are more environmentally unfriendly than cars because their carbon footprint is...
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More ancient woodland destroyed for white elephant HS2
NEWS AND OPINION: HS2 has rapidly become a white elephant, a project that is already out-of-date before the first sleeper and track has been laid. The...
Continue reading...Much loved ancient pear tree and others felled for HS2
NEWS AND COMMENT: Many beautiful trees have been cut down to make way for the doomed and already outdated HS2 rail link. I have written before...
Continue reading...UK fish industry may be damaged by global warming causing smaller fish
The UK fish industry is in the news because of Brexit. It was a central part of the negotiations. Global warming may make those negotiations seem...
Continue reading...Getting rid of dog poo in an environmentally friendly way
I don’t know about you but on my walks around the area where I live I not infrequently see small, black plastic bags containing dog poo...
Continue reading...Felling of Hackney tree symbolic of human population growth and destruction of the planet
There’s been wailing and gnashing of teeth (and I would have joined them if I had known about it) at the felling of a magnificent plane...
Continue reading...Yorkshire community group block road construction and build their own common
A North Yorkshire community has achieved something which I think is very impressive. It almost points the way to the future of how people should live...
Continue reading...Amazon must curb its use of plastic packaging
In the interests of wildlife conservation, and the protection of our planet including the oceans, Amazon must take urgent steps to reduce the use of plastic...
Continue reading...Human created produce will soon outweigh the entire natural world
A research project – which is designed to open the eyes of humankind to the realisation that we can’t go on destroying the planet – came...
Continue reading...Planned obsolescence of devices harms the environment impacting animal welfare
The state of the environment is important for animal welfare. Damage the environment and you also harm the animals including of course the human-animal. There is...
Continue reading...Cutting down a 43 foot spruce tree for Parliament Square at Christmas
NEWS AND VIEWS: I’m going to be the only one who thinks like this. I don’t like to see a 30 year old, 43-foot tall Sitka...
Continue reading...Fipronil and imidacloprid pet flea treatments poisoning river wildlife
NEWS AND VIEWS: This is a cross post because I think the issue needs to be flagged up as strongly as possible. Some very high-profile and...
Continue reading...GCSE in Natural History including work in the field to stop damage to the planet
NEWS AND VIEWS: Tim Smit, 66, the creator of the Eden Project in Cornwall, UK, said that if natural history was taught in schools from the...
Continue reading...300-year-old oak trees cut down for HS2
Trees are a home to wildlife. Ancient oak trees planted in the reign of George I, 300 years ago, are being cut down to make way...
Continue reading...Rectangular slabs of cheese are more environmentally friendly than square slabs
I’m not sure that it is strictly the change from square to rectangular which reduces the amount of plastic waste from cheese products because the amount...
Continue reading...Three guys committed a crime by cooking chickens in a Yellowstone hot spring
NEWS & VIEWS: This is an interesting minor crime, a misdemeanour in America. Two men admitted making their dinner by boiling chickens in a Yellowstone Park...
Continue reading...Fish in rivers and the sea poisoned by cigarettes
It’s an interesting thought, the 5,000 or so poisonous chemicals in cigarettes can end up being leached into rivers and the sea. Cigarettes are known to...
Continue reading...Tax meat to stop disease and to protect the animals and the environment
PETA and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services both say, as do many others, that meat should be taxed in the same way...
Continue reading...Monty Don is slammed for advising that people should not buy peat-based products
NEWS AND VIEWS (COMMENT): People in the business of making money from plants and gardening have acted unreasonably and in my honest opinion stupidly in criticising...
Continue reading...Farmers will lose subsidies if they pollute rivers
In the UK, rivers are becoming more polluted from farms and water company sewer overflows; 84% of rivers have failed to meet government targets concerning ecological...
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