NEWS AND OPINION: HS2 has rapidly become a white elephant, a project that is already out-of-date before the first sleeper and track has been laid.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 project is devastating to wildlife in the UK because it destroys their habitat. The … Continue reading →
NEWS AND COMMENT: Many beautiful trees have been cut down to make way for the doomed and already outdated HS2 rail link.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 about oak trees being felled causing great distress among nature lovers. HS2 is outdated … Continue reading →
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 incidental in the long term because a study by Aberdeen University tells us that … Continue reading →
Neonicotinoids used in pesticides makes bees sleep in the day and it makes them go out at night when flowers are not open to be pollinated. Bees are a major and critical pollinator. The numbers have declined significantly. The reason? … Continue reading →
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 on the pavement (sidewalk). It looks as though people are picking up their dog’s … Continue reading →
A study titled: Shell mineralogy of a foundational marine species, Mytilus californianus, over half a century in a changing ocean, researched the effect, over a long period of time, of the gradual acidification of the oceans on the strength and … Continue reading →
A survey has found that the calving rate of humpback whales in the Gulf of St Lawrence off Canada has halved in the past 15 years. It is believed that this might be caused by warmer water due to climate … Continue reading →
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 tree adjacent to a road in Hackney, London. It was called the Happy Man … Continue reading →
Liz Bonnin is a French-Irish scientist and natural history presenter. She is a national treasure as far as I am concerned because she spells it out the way it should be spelt out and I’m referring to the reason why, … Continue reading →
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 and take charge of their lives. What I love about this story is that … Continue reading →
Allegedly, British supermarkets are complicit in the deforestation of Brazilian rainforest because some of their supply chain products are linked with Brazilian mega-farms which destroy rainforest. And, their guilt appears to be silently admitted because some refuse to confirm or … Continue reading →
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 to the finding that if we weighed everything that humans had produced since 1900 … Continue reading →
NEWS AND COMMENT: It’s extraordinary to report that an expat (and his friend) living in France campaigning about litter picked up more than 6,000 discarded coronavirus facemasks during his fifty-nine day walk. His name is Ed Platt. He is on … Continue reading →
NEWS AND VIEWS: The Chinese are destroying coral reefs over vast areas in two ways and it is highly distressing. I don’t know how anybody can simply report this without feeling anger. A lot of anger, and a desire to … Continue reading →
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 a clear trend among the mighty manufacturers and retailers of gadgets, predominantly computers and … Continue reading →
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 well-known cat and dog skin parasite treatments such as Frontline and Advantage contain strong … Continue reading →
NEWS AND VIEWS (COMMENT): Shortly after taking office in 1933 the then US president, Franklin Roosevelt, set up the Civilian Conservation Corps with the intention of providing work for jobless young men. The project was successful in that 3 billion … Continue reading →
NEWS AND VIEWS: Although £40 million is nowhere near enough to be pledged by Boris Johnson for green spaces and conservation jobs in England, it is a step in the right direction. Craig Bennett, the chief executive of the Wildlife … Continue reading →
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 age of 5 to the age of 19, people would not damage the planet … Continue reading →
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 for HS2. There are many examples but I’ve picked out a couple and I … Continue reading →
