Steve Allen, the early breakfast LBC radio presenter, much loved by an army of elderly British citizens delights in telling them that he wears an entirely new pair of underpants every day (Marks & Spencer) and an entirely new pair of socks every day as …
More wildfires in California. The reports are on a conveyor belt. More destruction, more people trapped in their homes and more people and pets dying. Hundreds of thousands of acres burnt. This is California to outsiders. It can’t be as bad as it looks but …
A new study has revealed that fragments of the world’s most popular fabric can now be found in the remotest parts of the planet in a similar fashion to minute plastic particles from polyester and similar clothing. In 2012, Danny Miller, an anthropologist concluded that …
One of the great challenges of the modern era is to drag humankind away from powering the world with fossil fuels. Fossil fuels creates carbon dioxide which causes global warming which in turn damages the planet making life harder for both humans and animals. In …
Palm oil plantations are big business and its growing. To make the space for these plantations, businesses are cutting down rainforests; virgin forests which have been the home of many wild species for thousands of years. The palm oil industry kills wild cat species. Palm …
The UK’s arable farms’ production of cereal could be down by 35 percent this year because of climate change. It will mean that Britain will become an importer of about 4 million tonnes of grain whereas in the past the country was a net exporter …
Discarded Diet Coke cans can become a serious wildlife and companion animal hazard. They are transformed into razor-sharp objects when cut and destroyed by lawnmowers. I’m referring to a story on the website Kent Online which reports shredded Diet Coke cans found along the Royal …
The Atlantic Ocean contains 1,000 particles of plastic per cubic metre of sea water. These are the new findings of a new study to assess the amount of plastic in the oceans and it has been decided that the quantity is 10 times more than …
When irresponsible fishermen lose or dump their nets at sea they create “ghost fishing nets” which can kill marine wildlife by trapping the animals. There is a volunteer organisation (a charity) called Ghost Fishing UK which is dedicated to removing ghost fishing nets to release …
