Wildlife trade is snuffing out species at a shocking rate, expert warns
Alligators wrapped in plastic and stuffed into suitcases. Songbirds trapped in glue and then wedged into bamboo tubes. These are just ...
Tag: Environment
XR wants public transport that works for the people – not against the planet
On Saturday 5 November at 2pm, young Extinction Rebellion activists in Bristol blocked an Airport Flyer bus at Temple Meads ...
Environmentalist says climate COPs help people mobilise, despite being rigged
Rishi Sunak's initial decision not to attend COP27 - and his subsequent U-turn - generated chatter about what these climate ...
Legal ivory trade benefits smugglers while endangering elephants, new report finds
An international ban on the trade in elephant ivory has been in place for decades. Nonetheless, the majestic giants continue to face ...
Climate academic makes case against world leaders attending COP27
The next climate conference - COP27 - is taking place in Egypt between 6 and 18 November. Recently, Rishi Sunak ...
Rishi Sunak’s tribute to Lula achieved the opposite of what he intended
On 31 October, Rishi Sunak congratulated Brazil's president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, commonly known as Lula, for his election victory. Like ...
Air pollution is rising in UK as bill threatens to lower standards
Illegal air pollution is rising in the UK, according to new analysis by the environmental NGO ClientEarth. The revelations come ...
Europe named among wildlife criminals that are looting Africa’s waters
The ocean is in crisis. Global warming is taking a severe toll on the ocean, as are plastics and agricultural ...
The conspicuous turd floating in Rishi Sunak’s environmental line-up
Rishi Sunak promised to protect our environment in his first speech as prime minister. There's been an audible - albeit cautious ...
DEFRA’s latest badger cull stunt is part of a worrying trend
Another intensive round of badger killing is underway in England. But, in a break from standard practice, the Department for ...
Governments must crack down on business to get deforestation goals on track
Many countries signed up to a pledge at the COP26 climate conference in 2021. They vowed to end deforestation by ...
Court acquits scientists for protest over Tory government’s fossil fuel plans
Magistrates acquitted five scientists on 21 October for their protest against the government's energy plans, which includes new oil and ...
Jacob Rees-Mogg’s plan to scrap EU retention laws is wildly unpopular
Jacob Rees-Mogg is forging ahead with plans to scrap several European Union (EU) restrictions. As business secretary, Rees-Mogg is using ...
Van Gogh’s painting is fine, but the planet is not
Activists from Just Stop Oil have thrown tomato soup at the glass covering Vincent van Gogh's 'Sunflowers'. The paining was ...
Tories push fossil fuel expansion even as climate crisis leads to record excess deaths
On 7 October, the UK opened up a new licensing round for potentially over 100 fossil fuel licences in the ...
Scandal hits shooting industry as another bird killing season begins
Not-so-brave hunters in England and Wales were able to slaughter two bird species - pheasant and woodcock - from 1 ...
It’s not only the Amazon at stake in Brazil’s upcoming election
Brazil's presidential election takes place on 2 October. As commentators have pointed out, the future of the Amazon is at ...
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