Environment
UK supermarkets end trade in kangaroo meat
Animal welfare charity Viva! is celebrating another victory after supermarket chain Lidl caved to public pressure to end its trade in kangaroo meat. With frozen food giants Iceland dropping sales earlier this year, Lidl had remained the only UK supermarket carrying the meat on occasion as part of their weekly promotional deals. Marketing the ‘deluxe kangaroo steaks’ as nutritious and inexpensive Lidl consumers were unwittingly buying into the largest slaughter of land based wildlife in history. Hunted at night in...
Shocking images show coastal homes beginning to collapse in the wake of Beast from the East
These pictures show the desolate remnants of five coastal homes which are on the brink of falling into the sea. The houses are perched on a cliff edge and at immediate risk of collapsing on to the beach below. The properties on the coast of Hemsby, Norfolk, have already spilt many of their contents out after being battered by severe weather. They will now be demolished due to the irreparable damage caused by the recent storms known as 'the Beast...
New data confirms increased frequency of extreme weather events
European national science academies are urging further action on climate change adaptation after new data confirmed the increased frequency of extreme weather events. Man-made climate change has been proven to have increased recent extreme rainfall and associated floods as well as increasing the risks of wildfires with implications for humans and animals, the environment, and the economy. New data shows that extreme weather events have become more frequent over the past 36 years, with a significant uptick in floods and...
Oscar-winning actor Emma Thompson joins fracking protest
Oscar-winning actor Emma Thompson has joined a peaceful walk and silent protest at a controversial fracking site. Protestors, led by over 100 women in white clothes, marched through Blackpool, Lancs., to urge the Government to publish an internal report on fracking which "could call into question" the viability of the industry. Emma Thompson, 58, led from the front holding a "NO FRACKING" sign in solidarity with the throng of protestors, accompanied by Greenpeace activist Tina Rothery. Emma Thompson in front...
The last remaining male northern white rhino has died after becoming ill
It is with great sadness that Ol Pejeta Conservancy and the Dvůr Králové Zoo announced that Sudan, the world’s last male northern white rhino, age 45, died at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya on March 19th, 2018. The last male northern white rhinoceros has died, leaving only two females with which conservationists hope to save the species from extinction. Sudan, the legendary male northern white Rhino who has died Sudan was being treated for age-related complications that led to degenerative...
Aid charity Shelterbox under fire for not reporting three incidents of sexual misconduct
Disaster relief charity Shelterbox has come under fire after failing to report three of its aid workers who were involved in allegations of sexual misconduct. The charity, which delivers boxes of emergency kit to disaster zones such as Haiti or Nepal following earthquakes and hurricanes, has admitted "three sexual misconduct incidents pre-2013, one of which is unproven". However, Shelterbox, which has bases in Truro and Helston in Cornwall and receives millions of pounds in donations each year, reportedly only made...
Climate change could displace over 140 million by 2050, says World Bank
A report released today by the World Bank has painted a troubling picture for the world, for the years ahead. The report claims that by 2050 143 million “climate migrants” will be forced to move due to rising sea levels, blighted crops and droughts. In sub-Saharan Africa, 86m are expected to be internally displaced over the period; in south Asia, about 40m; and in Latin America, 17m. Tens of millions of people would pour into already crowded slums within their...
Climate change ‘threatens world’s largest seagrass carbon stores’
A summer-long heatwave killed so many marine plants it released the equivalent greenhouse gasses produced by an astonishing 1.6 MILLION cars. A study shows the "unprecedented" heatwave raised sea temperatures 2 to 4 degrees Celsius above average for more than two months, which proved fatal for more than 1,100 square kilometres of seagrass. This mass extinction released up to nine million metric tons of CO2 into the atmosphere over the three years following the 2010 heatwave in Shark Bay, Australia....
Named: The household brands that are contributing to 1 football pitch of rainforest being lost every 25 seconds
Eight major household brands including PZ Cussons (makers of Carex soap), Johnson & Johnson (baby lotion) and Kellogg’s (Pop Tarts) have been named and shamed by Greenpeace for refusing to take steps towards eliminating palm oil from Indonesian forest destruction from their supply chains. As members of the powerful Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), the brands promised in 2010 to help protect forests and limit climate change by cleaning up global commodity supply chains by 2020. Yet with less than two...