Environment
Johnson risks “humiliation” as coal mine green-lighted just months before UK holds climate summit
The mine is projected to increase UK emissions by 0.4Mt (megatonnes) of CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent) per year.
‘Neglect and lack of care’ as rubbish-covered lake brings to light Balkans waste problem
The surface of the lake got covered in a thick layer of waste ranging from plastics to rusty metal scraps, tree trunks and even reportedly a coffin.
‘It sounds harsh to the normal person’ – Australia plans to kill pigeon that crossed Pacific from US
“While it sounds harsh to the normal person – they’d hear that and go ‘This is cruel’, and everything else – I’d think you’d find that AQIS and those sort of people would give their wholehearted support for the idea.”
‘It’s really hard out there’ – Edinburgh chefs distribute food packs to families for just 50p
“It is critical – 1,041 people reached out to us to say ‘please help me eat food today’ and that is a cry for help. That’s a hard thing to do, so that means it’s really hard out there."
‘Nature, for us, is the life of the Indian’ – Forests almost twice the size of UK destroyed in global hotspots
“Nature, for us, is the life of the Indian. Why? It gives pure oxygen, it gives natural food to us, hunting, fishing, native fruits of the jungle, medicine, so, it is important to us, because we live off the jungle,”chief of the Uru-eu-wau-wau indigenous peoples said.
‘Their only refuge’ – Evictions of renters should not be allowed during lockdown, Government warned
“Simply put, the Government needs to stop evictions. We all know the country is facing some of the toughest weeks ahead, the Prime Minister has said so himself. Now is not the time for people to lose their homes – their only refuge from this raging storm.”
Keep post-Brexit pledge and ban supertrawlers, Greenpeace UK urges PM
“Unless we start properly protecting these fragile habitats from the most damaging examples of industrial fishing, the UK cannot lay claim to being a world leader in ocean protection.”
‘Died without the dignity of a stable home’ as homeless deaths rise for fifth year in row
“It is heartbreaking that what unites them is the systematic failure of successive governments.”
‘Trapped in this degrading situation’ as 2m children in UK went short of food in 2020
"I think in a society that believes in compassion and justice, I feel deeply ashamed that we have allowed ourselves to get to a situation where millions are trapped in this degrading situation."