Environment
Climate Change Committee warn PM has fallen short of dealing with the crisis
The UK “must get on track to delivering net zero emissions” in this Parliament, the Committee on Climate Change warned Boris Johnson.
Greta Thunberg has been named one of this year’s ten people who “mattered in science”
The 16 year old climate change activist is hailed alongside a neurologist who brought pigs' brains back to life and a palaeontologist who shook up humanity's family tree.
Global mountain gorilla population rises to 1,063
Human activity is still threatening the endangered primates despite community engagement in conservation and tourism initiatives, a survey has found.
Worker at one of Britain’s biggest Turkey meat farms filmed crushing birds’ necks with ‘inhumane’ pliers
Animal welfare group Viva! conducted a secret three-month investigation at Gravel Farm, Glos. earlier this year
Countries fail to agree on cutting greenhouse gases next year or carbon markets as UN climate talks stall
Environmental groups and activists accused the world’s richer countries of showing little commitment to seriously tackling climate change.
Sue you later alligator? – Louisiana sues California over alligator ban
The state says the industry provides economic incentives for landowners to protect marshlands that serve as habitat for the alligators.
Animal rights group holds turkeys protest in Sainsbury’s
The protesters held signs to highlight the ‘violence of a traditional Christmas meal’.
Video – Hunt under fire after activist filmed lying on fox attempting to save it
Nottingham Hunt Saboteurs filmed the attack
Labour party tops Friends of the Earth league table for parties’ climate and ecology policies
Labour’s environmental policies scored higher than both the Green Party and Liberal Democrats, with the Conservatives languishing far behind in the NGO’s assessments.