Environment
New species of flying squirrel added to world’s rarest animals list
The elusive new species was only discovered in China last year.
Giant Antarctic ice sheet ‘could be saved’ by generating billions of tons of artificial snow
Scioentists say the project would need "unprecedented" feats of engineering - including the installation of several thousand wind turbines in the inhospitable region
Cambodia vows to return plastic waste shipments from US and Canada
The Environment Ministry said 1,600 tons of waste was found in 83 containers in the country’s main port.
Waitrose introduces multicoloured recycled plastic for ready meals
Waitrose is moving to multicoloured recycled trays for its ready meals as it bids to eliminate its use of unrecyclable black plastic by the end of the year. The colour of the new trays will vary depending on the recycled plastic – predominantly mixed PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles and other containers – that has gone into producing them. Waitrose & Partners said the new packaging is unlikely to be the same colour twice, and will range from pink and red...
Estate condemns hen harrier death in ‘illegal trap’
Leadhills Estate says it has reported suspicious activity to police.
Corbyn vows to reveal Britain’s ‘true impact’ on climate change
A Labour government will disclose for the first time the “true impact” on the climate of Britain’s carbon emissions, Jeremy Corbyn is to warn. The Labour leader will say that, currently, only greenhouse gases generated by goods and services produced within the UK are measured. But, while these have been coming down, this ignores the emissions generated from goods imported into the country, which have “barely changed” in 20 years. The result, he argues, is that the UK is effectively...
Revealed: unusually hot seas have killed 70% of these islands’ coral
Scientists were studying reefs in the British Indian Ocean Territory before and after two ocean heatwaves.
London’s climate could be more like Barcelona’s by 2050, study suggests
Pairing up cities can help people visualise the impacts of climate change, such as the risk of the kind of severe drought that hit Barcelona in 2008.
Indonesia sends back waste containers to Western nations
Indonesia is sending dozens of containers of waste back to Western nations after finding it was contaminated with used nappies, plastic and other materials, adding to a growing backlash in Southeast Asia against being a dumping ground for the developed world’s rubbish. The country’s directorate general of customs said Tuesday that 49 containers in Batam port near Singapore will be returned to Australia, the US, France, Germany and Hong Kong. Indonesian custom officers show off the front of a foreign...