environment

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29 03 2021 | 11:40

Plastic particles pass from mothers into foetuses, rat study shows

Nanoparticles found in foetal brains and hearts, but impact on human health is as yet unknown. Tiny plastic particles in the lungs of pregnant rats pass rapidly into the hearts, brains and other…

29 03 2021 | 10:21

Major climate polluters accused of greenwashing with sports sponsorship.

Report reveals more than 250 deals between high-carbon industries and leading sports teams. Polluting industries are pouring hundreds of millions of pounds into sports sponsorship in an attempt to “…

26 03 2021 | 16:48

Penises are shrinking because of pollution, warns environmental scientist

In case you needed another reason to care about the climate crisis, it has been found that pollution is causing human penises to shrink. A leading epidemiologist and environmental scientist has…

24 03 2021 | 12:47

GREENPEACE AFRICA: Pollution is killing Kenya's lakes, NEMA must Act

The recent tragedy of poisoned fish in Kenya's Lake Nakuru and Lake Victoria is threatening both the health of consumers and the livelihoods of communities living around them.

22 03 2021 | 14:41

Global oil demand 'could exceed pre-Covid levels without clean energy moves'.

Figures from International Energy Agency dash hopes that world consumption had peaked. The world’s oil demand could exceed pre-Covid 19 levels within the next two years unless concrete government…

22 03 2021 | 14:40

Don't believe hydrogen and nuclear hype – they can’t get us to net zero carbon by 2050

Big industry players pushing techno-fixes are ignoring the only realistic solution to the climate crisis: renewables

22 03 2021 | 14:30

Russia’s Getting Left Behind in Global Dash for Clean Energy.

Russia has the most to lose among big powers from a shift from fossil fuels. The Kremlin’s betting that won’t happen anytime soon. As the man in charge of developing Russia’s vast Arctic north,…

22 03 2021 | 14:06

Majority of directors from UK’s top banks ‘have links with big polluters’.

Nearly 80% of directors on the boards of five of the UK’s largest banks have connections to highly polluting industries. Nearly 80 per cent of directors from five of the UK’s top banks have links…

22 03 2021 | 10:28

One of the largest ecosystems on Earth lives beneath the seafloor and eats radiation byproducts.

That's pretty metal! Researchers at the University of Rhode Island’s (URI) Graduate School of Oceanography report that a whole ecosystem of microbes below the sea dines not on sunlight, but on…

22 03 2021 | 10:19

10 years after Fukushima, safety is still nuclear power’s greatest challenge.

Ten years ago, on March 11, 2011, the biggest recorded earthquake in Japanese history hit the country’s northeast coast. It was followed by a tsunami that traveled up to 6 miles (10 kilometers)…

22 03 2021 | 10:11

Bitcoin rise could leave carbon footprint the size of London's.

Research estimates cryptocurrency will consume as much energy as all datacentres globally. The surge in bitcoin’s price since the start of 2021 could result in the cryptocurrency having a carbon…

22 03 2021 | 09:59

Revealed: why hundreds of thousands of tonnes of recycling are going up in smoke.

Investigation questions eco-friendly claims of incineration industry.

22 03 2021 | 09:54

Coalition Says Healing 'Broken Relationship With Nature' Key to Stopping Next Pandemic

As the World Health Organization stresses the need for continued measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the face of a global rise in cases, reporting out Tuesday spotlights a new…

22 03 2021 | 09:50

Common Misconceptions About Science I: “Scientific Proof”.

Why there is no such thing as a scientific proof. Misconceptions about the nature and practice of science abound and are sometimes even held by otherwise respectable practicing scientists themselves…

22 03 2021 | 09:27

Exotic crystals of 'ice 19' discovered.

Scientists have identified the 19th form of water ice. The exotic, four-sided crystals of this rare ice variety, now dubbed ice XIX, form at ultra-low temperatures and ultra-high pressures.  It only…

22 03 2021 | 09:03

Republicans' new favorite study trashes Biden's climate plans – but who's behind it?

Wyoming representative Liz Cheney says the study proves Biden’s policies would destroy state economies. But it has the oil and gas industry’s fingerprints all over it. Wyoming’s US representative,…

22 03 2021 | 08:52

Kentucky Experiences Historic Flooding Following Record Rainfall.

Kentucky is coping with historic flooding after a weekend of record-breaking rainfall, enduring water rescues, evacuations and emergency declarations.

22 03 2021 | 08:26

Is this the end of forests as we've known them?

Trees lost to drought and wildfires are not returning. Climate change is taking a toll on the world’s forests - and radically changing the environment before our eyes by Alastair Gee

18 03 2021 | 10:53

Native Energy : Producing biofuels in Kenya

According to Maslow hierarchy of needs, food is part of the very basic needs.  However, preparing the said food in most parts of Africa becomes expensive financially and socially especially in Kenya…

18 03 2021 | 10:48

In Brussels, green still means white.

The EU bubble has a whiteness problem – and the green sector is complicit, write Chloé Mikolajczak and Marianna Tuokkola. Chloé Mikolajczak and Marianna Tuokkola are authors of The Burning Case, a…