Priti Patel’s plans to restrict civil liberties make it all the more important that activists keep the public on their sideA draconian police and crime bill is making its way through parliament, and on Tuesday the home secretary, Priti Patel, told her …
Pathway to a sustainable economy | Letters
Dr Patrick O’Sullivan and Tony Brauer respond to George Monbiot’s claim that ‘there is no such thing as green growth’George Monbiot (‘Green growth’ doesn’t exist – less of everything is the only way to avert catastrophe, 29 September) has written more …
‘Fallen stock’: what happens now to the UK’s unwanted pigs?
Strict guidelines govern how sick or injured animals are disposed of, leaving farmers with no cheap or easy optionsHundred of healthy pigs culled amid UK shortage of abattoir workersSick or injured animals on farms which are not able to be transported …
UK car sales plunge but electric vehicles soar to record amid fuel crisis
Global chip shortage helps push car registrations to lowest level for more than two decadesThe number of electric cars sold in the UK last month neared the figures for the whole of 2019, with panic-buying at the petrol pumps expected to accelerate cons…
Tell us your best home energy saving tips
As wholesale gas prices rise in the UK, we would like to hear your best advice for saving energy at homeAs wholesale gas prices rise, millions of UK households are facing higher energy bills. With this in mind, we would like to hear your best advice fo…
Hundreds of healthy pigs culled amid UK shortage of abattoir workers
Farmers warned that up to 120,000 animals face being slaughtered as they lack space to house them‘Fallen stock’: what happens now to the UK’s unwanted pigs?The slaughter of healthy pigs has begun on British farms, with farmers forced to kill animals to…
Shipping firms vow to cut emissions if governments support low-carbon tech
Industry calls for levy to fund new technologies – but environmentalists say proposal blocks climate progressThe global shipping industry has pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero by mid-century – but only if governments impose a mandatory…
‘Volcanoes are life’: how the ocean is enriched by eruptions devastating on land
Lava is destroying much of La Palma but the last eruption in the Canaries appears to have ‘fertilised’ the surrounding seasThe eruption of the volcano on La Palma in the Canary Islands is a vivid reminder of the destructive power of nature but, as it l…
Global vaccine rollout vital to securing deal for nature, warns UN biodiversity chief
Elizabeth Maruma Mrema says access to Covid jabs for developing world will be critical to the success of in-person Kunming Cop15 summitGovernments hoping for a global agreement to halt biodiversity loss must put more effort into access to Covid-19 vacc…
都市こそが生態系保全や生物多様性の鍵を握るという「自然保護論者のパラドックス」
ヤマネコ、コヨーテ、ムササビ、カワウソ……これまであり得なかった多様な動物が都市部で目撃されるにつれ、研究者たちは、都市こそが生物多様性の促進において重要な役割を果たすと考えるようになっている。都市化が生物種や生態系に大きな脅威を与え続けている一方で、都市が多様な生息環境であふれているという「自然保護論者のパラドックス」が起こっているのだ。都市保全生物学というこの新たな分野は、都市こそ「保全が完全に成功する場所だ」と考えている。
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