Leaked documents show that Natural England, the official wildlife agency, is to increase its income from 'discretionary chargeable advice' to developers and landowners, writes EMMA HOWARD - while also failing to prosecute wildlife crime or challenge damaging developments.
… News Conservation Politics UK Corporations Development pennine-bog-cut.jpg Leaked … wildlife crime or challenge damaging developments. England's top natural … and at the national level around policy development" The document is understood to …
Food scarcity is an issue that affects people around the world. Developing countries often struggle the most with food scarcity, but sustainable farming techniques could change their food system and lead to economic development and environmental protection. EMILY FOLK investigates
… change their food system and lead to economic development and environmental protection. … on other things. This can lead to economic development and improved well-being. Increased … Food security, water security and economic development all lead to increased stability. …
9,000 new homes in the 'fast track' housing development zones created by the UK government are in areas of flood risk, making them potentially uninhabitable and uninsurable, according to a Greenpeace investigation - and that's before accounting for the increased flood risk from by climate change. Meanwhile future levels of funding for flood control are looking highly uncertain.
… Energydesk | 8th January 2015 News Water Development UK Floods Politics … 9,000 new homes in the 'fast track' housing development zones created by the UK government … the areas earmarked for fast-tracked housing development by a flagship government scheme …
A recently discovered peatland in northeast Peru contains two years worth of US carbon emissions, writes Joe Sandler Clarke, but it's under threat from the rapidly advancing 'palm oil frontier'. Now scientists are calling for the wetland's immediate protection - before it's too late to save it.
… States. Scientists have said that economic development in the region, like road-building … a lecturer in geography and sustainable development St Andrews University and one of … the authors of the research, explained. "The development of commercial agriculture and …
Business leaders have taken some initiatives to reduce the impact they have on the natural environment. Here, EMILY FOLK examines how a company can make a difference in the office - and beyond.
How businesses can stimulate positive environmental change Emily Folk | 23rd March 2018 Comment Waste And Recycling Environmental Policy Facebook Walmart Pepsi Co amazon-deforestation01.jpg Business …
President Trump's recent executive order could open an area of America's most precious landscapes bigger than Yellowstone to oil drilling and coal mining, write Lawrence Carter & Joe Sandler Clarke. The 27 monuments 'under review' harbour huge volumes of oil, gas and coal: just what's needed to fuel Trump's vision of fossil fuel-led development - never mind the cost to scenery, wildlife, historic sites and indigenous cultures.
… to fuel Trump's vision of fossil fuel-led development - never mind the cost to scenery, … monument's protections on natural resource development. Last week, Zinke argued that, following energy development, land can be returned "to equal or …
Environmental groups in the US applaud court ruling against Trump's attempt to undermine Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
… citing that intent does not determine impact. Development If this reinterpretation became … by human activity, especially due to land development and the fossil fuel industry. … operations. Most bird deaths are due to human development from sectors such as construction, …
Everyone needs a good vacation. Eco-friendly travel can affect not only how to travel but also where on the planet people travel.
… nature of tourism demands that there be developments, which haven't always benefited … and preservation efforts. Negative developments With increased tourism comes …
As Greece prepares for its referendum, Takis Grigoriou takes Greece to task for its highly polluting lignite power sector, its ditching of a successful solar program in favour of more coal, the minimal insulation in its buildings that locks in high fuel bills, and Syriza's failure to tackle these issues. The good news? Greece's latest €1.4bn coal project looks like going unfunded.
… than economic - to determine its course of development and protect its assets. Soon the … while putting an abrupt end to solar energy development by blocking new applications. … was the €700 million through the German Development Bank (KfW), the product of a …
Scientists are increasingly concerned about what climate breakdown could mean for the spread of disease.
Climate breakdown and disease outbreaks Emily Folk | 13th June 2019 News Climate Change Disease Thought Leaders 432_3_congo-democratic-ebola.jpg Scientists are increasingly concerned about what …
Some countries and communities will feel the impacts of climate breakdown much earlier and more devastatingly than others.
Who will suffer climate breakdown first? Emily Folk | 2nd November 2020 | Comment Climate Change Environment Poverty Jackson Bigasaki, caretaker at the permaculture demonstration garden in Bikunya …
EDF has already moved heavy earth moving gear onto the Hinkley C nuclear power station construction site, writes Doug Parr - but that doesn't mean it's a done deal. On the contrary, a host of intractable problems are coming home to roost, and the increasingly troubled project is looking shakier than ever.
… democratic principles would require that all developments were subject to full public …
A tangle of undercapitalised companies are coming forward to cash in on old deep coal mines in Wales, writes Guy Shrubsole - by digging them all out from above from huge open cast pits. But local communities, alarmed at the noise, pollution and destruction of landscape, increasingly see coal as an industry that's best consigned to the scrapheap.
Coal companies trying to revive 'zombie' open cast mines in Wales Guy Shrubsole Greenpeace Energydesk | 24th February 2016 Activism Energy Coal Fossil Fuels Mining Corporations UK Wales Politics …
Last week's Bonn negotiations saw the world move closer to a climate agreement at COP21 in Paris, writes Ruth Davis. The current text includes important proposals on climate finance; accelerated decarbonisation of the global economy; and a 5-year cycle of ever higher national emissions targets.
Bonn climate talks brought COP21 agreement closer Ruth Davis Greenpeace Energydesk | 29th October 2015 Comment Climate Change Unfccc COP21 christiana-figueres-cut.jpg Last week's Bonn negotiations …
Australia recently opened one of its largest marine reserves in the hopes that increased fishing will stimulate the economy. However, human contact with this previously untouched reserve could greatly affect the health of the ecosystem and species in it, argues EMILY FOLK
Will opening Australia’s marine reserves to fishing wreck its ecosystem? Emily Folk | 6th April 2018 Comment Great Barrier Reef Australia Fishing marine-2102425_1280.jpg Australia recently opened one …
Women, who have often not worked in fields like politics and energy, bring a unique, creative perspective that could better our world.
… Folk | 5th April 2019 News Women Sustainable Development X Women, who have often not worked … women are both impacted by sustainable social development and are well-positioned to …
Several lawsuits have been settled by Bayer-Monsanto due to cancer claims relating to the pesticide Roundup. Do we need new labelling laws?
Cancer warnings for pesticides? Emily Folk | 13th July 2020 News Pesticides Agriculture Monsanto Bayer Science Systems Science And Systems Pesticide spraying Several lawsuits have been settled by …
Aquaculture - a controversial topic due to concerns of the health and treatment of farmed fish - could become a sustainable food source and help preserve wild fish populations, writes EMILY FOLK
What aquaculture could mean for fish populations Emily Folk | 29th May 2018 Comment Aquaculture Fish Farms Protein Dieting Food And Farming Hawaii Whitebar Surgeon fish Aquaculture - a controversial …
India's renewable power capacity is set to reach 170GW by 2022, write Areeba Hamid & Oliver Tickell - reducing power shortages and bringing electricity to off-grid of rural communities for the first time. But it may also have an unintended consequence - cutting off investment in India's troubled coal sector as prospects for future profitability evaporate..
… India" and "signals India's commitment to the development and scaling up of renewable energy …
Between 2011 and 2016 the UK's export finance agency UKEF provided £109m to underwrite exports of equipment to coal mines in Russia, writes Lawrence Carter - despite the agency's commitment not to support 'investment in dirty fossil-fuel energy production'. And that's just a fraction of the £6.9 billion UKEF has lavished on the corrupt, polluting sector since 2000, while it was meant to be backing the clean energy technologies of the future.
… country's nascent offshore oil sector. These developments have led to concern that the use …
The UK's financing of fossil fuels abroad increased tenfold in two years to exceed £1 billion in 2013 / 2014, writes Christine Ottery. Incredibly, the fossil fuel funding increase came after a government promise to use the money to support 'innovative and green technologies'.
… of the UKEF backing for Russian fossil fuel developments has even gone to US-based Joy … countries. A recent report by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) revealed that the …
Sustainability is increasingly important for implementation in businesses. One of the industries that has been unsustainable since its inception is coffee. However, some major coffee producers have been working to make a more sustainable business model, and the question is: will these efforts be enough to reduce CO2 emissions and decrease waste? EMILY FOLK reports
… to the World Commission on Environment and Development. The report explained how … first, sustainability was about enhancing the development of housing complexes, but it soon …