We can expect British summers to get drier as climate warms - but there is a catch. When it rains, it's more likely to come down in 'tropical downpours - causing devastating flash floods that overwhelm street drainage, streams and rivers.
… Our future summers - thunderstorms and flash floods … We can expect British summers to get drier as climate warms - but … streams and rivers. The state of the British summer has always been a constant source of …
England's 2015 trial badger cull will be moved to summer, writes Damian Carrington - when cubs are numerous and easy to shoot. The surprise move follows 2014's failed autumn culls, which missed their minimum kill targets.
… Badger cubs to be shot in new 'summer cull' plan Damian Carrington the … 2015 trial badger cull will be moved to summer, writes Damian Carrington - when cubs … to shift the controversial cull to early summer in 2015, the Guardian has learned. The …
Will an hour's extra daylight after work make us greener, happier, healthier and safer? A campaign to move the clocks forward by one hour all-year-round says it will...
… Should we stay on British Summer Time all year round? Christine Ottery | … a policy of adopting ‘Single Double Summer Time' (SDST), or Central European Time, … has... Timewarp World War I saw British Summer Time passed as law after a lifelong …
Energy experts look to next winter as gas crisis is set to continue in 2023.
… continent to replenish its stocks over the summer, even without Russian gas. … supplies from Russia were drying up last summer, some gas was still coming through, … put it aside for a rainy day. Limited Next summer the pipelines that connect Russia to …
Adding an extra hour of daylight would decrease carbon emissions, promote outdoor activities and make travel safer. Make sure your MP supports the Daylight Saving Bill in today's vote
… new timing plan is known as Single Double Summer Time (SDST), where the time in summer will be GMT+1 and GMT+2 in winter. The … with a considerably larger amount during summer months. Don't miss out on your chance …
The Western North Pacific gray whale is under threat of extinction, say WWF, as Russia plans a third oil platform off Sakhalin Island
… endangered species which migrate there each summer. Gray whales exist on both sides of the … postponing a scheduled seismic survey last summer, something the company duly boasted of … Shell, plans to go ahead with a survey this summer to find a suitable site for the third …
The land grab by NuGen for its triple reactor Moorside site keeps on growing, writes Martin Forwood. The 'biggest construction project in Europe' is expanding from Nugen's original 200 hectare site to 552 hectares of farmland reaching right up to two villages and an 11th Century church. But with compulsory purchase on the cards, there's nothing locals can do except keep on fighting the entire deeply flawed project.
… from the photograph (above right) of the VC Summer site in South Carolina where just two … being built The de-forested and bulldozed VC Summer construction site some five years after … sprawl receding into the background of the VC Summer site - adding considerably to the …
President Obama's whistlestop Alaskan tour highlighted his unique ability to believe in two completely contradictory ideas at once, writes Timothy Clark. On the one hand, the importance of climate change and the urgency of preventing dangerous warming. On the other, the importance of the Arctic's fossil energy and the urgent need to exploit it as rapidly and completely as possible.
… and completely as possible. President Obama's summer of climate change is a perfect … in an explanatory video earlier this summer, backed up by a dramatic piano solo … of those persons most cheering for an endless summer in Alaska" , due to increased …
Two views on form and function in the green building debate that must be sensitive to the local environment and responsive to the local character, cultural diversity and ecology of its place without diluting its uniqueness.
… to maximise winter solar gain and to exclude summer overheating. The internal volume will … way that best allows cool air to circulate in summer and warm air in winter, with minimal … with solar thermal providing hot water all summer. Put durable, fit-and-forget …
Camping needn't mean crowds, drunk people tripping over your guy ropes and queues for school-style washblocks. Find yourself a tiny campsite, says Dixe Wills, and you'll have an altogether different holiday
… say for certain is that it was a beautiful summer's day seven or eight years ago. I'd … on a glorified car park? Fast forward to last summer and I'm criss-crossing the country, … to your sprogs GREEN LIVING Eco chic summer t-shirts PHOTO GALLERY: The Ecologist …
Somerset is experiencing its most significant flooding in decades. As the political right calls for ever more dredging, Karen Potter trawls Defra's archives ... and finds a shocking history of sound policy sacrificed to short term political expediency.
… alone The cost of 2007's wettest-ever summer? 7,000 businesses and 48,000 homes were … Pitt published its review the following summer. It found that around 10% of properties … Roughly a quarter of properties flooded in summer 2007 had been built in the last 25 …
The UK government is punishing renewable energy for its success in generating 25% of the country's electricity, writes Stuart Parkinson. But there's no austerity when it comes to the bloated military-nuclear industrial sector, no matter how egregious its failures or extreme its cost overruns. Our future prosperity is being sacrificed - and its costing taxpayers billions.
… billions. The government has spent the summer announcing cuts to financial support … the buildings energy efficiency industry. The summer saw the end of the Green Deal and zero … and other preparatory costs. During the summer, in contrast to the hundreds of …
In its haste to get fracking, the UK Government is neglecting safe, clean alternatives that could be providing low-carbon gas and heat energy, writes Keith Barnham. The technologies are already well established in other European countries and are picking up fast here too - so why the insistence that only fossil fuels can deliver the UK's energy needs?
… rocks as a heat store to save up the summer's heat for winter. The latest drilling … the building particularly air conditioning in summer (warming the heat store). Due to the … in winter, providing air conditioning in summer, and keeping the all-important freezer …
A review of the 66 nuclear reactors 'under construction' worldwide shows that 49 are running behind schedule, including all five in the US and most in China. The long and unpredictable build times of nuclear plants, and the extra costs that ensue, are a compelling reason not to depend on the technology for either power or to mitigate climate change.
… in recent weeks: USA: two reactors, Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station Unit 2 and Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station Unit 3; South Korea: …
The UK's community energy sector was badly hit by the financial regulator's sudden decision this summer to disallow renewable energy co-operatives, writes Tammy Calvert. A consultation on the topic ends tomorrow, Friday - so get your views in quickly while you can!
… financial regulator's sudden decision this summer to disallow renewable energy … companies limited by shares. But last summer the Financial Conduct Authority …
When fracking came to Balcombe in West Sussex in 2013, it divided village opinion, writes Joe Nixon. But the community is now united in its commitment to locally owned renewable energy, with solar projects on schools and farm buildings, and plans just in for a new 5MW solar farm.
… just in for a new 5MW solar farm. In the summer of 2013, Balcombe - the picturesque … lining. I moved to Balcombe in the late summer of 2012, it looked like a great place …
The UK government’s decision this week to allow fracking undermines its commitments to tackle climate change and reduce fossil fuel use. It came just days before the government’s own data showed renewable electricity hit a record high last year. JOSEPH DUTTON reports
… high last year. JOSEPH DUTTON reports This summer has seen devastating weather across the … year. Renewables investment Even before this summer, the UK population was worried about …
What with rising rainfall in the west, and hotter, drier summers in the east, British farmers place plenty of challenges from global warming, writes Anna Bowen. But there are also positive opportunities for agricultural innovators to adapt their farming systems to changing conditions, make their operations more resilient and sustainable, and make themselves part of the solution.
… rainfall in the west, and hotter, drier summers in the east, British farmers place … fly numbers, increasing the incidence rate of summer mastitis and fly-strike. All of these … fly numbers, increasing the incidence rate of summer mastitis and fly-strike. …
A 'rotten borough' election in Oxford has won Labour a councillor on the lowest turnout in British electoral history - robbing the Greens of a winnable seat. The by-election in a mainly student ward was timed for the summer vacation - disenfranchising 60% of voters.
… in a mainly student ward was timed for the summer vacation - disenfranchising 60% of … Oxford Labour have done it three times this summer. They know it's easier to hold …
The short haired bumblebee was declared extinct in the UK 30 years ago. But now the species is being re-introduced in the flower-rich meadows and field margins of Kent, writes Michael Parker - helped along by sympathetic local farmers.
… 'key to the project's success' While the wet summer of 2012 meant the reintroduced bees did not fare well, following last year's warm summer Gammans found worker bees for the first …