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 …
With the coming of summer, South Korea's 'Boknal' dog-eating festival is under way, writes Anneka Svenska. Known for the extreme cruelty deliberately inflicted on dogs to improve the taste of their meat, Boknal is a barbaric relic rooted in ignorance and pseudo-medical superstition whose time is well and truly up.
… dog-elixir2-cut.jpg With the coming of summer, South Korea's 'Boknal' dog-eating … and protest last Friday against the Korean summer season of dog eating called 'Boknal'. I … Korean holiday marking the height of the summer growing season. It is traditionally the …
Raspberries, mackerel and broad beans are all on the menu this month
… Of all the good things that come with midsummer – lawn tennis, pints out on the patio … So with 31 glorious days to feast on high summer specialities, we asked Eat the Seasons' … English,’ and these perennial summer favourites are also a good source of …
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 …
As the nights draw in, Susan Clark settles in for winter with a store of mulling syrup that captures the distinctive, old-English taste of juniper berries.
… taste of juniper berries. Over the summer just gone, my husband ran a little … was at the next table or sitting opposite. Summer seems like a dream now autumn too has … Yuletide season, but seeing how our little summer tearoom had helped bring our small …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Two Councils at the front line of fracking protests - Greater Manchester and West Sussex - have pension funds investing in the major fracking operators - while decisions on planning applications to frack are pending.
… which made the news headlines in the summer at Balcombe. Greater Manchester Pension … to continue its controversial work from last summer with a series of flow tests to assess …
Last week David Cameron backed down over his plans to bring back fox hunting by 'fatally amending' the Hunting Act, writes Dominic Dyer. The way he spun it, it was all about SNP interference in English law, but the real problem was opposition within the Conservative Party, which increasingly sees blood sports as a barbaric relic that alienates voters of all persuasions.
… week to weaken the Hunting Act before the summer recess and test the water for full … sports. As Tory MPs prepare for the long summer recess, they are making it very clear … Robbie Marsland. As Tory MPs prepare for the summer recess, they are making it very clear …
Just when the UK's government might want to be boosting its green credentials it has chosen to do the precise opposite, writes Steffen Böhm: giving tax breaks and subsidies to oil and gas, while attacking renewables and energy efficiency. We must unite to oppose these destructive and short-sighted policies
… Unfortunately that's exactly what the summer budget introduced last week by UK … a rollback of green policies. In his summer budget, Osborne promised continued tax …
Under the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas last August, Gaza's fishers were meant to be able to work up to six miles from the coast, writes Charlie Hoyle. In fact, Israel is routinely attacking boats within the zone, arresting fishermen, and seizing boats and nets, never to be returned. Only last week, one fisherman was shot dead after allegedly straying over an invisible boundary.
… during the Israeli military offensive last summer, according to Oxfam , adding further … coast since the ceasefire agreement last summer. The agreement had promised to expand …
The Greens are now running at 12% in the polls - 2% more than the LibDems, and up 3% in as many days - in the run up to Thursday's elections, reports Elise Benjamin. And their policies are the most popular of all the UK's parties. The Greens are breaking through!
… 15%? I am old enough to remember the second 'summer of love', as it became known, in 1989. The long hot summer led to a rise in massive outdoor …
As nuclear projects using the EPR design run into long delays and huge costs overruns, industry hopes are pinned on the Westinghouse AP1000 reactor, writes Chris Goodall. But with eight AP1000 projects around the world going the way of the EPR, is it really a wise choice for the UK's Moorside nuclear site?
… Vogtle', two AP1000s) and South Carolina ('Summer', two AP1000s). I focus here on the … three-year delays have also happened at Summer in South Carolina, where serious cost … these: How many of the problems at Vogtle, Summer and elsewhere are inherent to the …
An ordinary arable field in Sussex is sprayed with pesticides 22 times over a single growing season. Dave Goulson wonders how the bees can survive this toxic onslaught - and exactly who benefits.
… bees will feed on in season, is sown in late summer with a seed dressing containing the … and other pollinators. Between winter and summer, the crop is also treated with a …
It's time to halt the loss of the nation's front gardens to dreary paving, writes Jenny Jones. Green gardens protect against floods, provide homes for wildlife, keep cities cool in summer, and help us all feel happier. Now, with 7 million gardens already paved over, we must protect those that remain.
… homes for wildlife, keep cities cool in summer, and help us all feel happier. Now, … as the 'urban heat island effect' during hot summer nights, central London can already be …
The UK Government is planning a coal-free energy future by 2025, writes Deniz Kemal. But it has failed to take the first step to make it happen: give clear guidance to local planners to block new coal mines on climate change grounds - like one application going to public inquiry this summer for a huge opencast mine on the Northumberland coast.
… one application going to public inquiry this summer for a huge opencast mine on the … considered at the public inquiry this summer should be the grave impact burning coal …