Tag:Environment
Business
Vapes redesigned to avoid UK crackdown could lead to more waste, say critics
Vape products redesigned to avoid a legislative crackdown on single-use devices may do little to dent the environmental scourge of e-cigarette waste, experts have...
Animals
Conservationists warn of unauthorised releases of beavers into English rivers
“Beaver bombing”, covertly releasing beavers into the countryside, is increasing in England because successive governments have not fulfilled promises to permit some planned wild...
Environment
How paddleboarding conquered Britain: the delights and dangers of the nation’s fastest-growing sport
Pamela Muirhead had been looking forward to her first paddleboarding session, but the enjoyment lasted all of seven minutes. “Then, pure terror,” she says....
Air pollution
So Starbucks’ CEO commutes to work by private jet? Let’s not pretend the super-rich care about the planet | Arwa Mahdawi
Jesus, if I remember correctly, usually travelled by donkey or by foot. Today’s corporate saviours, however, have more elevated tastes. Last week Starbucks made...
Environment
Plant-based meat alternatives are eco-friendlier and mostly healthier, study finds
Plant-based alternatives to meat are better for the planet and mostly healthier than products such as burgers and sausages made from animals, new research...
Banking
‘I was frustrated’: The woman who told Labour it didn’t need to spend £28bn on green investment
At the start of this year, among the snowy Swiss slopes of the Davos business get-together, Rhian-Mari Thomas was ready to make an elevator...
Environment
‘You don’t need animals to make real meat’: the man who grows chicken in a lab
I’m looking at the future. I have to squint: it’s a slight opaqueness on the surface of a conical flask of clear liquid, being...
Biomass and bioenergy
Green groups urge Ed Miliband to scrap Drax subsidies
More than 40 green groups have called on Ed Miliband to scrap plans to pay billions in subsidies to the Drax power plant in...
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No Tears for Carl Icahn
I am not crying for Carl Icahn, who has lost about $17 billion over the last few weeks as...
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Interest rates ‘on path down’ despite hold at 5%, Bank of England chief says
The governor of the Bank of England has signalled readiness to resume interest rate cuts despite keeping borrowing costs...
‘You’ll Know When Time Comes’: Hezbollah Leader Calmly Vows ‘punishment’ For Trojan-Horse Blasts
Hassan Nasrallah's speech was calm and even candid at times - but the Secretary-General of Hezbollah was largely defiant...
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Jennifer Aniston’s Ex Justin Theroux Wishes Her Happy Birthday on Instagram
What was expected of her was the same thing...