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Top 10 weird wildlife: immortal jellyfish, gender-swapping fish and pink dolphins

Posted by Willie - 22 May 2013 at 3:09pm

Today is International Day for Biological Diversity. An opportunity to celebrate and wonder at the amazingly diverse variety of species we share the planet with. This year it has a water theme, so we’ve been having some fun over on Twitter, and here’s our pick of the weirdest and most wondrous watery wildlife you definitely need to know about.

Article tagged as: biodiversity, forests, international day for biological diversity, oceans, wildlife

Risky business: How shareholders, pensions and councils are being exposed to the risks of Arctic oil

Posted by Charlie Kronick - 21 May 2013 at 7:22pm

The Arctic Sunrise and the Esperanza intercept Cairn Energy's controversial Arctic rig

Drilling for oil in the Arctic – is it literally crazy? Because it is driving some of the biggest companies in the world to exhibit what can only be described as irrational behaviour. The end of easily accessible oil from conventional sources is leading international oil companies (IOCs) to consider ever more extreme forms of oil and gas extraction – with the Arctic Ocean being among the last frontiers.

Article tagged as: arctic, briefing, charlie, ft, investor, ioc, kronick, oil, report, russia, share, shareholder, shell

Why Indonesia's deforestation ban isn't enough to protect its forests

Posted by Richardg - 21 May 2013 at 10:32am

Clearance of forested tiger habitat in Sumatra, Indonesia

The president of Indonesia has banned deforestation for another couple of years. This is great news - but we aren't celebrating just yet, because most of its rainforest remains unprotected.

Article tagged as: APRIL, forests, indonesia, palm oil, pulp and paper, rainforest

Deal or no deal on Europe's fishing laws?

Posted by Willie - 20 May 2013 at 5:47pm

Will politicians net a fair fishing deal?

While considering how to write a blog on the latest developments on Europe’s bumpy road to fisheries reform, I decided to take a step back in time. Eleven months ago I wrote this blog explaining where the discussions were at, what was still on the table, and outlining a number of areas of concern.

Article tagged as: CFP, common fisheries policy, EU, oceans, overfishing

I Love Arctic meets Arctic Council

Posted by Markus Power - 17 May 2013 at 5:59pm

Hand over of 'I Love Arctic' photo-books to two Permanent Participants of Arctic Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic Council.

The air was abuzz this morning in Kiruna. As delegates and press were mingling in the breakfast hall, Foreign Ministers were entering their policed motorcades and a group of Greenpeace volunteers was making final preparations to greet the decision makers with banners and signs along the road. But in the midst of all this, we were honoured with a quiet yet very special moment.

Article tagged as: #ilovearctic, arctic, arctic council, Kerry, oil, SaveTheArctic

What does REF stand for? Not renewable energy...

Posted by Graham Thompson - 17 May 2013 at 5:08pm

Poll results on reasons for the rise in energy bills

Question: What do you think is the main reason for the increases in consumer gas and electricity prices over the last 12 months?

Polling conducted for Carbon Brief shows that the public primarily blame profiteering by energy companies for recent increases in energy bills. Only 7% of those polled blamed ‘green’ taxes, despite a concerted campaign by certain newspapers to persuade them this was the culprit.

The transport minister and the 20,000 people who demanded better

Posted by sara_a - 13 May 2013 at 6:41pm

Com'on, Norman. Don't block the changes we urgently need.

When the alarm rang at 4.45am this morning, I was already awake. Nobody overslept or moaned about feeling tired. And after a quick pre-action breakfast we piled into the minibus, loaded with climbing equipment, a huge banner and our petition printed with the names of 20,000 UK campaign supporters. We were on route to Lewes, the constituency of UK Transport Minister, Norman Baker, who this Wednesday will represent the UK in a make-or-break moment for the future of pollution from cars.

Article tagged as: action, baker, baner, cars, climate, co2, EU, europe, lewes, may, Norman

It’s crunch time (again) for Europe’s fish ministers

Posted by Willie - 13 May 2013 at 12:56pm

A full page ad calls for Benyon to support sustainable fishing

If you listen to Ronan Keating much (I don’t) – you’d be familiar with the concept that Life is a Rollercoaster.

But for some of us, it’s a bit more accurate to liken the process of reforming Europe’s failed fish laws to that particular fun-fair ride : full of twists and turns, highs and lows, moments of hopeful elation, followed by moments of abject panic and fear. And sometimes making us reach for a sick bag.

Article tagged as: CFP, oceans, richard benyon, sustainable fishing

Result: forest destroyer Duta Palma kicked out of sustainable palm oil group

Posted by Richardg - 13 May 2013 at 12:24pm

by-nc. Credit: Ulet Ifansasti / Greenpeace

Duta Palma is a notorious palm oil company with an inglorious history of trashing the rainforest. This morning, it became the first company to be kicked out of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).

Article tagged as: duta palma, forests, indonesia, palm oil, rainforest, rspo, sumatra

Climate and Euroscepticism: leftwing, rightwing and wrongwing

Posted by Graham Thompson - 10 May 2013 at 5:35pm

Lord Lawson, chairman of the sceptic tank GWPF

Lean, mean budgeting machine Lord Nigel Lawson is back in the news, still resolutely sceptical but, for a change, not about climate science. He’s returned to his old stamping ground, the European Union, and is now being resolutely sceptical about that. These two positions, climate scepticism and euroscepticism, are complementary.

Article tagged as: climate change, climate sceptics, eurosceptics, james delingpole, nigel lawson, politics

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