Environment
Shark! The great white fight and the creature from the deep
Published: 28 January 2007
Ice island the size of London threatens rigs
Published: 28 January 2007
Chic & cheerful (but not so great for the environment)
Published: 28 January 2007
Bird survey to reveal impact of global warming
Published: 27 January 2007
It could almost now be classified as the British national hobby. The nation's love of wild birds has never been stronger, with millions of people regularly watching and feeding them in their gardens.
Britain's carbon offsetting pledge rings hollow in Cape Town
Published: 27 January 2007
At the height of summer, Nokholekile Mtina's small brick house feels like an oven. The corrugated iron roof has no insulation so Mrs Mtina and her four children have to cope with extremes. When the temperature drops outside, it plummets inside.
Japan signs up to last-ditch plan to halt decimation of tuna stocks
Published: 27 January 2007
It is prized the world over, particularly in Japan, but the world's oceans are running out of tuna. Yesterday, in the Japanese city of Kobe, the first international plan was adopted to stop overfishing and arrest the dramatic decline in stocks. Delegates from 60 countries agreed to take steps to stamp out poaching, control the growth of fishing fleets and police quotas more efficiently. The plan also committed the five regulatory bodies representing different regions to strengthen co-ordination and co-operation.
Prince Charles jets in to US to collect environment award
Published: 27 January 2007
The Prince of Wales was still deciding yesterday how to offset the carbon dioxide generated by a two-day visit to the United States - to pick up an award as a leading environmentalist.
Girl, 12, is fined for failing to recycle cardboard box
Published: 27 January 2007
A 12-year-old girl has been "fined" £50 for not recycling a cardboard box properly.
Survival stories: When animals attack (and humans survive)
Published: 27 January 2007
Made in Britain, dumped in China
Published: 26 January 2007
Africa's threatened species: Gorillas under guard
Published: 26 January 2007
The slow boats to China filled with our refuse
Published: 26 January 2007
When the world's largest container ship docked in Britain shortly before Christmas, its vast cargo of goods, from bingo sets to bras, epitomised the scale of imports from China. But when the MS Emma Maersk, dubbed "SS Santa", set sail on its return journey to Yantian, few noticed it was laden with Britain's fastest-growing export to China: waste.
Campaign against waste: 'My two shopping deliveries took 44 carrier bags'
Published: 26 January 2007
Fruit & Veg
The campaign against waste: Asda's packaging cover-up
Published: 25 January 2007
Big Garden Bird Watch
Published: 25 January 2007
The campaign against waste: Tesco's packaging cover-up
Published: 25 January 2007
Seabird rescue: Gently does it
Published: 25 January 2007
Saving The Planet: Empty gestures
Published: 25 January 2007
Julia Stephenson: Green Goddess
Published: 25 January 2007
Although this is officially the most depressing week of the year, heralded by Blue Monday, I find my blues somewhat blasted by the nation's bishops. The bishops are filling the void absented by our elected leaders, whose sole consideration seems to be a desire to be liked and a need to grin pointlessly at inappropriate moments.
Supermarket packaging: How you can fight back
Published: 25 January 2007
So you think that there is nothing you can do, as a lone consumer pitted against powerful commercial interests, about the annoying, wasteful and environmentally damaging volume of packaging you bring home with your shopping? But you are not alone. The Government is on your side. Britain runs the risk of huge EU fines unless it reduces the amount of waste it buries in landfill sites. Trading standards officers also object to excessive packaging because too much padding can give buyers a false impression of what they are buying. Here, then, are a few things you can do:
Supermarkets told to come clean about packaging
Published: 24 January 2007
Pressure mounted yesterday on Britain's supermarkets and retailers to reduce packaging drastically as political support intensified for The Independent's anti-waste campaign.
World's waterbirds in decline, study warns
Published: 24 January 2007
A deadly mixture of rampant habitat destruction and global warming is having a catastrophic effect on the world's waterbird population, says a new study.
Disposal has 'shifted to consumers'
Published: 24 January 2007
Supermarkets have cut their costs by having consumers throw away their rubbish, a director of one of Britain's leading waste disposal firms has said.
'We live near swede fields. Yet we were offered shrink-wrapped Tasmanian swede'
Published: 24 January 2007
Toiletries & medicines
Minister backs campaign to cut packaging
Published: 23 January 2007
