Environment
All pupils to be given lessons in climate change
Published: 02 February 2007
MPs and retailers rally behind campaign to reduce packaging
Published: 02 February 2007
MPs backed The Independent's campaign against excess packaging in the Commons yesterday, as retailers promised to cut back on unnecessary plastic and cardboard. Asda pledged to dump packaging on fresh fruit and vegetables, and Tesco signalled that it will announce a new initiative later this year,
What to do in a warmer winter? Get out and garden
Published: 02 February 2007
In the days when February kept Britain languishing in an icy grip, it was a basic rule of gardening that this was the month to clean up the tools and tidy out the potting shed.
Ten years left to avert catastrophe
Published: 02 February 2007
For the past six years, more than 2,000 scientists from around the world have been writing the most definitive and up-to-date assessment of climate change. It is the fourth report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since it was set up by the United Nations and the World Meteorological Organisation in 1988.
Anti-whaling group prepares for war at sea with Japanese
Published: 01 February 2007
The president of a militant anti-whaling group has vowed to "do whatever it takes" to disrupt a Japanese fleet planning to harpoon nearly 1,000 whales in the waters off Antarctica.
How to avoid buying 'dirty gold'
Published: 01 February 2007
The wonder of seaweed
Published: 01 February 2007
Asda to remove packaging from fruit and veg
Published: 01 February 2007
Fresh fruit and vegetables are being stripped of their plastic covers as part of a project that could transform the way goods are sold by one of Britain's biggest supermarket groups.
Emissions targets hit by rise in air traffic
Published: 01 February 2007
The benefits of persuading householders to save energy in the campaign against climate change are being wiped out by increased air traffic, government figures reveal.
Crisp packets get new life as covers for band's CDs
Published: 31 January 2007
The metallic silver CD cover looks as striking as any other single stacked on the shelf of a music store.
Rules on wasteful packaging 'are unenforceable'
Published: 30 January 2007
Rules banning wasteful packaging in shops have too many loopholes to be effective, officials have warned.
Global Warming: The vicious circle
Published: 29 January 2007
The effects of man-made emissions of carbon dioxide are being felt on every inhabited continent with very different parts of the climate now visibly responding to human activity.
Where have all the birds gone?
Published: 29 January 2007
It is a peculiar British institution that, for almost 30 years, has celebrated the diversity of the nation's bird population.
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.
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