Environment
Green: They are. Are you?
Published: 04 February 2007
Chirac leads calls for new UN body to save the environment
Published: 04 February 2007
More than 40 countries are backing calls for an international organisation to police governments that fail to act against climate change. It would also fight threats such as global warming, water shortages and the loss of species.
Doomed: the songstress of the deep
Published: 04 February 2007
Global warming: the final warning
Published: 03 February 2007
UN delivers definitive warning on dangers of climate change
Published: 03 February 2007
A terrifying leap in average global temperatures of 6.4C with higher figures nearer the poles could occur over the next century, according to the most authoritative report yet on global warming.
North Sea gas and oil boom threatens dolphins
Published: 03 February 2007
Marine conservationists have called for permanent protection of one of the UK's most important colonies of dolphins which is being threatened by a boom in North Sea oil and gas exploration.
Supermarkets discover shoppers hate excess packaging
Published: 03 February 2007
Supermarkets have detected considerable annoyance among their customers about excessive packaging, as The Independent's campaign against waste gathers support from politicians and stores.
The temperature is rising - and humans are to blame
Published: 03 February 2007
It's a pretty grim conclusion: greenhouse gas reduction targets being talked about to stop climate change will not now avoid potentially catastrophic rises in global average temperatures, yesterday's report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), makes clear.
Carbon dioxide rate is at highest level for 650,000 years
Published: 03 February 2007
Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are at their highest levels for at least 650,000 years and this rise began with the birth of the Industrial Revolution 250 years ago, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
All pupils to be given climate change lessons
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
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