Environment
Britain in bloom - when it's not meant to be
Published: 17 February 2007
Trengwainton, eight miles from Land's End, enjoys perhaps the most favourable gardening conditions in mainland Britain.
From VP to MC - Gore reveals stars for shows to save world
Published: 17 February 2007
Some of the biggest names in music including Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lenny Kravitz and the Black Eyed Peas are to perform in a series of rock concerts across the world to highlight the threat of global warming.
Something Spanish To Declare: Paradores; street crime; no-frills to Spain
Published: 17 February 2007
Destination of the week: Paradores
World leaders reach climate deal
Published: 16 February 2007
World leaders have reached a new agreement on tackling climate change at a meeting in the US.
Scientists sound alarm over melting Antarctic ice sheets
Published: 16 February 2007
The long-term stability of the massive ice sheets of Antarctica, which have the potential to raise sea levels by hundreds of metres, has been called into question with the discovery of fast-moving rivers of water sliding beneath their base.
Zoologists plan 'ark' to save frogs from extinction
Published: 16 February 2007
Zoologists from around the world were gathering in Atlanta yesterday to plead for a global action plan to save hundreds of species of frogs believed to be on the brink of extinction, because of, in part, a strange and rapidly expanding fungus.
How farmers aim to save ancient animal breeds from extinction
Published: 15 February 2007
There are just a few thousand tigers left in the wild, and mountain gorillas are down to a few hundred. With figures like these, it's easy to overlook those less exotic animals closer to home that are facing extinction. But, while they might not grab the headlines, the plight of native British livestock breeds such as the bagot goat, the British lop pig, the boreray sheep and even the original Aberdeen angus beef cattle is no less critical.
Could Australian recycling scheme solve our landfill problems?
Published: 15 February 2007
Blair bypasses Bush to build a consensus on climate change
Published: 14 February 2007
Tony Blair is to devote himself to fighting global warming when he quits power this summer by promoting an American rethink on the Kyoto protocol.
Prime Minister an unlikely architect of a 'Kyoto II'
Published: 14 February 2007
You could hardly call Tony Blair an all-round environmentalist; during his decade in office he has had precious little to say on green issues that exercise many people, such as wildlife conservation, marine pollution, or recycling. But on the biggest issue - climate change - he has said plenty.
Cuts threaten work on climate change
Published: 13 February 2007
Britain's world lead in climate change research is being put at risk by proposed government spending cuts - just as Tony Blair sets out on a mission to secure a new international climate treaty.
A Valentine's Day for people who love the planet
Published: 13 February 2007
A hand-tied bouquet or an exquisite box of chocolates are traditional signifiers of affection on St Valentine's Day. But choose your gift carefully and you can brighten the prospects of the planet as well as the eyes of your lover tomorrow.
Frustrated Japan pushes for return to commercial whaling
Published: 12 February 2007
Japan launches its most serious challenge yet to the two-decade ban on whale-hunting when it hosts a conference tomorrow aimed at "reforming" the International Whaling Commission.
Poisoned: 400 of Britain's lakes
Published: 11 February 2007
Jet-setters pledge to ditch air travel to save the environment
Published: 10 February 2007
The Bishop of London has done it. So have lawyers, teachers, gardeners and at least one MEP. The latest trend in jetting around the globe is: not jetting around the globe.
WI to renew campaign against packaging
Published: 10 February 2007
Women's Institute members plan to invade supermarkets again in protest at the excessive packaging of everyday products.
Branson offers £10m to the person who can prevent the climate change crisis
Published: 09 February 2007
Sir Richard Branson is raising his game as "saviour of the planet" .
Snow falls - and much of Britain comes to a predictable standstill
Published: 09 February 2007
A flurry of snow slowed down southern Britain yesterday and brought much of it grinding to a halt.
Inuit accuse US of destroying their way of life with global warming
Published: 09 February 2007
A delegation of Inuit is to travel to Washington DC to provide first-hand testimony of how global warming is destroying their way of life and to accuse the Bush administration of undermining their human rights.
Sabina Ali: 'By the fourth or fifth train, I managed to squeeze on '
Published: 09 February 2007
Saviour of the planet - or a space-hopping hypocrite?
Published: 09 February 2007
The latest "green" offering by Sir Richard Branson has much to commend it. If scientists can devise a sustainable and cheap way of capturing and storing the CO2 being pumped into the atmosphere, it could amount to a huge breakthrough in tackling climate change.
Global warming 'Live Aid' planned
Published: 09 February 2007
A day of concerts across the globe intended to exceed Live Aid in scale and ambition is to be held this summer to highlight the issue of climate change.
Could avian flu spell end free range eggs?
Published: 08 February 2007
Peter Barton is as uneasy as the rest of them. The organic poultry farmer has 50,000 hens scuttling around his fields in East Sussex. He, like many farmers, thought if anyone was going to be hit by bird flu, it would be someone like him. "We are obviously very concerned about what has happened, but it's not a total surprise," he says. "We've been expecting this for the last two or three years. However, I am very surprised how it turned up on an intensive farm rather than on one of ours. They are able to have much higher biosecurity. Our birds just run around and come into close contact with all things wild and natural. It flies in the face of logic. Something has gone wrong somewhere."
Climate campaign issues 'wake-up call' to world leaders
Published: 07 February 2007
George Bush, Vladimir Putin and Jacques Chirac are in bed, fast asleep. All around them the evidence of climate change is clear and pressing but nothing can rouse the world leaders from their slumber.
Waste firms 'exporting non-recyclable rubbish'
Published: 07 February 2007
Private firms are routinely breaking the law on the export of British rubbish to the developing world, say the Government's environmental investigators.
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