Environment news

• Peru state energy company reports Amazon oil spill

  25-06-2016 23:54
  An oil spill in the Amazon region of Peru was detected on Friday night, state energy company Petroperu said in a statement on Saturday, adding that measures were being taken to fix the ruptured pipeline and to protect the environment. Cleanup efforts were focused on preventing spilled oil from being absorbed into the ground, it said. The statement did not give an estimate of how much oil had escaped from the Nor Peruano pipeline in the accident.
  
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• Ecuador says Brexit 'spoils' scheduled bond issue

  25-06-2016 23:48
  Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said on Saturday that Britain's vote to leave the European Union has "spoiled" a bond issue that had been planned for next week to help shore up the cash-strapped oil-exporter's finances. Thursday's "Brexit" vote spooked global markets and spurred a plunge in stock and commodities prices as investors flocked toward safer investments and steered away from riskier securities such as emerging market bonds. Authorities have said they planned to issue some $1 billio
  
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• Me and my garden: ‘We had six weeks to turn a dog toilet into a community garden’

  25-06-2016 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Carole Wright is an urban beekeeper and gardener in south LondonYou don’t have to come from a conventional background to get into beekeeping. I’m a London girl and it started through gardening for me.I moved to the South Bank after living in a hostel for two and a half years and being essentially homeless. Within two weeks I came across a community garden off Library Street. My grandparents used to live overlooking the space but I didn’t recall a garden, so I went in. “Wh
  
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• EU out vote puts UK commitment to Paris climate agreement in doubt

  25-06-2016 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Leave victory risks delaying EU ratification of the Paris deal, leaving the door open for Obama’s successor to unpick the pactThe UK government won high praise six months ago for taking a leading role in the successful Paris climate change agreement, the first legally binding commitment on curbing carbon emissions by all 195 United Nations countries.
  With the vote to leave the EU, the UK’s future participation in that landmark accord is now in doubt. Continue reading...
  
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• How can we make Brexit work for the environment? | Craig Bennett

  25-06-2016 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Leaving the EU puts about 70% of UK environmental safeguards at risk. But Brexit is not a mandate to make us the dirty man of Europe again – we have to make it work for the environment, from the grassroots upAnd so, Brexit has happened. I, like many people reading this, feel desperately sad today.Friends of the Earth campaigned vigorously to remain in the EU. Membership of Europe has been good for our ‘green and pleasant land’, and the plain truth is that pollution doesn’
  
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• Four billy goats with a tale to tell

  25-06-2016 06:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Coignafearn, Highlands There is something about wild goats that appeals to me – perhaps their look of superiority? Standing on the side of the burn, I watched the water flow past my feet, gurgling and murmuring as it continued on its way to the river Findhorn below. After the cold spring, the spring and early summer plants were all flowering together. The yellow carpets of bird’s foot-trefoil, or “eggs and bacon” as I prefer to call it, dominated the scene. On the drier a
  
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• Why the Increase in Solar-Powered Schools?

  25-06-2016 00:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Out of the 125,000 K-12 schools in the United States, over 3,700 are running on solar power. Three-thousands of these schools installed their solar power systems within the past six years, as solar technology continues to become less expensive and more sophisticated.This trend in powering our schools reflects the growing recognition by district and state officials that photovoltaic electrical systems offer significant financial and environmental benefits.
  
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