Environment news

Trump to sign executive order undoing Obama's clean power plan

26-03-2017 21:59

EPA head Scott Pruitt, who sued to halt plan as Oklahoma’s AG, claims ending restrictions on coal power plants will be ‘pro-growth and pro-environment’Donald Trump will on Tuesday sign an executive order to unravel Barack Obama’s plan to curb global warming, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency said on Sunday, claiming the move would be “pro-growth and pro-environment”. Related: The climate change battle dividing Trump’s AmericaContinue readin

Read more
UK energy firms including big six miss smart meter deadline

26-03-2017 19:48

Ofgem considering further steps to protect billpayers as a result of suppliers’ failure to cut back-bills’ limit from 12 to six monthsBritain’s leading energy providers are under fire again after missing a deadline to help households with smart meters avoid being hit with unexpected bills.Electricity and gas suppliers, including the big six and smaller providers, had pledged that by the end of 2016 they would cut back on sending backdated or catchup bills to customers whose sma

Read more
Shrinking Arctic sea ice threatens the majestic Beluga whale

26-03-2017 08:59

The Arctic sea ice hosts algae, which sustain a food chain up to the beluga whale. But the ice is decreasing – and in summers, it may be gone entirely by 2050The beluga whale is one of the most extraordinary species of marine creature known to science. It is a gregarious, pure white Arctic dweller that emits strange, high-pitched twitters that have given it its nickname: the sea canary. Belugas are on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s “near threatened&rdq

Read more
The eco guide to keeping your recycling muscles fit

26-03-2017 07:00

It’s desperately important that we redouble our efforts to combat pollution and wasteRecycling is a bit like fitness. The moment you stop putting in the effort, you lose your muscle.This was on my mind as I watched microwavable black plastic containers whizzing up a conveyer belt at a recycling depot in Kent. This is progress. Innovation in plastic chemistry means these trays can now be recycled. Continue reading...

Read more
Advertisement
Impact crater linked to Martian tsunamis

26-03-2017 03:24 via bbc.co.uk

Scientists locate the source of powerful tsunamis that swept across Mars three billion years ago.

Read more