Solar farms threaten rare wildlife, say nature campaigners
BBC Natalie Buttriss of Gwent Wildlife Trust does not oppose solar but says species have been damaged Rare…
Food impacts on species extinction risks can vary by three orders of magnitude
Variation in the opportunity cost of food production Animal products generally have substantially greater impacts on species extinction…
Photovoltaic trees can save forest cover – pv magazine International
Research simulating a solar tree farm within a coastal forest in South Korea found that solar tree structures…
Highly protected areas buffer against aridity thresholds in global drylands
Cherlet, M. et al. World Atlas of Desertification (Publication Office of the European Union, 2018). Davies, J. et…
Leaves turn brown early as drought impacts Yorkshire’s woodlands
Fiona CallowBBC News, Yorkshire BBC Thorp Perrow Arboretum was showing signs of autumn in August After one of…
China leads clean energy revolution, but also CO2 pollution, says report | Renewable Energy News
China’s state-led investment in clean energy is now the main determining factor in how quickly the world decarbonises,…
ISO, GHG Protocol Unify Standards for Measuring and Reporting Emissions
Standards-setting organizations the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) announced today the launch of…
New EU rules on design, reuse and recycling in the automotive sector | News
The draft measures, backed by 431 MEPs with 145 against and 76 abstentions, aim to boost the automotive…
These companies promise to desalinate seawater
With water scarcity looming over a growing global population, some companies are betting on the oceans to solve…
The surprising recovery of once-rare birds
When I started bird-watching as a teenager, a few years after the first Earth Day in 1970, several…
Fossil-fuel firms receive US subsidies worth $31bn each year, study finds | Fossil fuels
The US currently subsidizes the fossil-fuel industry to the tune of nearly $31bn per year, according to a…
Four in ten reptile species in Israel at risk of extinction, rare audit finds
The state of Israel’s reptiles continues to decline, according to an updated Red List, the first to be…