ELECTRIC VEHICLES PM’S PLAN: Boris Johnson has vowed to ‘ban new sales of petrol and diesel cars by 2030’ . He announced £2.8billion in funding as part of his ten-point green plan, including £1.3billon on the rollout of electric car charging points. REALITY: The 2030 target is viewed by the industry as ‘incredibly ambitious’ with car … Read more
Droughts in Europe during the summer are more severe now than at any time in the past two millennia, a new study reveals. Researchers studied ‘chemical fingerprints’ – carbon and oxygen isotopes – in European oak trees to reconstruct summer climate over the last 2,110 years. They found that drought conditions suddenly intensified in 2015 beyond … Read more
The Amazon rainforest now spews out more greenhouse gases than it can store, a study has found. Analysis shows the net impact on the environment of the tropical rainforest, the most biodiverse place in the world, has become negative as a result of human actions. Deforestation, illegal fires and cattle farming have led to increased … Read more
Mysterious mass grave discovered in Croatia that contains skeletons of unrelated men, women and children who were slaughtered 6,200 years ago Forty-one skeletons were found in a small mass grave in Potočani, Croatia Experts found the people are from the same society but were largely unrelated Bones were dated back to the Copper Age Lasinja … Read more
Sperm and egg samples from 6.7 million of Earth’s species should be sent to an ark built on the moon as a ‘modern global insurance policy’, scientists have proposed. The lunar gene bank — which could also house seed and spore samples — is envisaged as being built under the lunar surface, in a hollow, cooled … Read more
A Cornish eco-hotel where world leaders will meet for a G7 summit has felled trees and dug up shurbs to build new meeting rooms ahead of the event. Carbis Bay Hotel in St Ives has faced fury from campaigners after mature trees were removed before planning permission was sought to create three rooms. An application … Read more
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg claims smart GLASSES could help tackle climate change by 2030 by letting you ‘teleport’ to other people’s homes and speak to them as if you’re really there Mr Zuckerberg made the comments during an interview with the Information His ultimate vision is a pair of normal-looking spectacles with augmented reality These would … Read more
Greta Thunberg tells Joe Biden to ‘treat the climate crisis like a crisis’ and accuses him of being ‘not nearly enough in line with the science’ The 18-year-old Swede sparred publicly with Donald Trump over climate policy But though Biden returned to the Paris agreement – Thunberg said he wasn’t actually setting policy to stay … Read more
Is the Special Relationship warming up again? Joe Biden’s climate envoy John Kerry jets into London for talks with Boris Johnson ahead of November climate change summit US climate envoy John Kerry was in London today for talks with Boris Johnson Meeting comes ahead of UK hosting the Cop26 summit in Glasgow in November Biden … Read more
Prince Charles has penned an article for Waitrose’s weekly newspaper claiming the ‘fundamental value of nature is increasingly at stake’ as he praised the John Lewis Partnership for becoming the first retailer to sign up to his ambitious Terra Carta. Writing in the supermarket’s free Waitrose Weekend publication, the Prince of Wales, 72, said the world is … Read more