“You have been around white people too long. We always use plastic bags,” she recalls being told by neighbours in Eleuthera, one of the 30 islands in the ocean state. “I had to challenge the mindset that only a certain class of people get to care about this stuff. I told them it is not just for tourists. It’s my island and I want to protect it.” … [Read more...] about Plastic in paradise: Goldman prize winner’s fight to protect Bahamas
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Lawyer forced to flee Liberia hopes to return after Goldman prize win
The recent history of the Goldman prize is a testimony to the growing dangers of environmental activism. A 2015 winner, Berta Cáceres – a Honduran indigenous rights and anti-dam campaigner, was killed less than a year later. A 2005 recipient, Isidro Baldenegro López, was murdered in Mexico soon after winning. The 2017 recipient Rodrigue Katembo, a park ranger in the Virunga sanctuary for mountain gorillas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, lost six of his colleagues in a massacre by militia groups. … [Read more...] about Lawyer forced to flee Liberia hopes to return after Goldman prize win
Scotch eggs all round! Environment Secretary George Eustice says snack DOES count as a ‘substantial meal’ and you CAN finish your drink once you’ve eaten it in bid to clarify bizarre No10 diktat
Around 120,000 venues, employing 1.5m people, will be put into Tier Two, with bosses warning that three-quarters of Tier Two hospitality businesses will make a loss because household mixing is banned and they can only serve alcohol with a 'substantial meal'. … [Read more...] about Scotch eggs all round! Environment Secretary George Eustice says snack DOES count as a ‘substantial meal’ and you CAN finish your drink once you’ve eaten it in bid to clarify bizarre No10 diktat
Government reveals plans to ‘revolutionise’ farming with payments to protect the environment, produce free-range goods and ‘restore the landscape’ replacing costly EU subsidies
In a speech to farmers and environmental groups today, Mr Eustice is expected to say: 'We want farmers to access public money to help their businesses become more productive and sustainable, whilst taking steps to improve the environment and animal welfare, and deliver climate change outcomes on the land they manage. … [Read more...] about Government reveals plans to ‘revolutionise’ farming with payments to protect the environment, produce free-range goods and ‘restore the landscape’ replacing costly EU subsidies
Scottish homes to be first in world to use 100% green hydrogen
“Sectors such as heat are difficult to decarbonise, and the importance of the gas networks to the UK’s current energy supply means projects like this are crucial if we are to deliver low carbon energy, reliably and safely to all consumers.” … [Read more...] about Scottish homes to be first in world to use 100% green hydrogen
