Reindeer Warning in East Iceland
The Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration is cautioning drivers in East Iceland to be on the lookout for reindeer herds during their travels, RÚV reports. Driving conditions in the eastern part...
The environmental costs of fast fashion
It’s tough to love our clothes and keep wearing them for longer when we are faced with a tempting array of newness on offer in the shops. But before you head out into the January sales for those...
Burning tanker off Chinese coast ‘in danger of exploding’
There are fears of an environmental disaster in the East China Sea as a tanker continues to leak oil two days after colliding with a cargo ship. Chinese officials have told state media the Sanchi is...
Taxing meat could help offset environmental, health problems, activists say
The steep climb in global meat consumption has environmental interest groups debating a “sin” tax on animal products. Meat consumption grew by more than five times between 1992 and 2016...
Environmental-themed Rose Parade floats tell us how to ‘make a difference’
How do you make a difference in 2018? If you watched the Rose Parade, you could say the answer is being a good steward of the Earth. Being generous, I counted 12 floats with environmental themes...
US wants no mention of `Climate Change’ in new Nafta
The US is fighting against any mention of “climate change” in a potential new environmental chapter of the North American Free Trade Agreement, according to two people familiar with talks. The...
Watch California’s Thomas Fire metastasize into a monster likely made more ferocious by climate change
“Firefighters achieved huge successes yesterday during a BIG firefight to hold their line & SAVED hundreds of homes in Montecito.” That was the news this morning about the horrific Thomas Fire...Irish people are living in denial when it comes to climate change
Yet, there seems to be a large amount of public apathy and certainly no public clamour for urgent action to deal with the problem. The other night on RTÉ news, the sight of flower grower Brian...
