Europe’s love of roses sends ripples through Kenyan lake
Kenya is one of the biggest exporters of cut flowers in the world but the booming industry has created a raft of environmental problems. Local producers are now coming up with new ideas to cut...
How Does Light Pollution Affect the Environment?
When Thomas Edison patented the first commercially successfully light bulb in 1879, it’s certain that humanity took a huge step forward. No longer would people be restrained from activity or...
UK WASTE PROBLEM AT TIPPING POINT
Waste crime costs the UK £560 million a year, Herpreet Kaur Grewal reports. In its report Waste Crime – Britain’s Dirty Secret the Environmental Services Association (ESA), the organisation...
How Much CO2 Will the World Have to Remove from the Atmosphere?
Scientists increasingly agree that it might be impossible to cap global temperatures at 1.5 degrees Celsius over preindustrial levels—without first overshooting it and then using technology to...
Great Barrier Reef: World’s most infamous environmental catastrophe could be averted
The discovery of around 100 thriving reefs that could promote recovery of the Great Barrier Reef have provided a glimmer of hope for its survival. In recent years, scientists’ warnings about the...
Too Many Children Still Die from Pollution
Bhopal, Chernobyl, and Minamata – these environmental disasters shocked the world. Yet, pollution results not only from catastrophic accidents but also from years of silent exposure. Children’s...
Maharashtra tops list in environmental violations: NCRB
Maharashtra recorded most violations under the Environment Protection Act (EPA), 1986 and air pollution control rules in all states in India, according to the National Crime Records Bureau’s 2016...
Nurseries gain environmental award
The nursery group’s Lime Grove and Rowan Tree day nurseries are just two of around 50 early years settings in the UK to achieve the Eco-Schools Green Flag award for environmental awareness and...
