Environment

MI5 ‘is to be given tough powers to make UK a harder environment for Kremlin spies to operate in’

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MI5 are to be granted tough new powers to make the UK a harsher environment for Kremlin spies to operate in after a damning report by MPs said the Government ‘took its eye off the ball.’   In a devastating and long-awaited report, intelligence and security committee said the UK ‘badly underestimated’ the Russian threat as … Read more

Nearly one in three Britons plan to work from home to help the environment after lockdown ends

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Nearly one in three Britons plan to work from home to help the environment after lockdown ends, Halifax survey of 3,000 adults suggests 60 per cent of adults surveyed said they don’t expect things to return to normal Four out of five believed remote working was a solution to reducing emissions Report said it may … Read more

Kelly Clarkson is determined to have her children ‘grow up in a stable, loving environment’

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Kelly Clarkson famously wrote her 2015 song Piece by Piece about the emotional damage caused by her parents’ divorce.  But the 38-year-old songstress is determined not to cause the same hurt to her own children during her divorce from husband Brandon Blackstock, a source told People on Thursday. ‘Her priority is making sure her children … Read more

Walking to work is BAD for the environment… because it makes you eat more, new study shows

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Walking to work is WORSE for environment than car sharing because it makes you eat more leading to higher greenhouse emissions, new study finds New research suggests walking can produce more greenhouse gas than driving  A walker needs as ‘fuel’ for the journey from food and this ups the footprint Cycling is shown to be … Read more

Using cork to stopper a bottle of wine is BETTER for the environment than screw caps

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Using cork to stopper a bottle of wine is BETTER for the environment than screwcaps as the natural material is ‘carbon negative’, study finds Corks are’carbon negative’ which means they cause net capture of CO2 Scientists assessed their environmental credentials from production to disposal  Found  a natural cork captures 309g of CO2 when used in still wine Larger … Read more

BP promises to pay a £1.7bn dividend despite ‘brutal’ environment

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BP promises to pay a £1.7bn dividend despite ‘brutal’ environment which has seen profits slump by two thirds By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 23:42 BST, 28 April 2020 | Updated: 23:42 BST, 28 April 2020 BP has handed savers and pensioners a lifeline by promising to pay a £1.7billion dividend despite profits … Read more

Mankind to suffer worse pandemics than coronavirus if environment not protected, warn scientists

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Humans are to blame for coronavirus and even deadlier pandemics will follow unless the environment is protected, scientists have warned.  The world’s leading scientists said in a report published this week: ‘There is a single species responsible for the Covid-19 pandemic – us. ‘Recent pandemics are a direct consequence of human activity, particularly our global … Read more

Furloughed British workers could pick fruit and veg suggests Environment Secretary

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Minister tells furloughed workers they should get fruit-picking jobs to help farmers who are struggling to fill vacancies George Eustice expects there to be a need to recruit British harvest workers  ‘A third of the migrant labour that normally comes to the UK is here,’ he says Up to 80,000 workers, mostly from Eastern Europe, … Read more

Elderly farmers should be paid to retire, Environment Secretary George Eustice says

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Elderly farmers should be paid to retire so younger workers can be brought into the industry, Environment Secretary George Eustice says George Eustice accused some veteran farmers of ‘standing in the way of change’ Older workers will be offered lump sums to quit and let young farmers take over  Average age of farmer is 59 … Read more

Flood-hit communities could be ABANDONED warns Environment Agency head

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Flood-hit communities might have to be abandoned the head of the Environment Agency will say today – as ‘danger to life’ warnings remain in place along the River Severn. Sir James Bevan will say it would be unrealistic to ban all development on the flood plain, but if there is no alternative any building that … Read more