The age of wind-powered shipping returns. A vessel propelled by rigid sails, offering huge reductions in fuel usage, has embarked on its maiden voyage.
Category Archives: Environmental News
How to cut packaging waste
How to cut packaging waste. Businesses urged to get ready for reforms to cut packaging waste. Reporting requirements for the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme for packaging come into force today.
Effects of a false Autumn
Effects of a false Autumn. False start to autumn leaves trees in trouble. The nation’s trees are said to be showing worrying signs of a false autumn after the prolonged drought.
Is rainwater safe to drink?
Is rainwater safe to drink? Rainwater almost everywhere on Earth has unsafe levels of ‘forever chemicals’, according to new research.
Alternative heating for homes
Abandoned coal mines could soon provide alternative heating for homes in Wales. A new project worth £450,000 will investigate whether water from disused mines could be used to supply alternative heating for homes across Wales in the future.
Level 3 heat alert
Met Office releases Level 3 Heat Alert as heatwave forecast across Britain. The Met Office has issued a Level 3 Heat alert– Health Alert warning people to look out for vulnerable and elderly, as temperatures are predicted to hit highs of 33°C.
UK’s largest carbon capture project
UK’s largest carbon capture project will turn 40,000 tonnes of CO2 into sodium bicarbonate. Which can be used for dialysis machines, pharmaceutical tablets and baking soda. This is the equivalent of removing 20,000 cars off the roads, and promises to help the country reach its net-zero goal by 2050.
Impact of rising sea levels
Impact of rising sea levels. Rising sea levels could force towns to relocate, Environment Agency head warns.
UK ban ivory trade
UK ban ivory trade. Cruel trade in ivory to be illegal from today as world leading ban takes effect. UK Ivory Act enforces a near total ban on elephant ivory sales from today
Siberian tundra ‘could disappear’
Siberian tundra ‘could disappear by 2050’ due to climate change. The Siberian tundra could have vanished entirely by the middle of this century, researchers have warned.