Submissions from independent.co.uk

• Boris Johnson accused of making impossible pledge for climate crisis summit

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 20th Jan 2020
• Trump tells Americans threatened by rising oceans to use ‘mops and buckets’ instead of building barriers

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 19th Jan 2020
• New sleeper train from Sweden will get passengers to London by morning - Sweden's government wants to provide viable alternatives to short-haul flights

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 19th Jan 2020
• TIL Germany is turning 62 military bases into wildlife sanctuaries

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 13th Jan 2020
• Poison and explosives used to kill elephants as record numbers die in Sri Lanka

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 13th Jan 2020
• Grass found growing around Mount Everest as warming climate melts ice, reports a new study using satellite data. Increase in vegetation could play role in region’s water supply, which reaches 1.4 billion people.

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 10th Jan 2020
• Australia: More than 10,000 camels to be shot because they drink too much water - Govt. says animals wreaking havoc in drought-afflicted areas, causing damage to infrastructure

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 8th Jan 2020
• Long distance train tickets in Germany slashed by 10% to tackle climate crisis

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  Published 5th Jan 2020
• Trump to remove climate change factors from environmental laws around major infrastructure projects - Revised law allows federal agencies to overlook environmental impact

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 5th Jan 2020
• Rewilding the UK: movement aims to tackle climate change – by reintroducing bears, wolves and eagles into Britain - Restoring vast tracts of land to nature would help reduce carbon emissions and allow long-gone species to return – but not everyone supports ambitious proposals

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  Published 5th Jan 2020
• England’s first wild beaver colony in centuries is ‘helping communities and climate’

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  Published 5th Jan 2020
• Mexico rivers turning into ‘slow-motion Chernobyl’ while government stands idle

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 31st Dec 2019
• Boris Johnson takes private jet to fly 25 minutes, despite train taking just 53 minutes

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  Published 10th Dec 2019
• The world’s most polluting companies could be sued for their contributions to global warming, a major human rights inquiry has found in what has been described as a “landmark victory for climate justice”.

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  Published 10th Dec 2019
• 2019 Nobel Prize winner warns there is no 'Planet B'. Fix Earth's climate crisis instead of dreaming of other planets, urges Nobel prize-winning astronomer

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  Published 9th Dec 2019
• World's first human composting site to open - Process saves metric tonne of CO2 while using up an eighth of energy devoted to cremation, firm behind funeral home says

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  Published 9th Dec 2019
• Green machine: How hydrogen is powering the right bus for the planet

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  Published 8th Dec 2019
• 'Dead zones' expanding rapidly in oceans as climate emergency causes unprecedented oxygen loss

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  Published 8th Dec 2019
• Climate change close to ‘point of no return’, UN secretary general warns ahead of key international talks - Continued inaction would be ‘betrayal of our entire human family and all generations to come’, says Antonio Guterres

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 5th Dec 2019
• PRC / Peking dumps 200 million cubic metres of waste in sea after drive to stop throwing it in rivers

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  Published 5th Dec 2019
• Renewable power generation to jump 50 per cent in five years – but it’s still not enough

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  Published 4th Dec 2019
• 'The United States is still in': Nancy Pelosi defies Trump over Paris climate change agreement in Spain

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  Published 4th Dec 2019
• Government heavily redacts report revealing how it planned to convince public fracking is a good idea

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  Published 3rd Dec 2019
• Leonardo DiCaprio and Bill Clinton among John Kerry’s all-star ‘World War Zero’ climate coalition. Stars aim to win over those sceptical of need to cut carbon emissions by 2020.

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  Published 1st Dec 2019
• Brazil's far-right president Bolsonaro says Leonardo DiCaprio paid for Amazon rainforest fires. 'The future of these irreplaceable ecosystems is at stake and I am proud to stand with the groups protecting them,' actor says.

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 30th Nov 2019
• Critically endangered Sumatran orangutan found alive after being shot 24 times

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  Published 30th Nov 2019
• Climate change activism ‘reducing mental health symptoms among young people’

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 28th Nov 2019
• The Amazon rainforest fires are ‘melting glaciers over a thousand miles away’

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 28th Nov 2019
• Boris Johnson to be replaced by melting ice statue

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 28th Nov 2019
• Half of dead baby turtles found by Australian scientists have stomachs full of plastic

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 28th Nov 2019
• Extinction Rebellion prosecutions dropped en masse after protest ban ruled unlawful.

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 27th Nov 2019
• Fossil fuel production on track to exceed safe climate change limits by 120%

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 20th Nov 2019
• UK: Companies that fail to tackle climate change will be delisted from the London Stock Exchange, Labour announces

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  Published 19th Nov 2019
• Trump administration to limit scientific and medical research used for public health law - Government agencies ‘can now justify rolling back rules on health and environment’

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  Published 12th Nov 2019
• Sweden’s recycling is so revolutionary the country has run out of rubbish

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  Published 12th Nov 2019
• Scientists Urge People to Eat Less Meat Amid Declaration of Climate Emergency

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  Published 8th Nov 2019
• If we want to stop the climate emergency, we need to break the taboo around population and contraception

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 7th Nov 2019
• ‘Untold human suffering’: 11,000 scientists from across world unite to declare global climate emergency. ‘Despite 40 years of major global negotiations, we conduct business as usual and have failed to address this crisis,’ group says.

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 5th Nov 2019
• Trump vows 'no more' federal aid to Calif. as devastating wildfires continue to burn - “Every year, as the fire’s rage & Calif. burns, it is the same thing-& then he comes to the Federal Govt for $$$ help. No more. Get your act together Governor."

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 3rd Nov 2019
• Trump's energy secretary refuses to cooperate with impeachment inquiry — unless he gets an 'open hearing'

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  Published 3rd Nov 2019
• Humans have made ‘tragic, desperate mess’ of planet says David Attenborough

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  Published 20th Oct 2019
• Qatar now so hot it has started air-conditioning the outdoors - Giant coolers in public areas accelerating climate crisis further by using electricity from fossil fuels

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  Published 18th Oct 2019
• Greta Thunberg condemns ‘unlawful’ police ban on Extinction Rebellion climate change protest: “If standing up against the climate and ecological breakdown and for humanity is against the rules then the rules must be broken.”

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 17th Oct 2019
• ‘They should be allowed to cry’: Ecological disaster taking toll on scientists’ mental health - ‘We’re documenting destruction of world’s most beautiful ecosystems, it’s impossible to be detached’

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 11th Oct 2019
• China deploys 60,000 soldiers to plant trees in bid to grow 6 million hectares of new forest this year

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 8th Oct 2019
• More than 60 scientists from 11 countries have signed an open letter calling for governments around the world to cut the quantities of meat and dairy served in schools and hospitals as part of a move to “maintain a safe climate and planet for the future of humanity”.

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 7th Oct 2019
• Thousands of ships fitted with ‘cheat devices’ to divert poisonous pollution into sea - Global shipping companies have spent millions rigging vessels with “cheat devices” that circumvent new environmental legislation by dumping pollution into the sea instead of the air, The Independent can reveal.

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 29th Sep 2019
• Greta Thunberg says adults who attack her ‘must feel threatened’ after Trump mocks teen activist

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 27th Sep 2019
• Hundreds of people have held a high-altitude “funeral” for a Swiss glacier that has been lost to global warming. Climate activists dressed in black clothes climbed to 2,600 metres above sea level to pay their respects to the last remnants of the Pizol glacier in the Glarus Alps, east Switzerland.

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 23rd Sep 2019
• Global strikes begin in what could be largest climate protest in history - follow live

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 20th Sep 2019
• Climate change: Should we sue politicians for crimes against humanity? | The Independent

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 6th Sep 2019
• Macron says France will block EU trade deal with Brazil over Amazon forest fires

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 23rd Aug 2019
• Amazon rainforest fires: Bolsonaro claims NGOs are setting protected region ablaze without providing evidence

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 22nd Aug 2019
• Four people killed every week defending environment as murder rate doubles in 15 years, report says

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 6th Aug 2019
• July was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth, preliminary data shows

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 2nd Aug 2019
• Climate change laws must be extended to protect the whole environment, think tank says

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 2nd Aug 2019
• Human-animal hybrids to be developed in Japan after ban controversially lifted

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 30th Jul 2019
• Hundreds of reindeer starve to death on Arctic islands 'due to climate change': Researchers have never found so many carcasses in Svalbard in 40 years of monitoring animal's population

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 30th Jul 2019
• Consumers urged to boycott yellowfin tuna caught from unsustainable Indian Ocean fishing with yellowfin stocks being 'overfished and at risk of collapse'

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 25th Jul 2019
• Renewable sources of energy produced more electricity than coal and nuclear power combined for the first time in Germany, according to new figures.

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 24th Jul 2019
• Elephant extinction would ‘speed up climate crisis by making forest trees smaller’

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 19th Jul 2019
• Holland covers hundreds of bus stops with plants as gift to honeybees - Shelters support biodiversity while also capturing dust to improve air quality and storing rainwater

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 15th Jul 2019
• Turtles born at key breeding ground will all be turned female by climate change, study predicts

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 12th Jul 2019
• Endangered rhino numbers ‘soar by 1,000%’ in Tanzania after crackdown on poaching gangs - And elephant populations have risen by nearly half in five years, thanks to a blitz on illegal ivory hunters, the president’s office said.

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 11th Jul 2019
• Trump's environment speech: As the president touts his record, here's what his administration has done | The Independent

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 8th Jul 2019
• Bird spotted feeding chick cigarette butt in ‘devastating’ picture

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 1st Jul 2019
• World leaders push back on attempts by Trump to water down climate change commitments

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 30th Jun 2019
• Trump dismisses need for climate change action: ‘We have the cleanest water we’ve ever had, we have the cleanest air’. ‘It doesn’t always work with a windmill,’ says US president as he rejects green energy. "It doesn’t always work with solar because solar’s just not strong enough."

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 30th Jun 2019
• The disruption caused by Extinction Rebellion demonstrators and student climate strikers has “definitely been worth it” to raise awareness of the global warming emergency, UK shadow chancellor John McDonnell has said

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 26th Jun 2019
• McDonald's UK to scrap McFlurry lids and single use plastic salad bowls

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 23rd Jun 2019
• People who don't have children benefit our environment more than any campaign

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 19th Jun 2019
• Melt ponds open in Arctic as permafrost melts at levels not expected until 2090

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 17th Jun 2019
• Chemical that castrates frogs among new pesticides approved by Bolsonaro in Brazil despite being banned elsewhere: Three weedkillers approved this year contain Atrazine, which chemically castrates frogs

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 16th Jun 2019
• Banned pesticide DDT still damaging ecosystems 50 years after it was sprayed: ‘Yesterday’s environmental crisis in the 1950s through 1970s remains today’s problem’

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 13th Jun 2019
• Meat eaters are destroying the planet, says report

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 11th Jun 2019
• Indian temple helps nurture 'extinct' turtle back to life

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 11th Jun 2019
• Trump administration tries to block youth lawsuit claiming ‘there is no constitutional right to a stable climate system’

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 6th Jun 2019
• British billionaire attacks governments for failing to tackle climate change or end poverty

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  Published 3rd Jun 2019
• Climate 'apocalypse' to leave Scotland in ruins within a decade

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 30th May 2019
• World Health Organisation’s recognition of traditional Chinese medicine ‘could push species into extinction’ - Failure to condemn use of animal parts in traditional remedies ‘egregiously negligent and irresponsible’, wildlife groups say

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 29th May 2019
• Trump administration orders government agency to stop predicting long-term climate change impacts

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 28th May 2019
• Philippines passes law requiring students to plant 10 trees if they want to graduate - Legislation formalises existing tradition and could result in 175 million new trees each year if properly adhered to

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 28th May 2019
• LEGO reaches 100% renewable energy target three years ahead of schedule

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 22nd May 2019
• Climate crisis: Satellites to monitor air pollution generated by every power station in the world

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 21st May 2019
• Less usage of pesticides

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 19th May 2019
• Two-fifths of Americans say climate change will influence their vote in 2020 election, according to poll

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 17th May 2019
• Global investment in coal tumbles by 75% in three years, as lenders lose appetite for fossil fuel - More coal power stations around the world came offline last year than were approved for perhaps first time since industrial revolution, report says

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 16th May 2019
• ‘More than 2,000’ mothers and families march through London demanding urgent climate action

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 13th May 2019
• A majority of British voters would support radical action to slash greenhouse gases to nearly zero by 2050 at a cost of tens of billions of pounds, a new poll has found.

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 12th May 2019
• Support for fracking falls to lowest ever level, finds official UK government survey - Destruction to natural environment the main reason for opposing fracking

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 12th May 2019
• Thousands of parents to stage climate change protest as health secretary launches ‘dirty air’ study: Matt Hancock warns of growing national emergency caused by 'deadly poison' of air pollution

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 12th May 2019
• Climate crisis: Huge VAT rise on solar panels makes installation ‘entirely uneconomic’, say experts - ‘We could not have a clearer sign the government has failed to even begin to grasp the urgency’, says Green Party co-leader

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 10th May 2019
• US refuses to sign declaration protecting the Arctic because it references climate change

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  Published 8th May 2019
• Edinburgh city centre goes car-free to combat air pollution: Open air yoga and chess games fill streets for trial initiative

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 6th May 2019
• Republicans scrap rules put in place after an explosion on the BP Deepwater Horizon oil platform killed 11 workers & triggered the largest marine oil spill in US history

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 6th May 2019
• UK government makes history by passing motion to declare ‘environment and climate change emergency’

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 1st May 2019
• Video shows sea of plastic bottles after London Marathon

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 28th Apr 2019
• Endangered turtle returns to lay its eggs at beach only to find runway has been built

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 12th Apr 2019
• Norway refuses to drill for billions of barrels of oil in Arctic, leaving ‘whole industry surprised and disappointed’

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 10th Apr 2019
• Trump issues new permit for ‘climate-killing’ Keystone XL pipeline in attempt to sidestep court ruling

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 1st Apr 2019
• Trump administration forced to consider climate change impacts for the first time after court defeat over drilling permits

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 22nd Mar 2019