Submissions from independent.co.uk

• Rare jumping spider discovered in UK for first time ever

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  Published on 17th Aug 2018
• Report finds biggest users of GMO feed, meat and dairy corporations, to surpass oil industry as world's biggest polluters

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 13th Aug 2018
• Killer whale mother finally lets dead newborn calf go, after unprecedented 17 days

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 13th Aug 2018
• Two-thirds of UK 'want to bin rules preventing new onshore wind farms'

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 18th Jul 2018
• World’s largest protected rainforest declared in Colombia

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 5th Jul 2018
• Trump quietly reverses elephant trophy ban

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 4th Jul 2018
• Catastrophic drought threatens Iraq as major dams in surrounding countries cut off water to its great rivers

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 3rd Jul 2018
• Costa Rica to ban fossil fuels and become world's first decarbonised society

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 29th May 2018
• Why farmers are trying to turn 'craft beef' into the next craft beer - Favoring small-scale & independent farms, the term "craft beef" captures the move away from factory farming & subsequent rise of sustainable meat production, championing a more environmentally-friendly product.

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 24th May 2018
• Pet dog raised by Chinese family for 2 yrs turns out to be a black bear - Owners grew suspicious when animal showed talent for walking on 2 legs

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 14th May 2018
• The Tories are planning to halt onshore wind farm production, despite most people supporting it

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 30th Apr 2018
• Chlorinated chicken may be the least of UK food worries when it comes to signing a trade deal with Trump: Post-Brexit, chances are you'll be shopping blind, unable to avoid GMO American 'cheddar' even if you wanted to

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 10th Apr 2018
• Scotland produces record amount of energy from renewables as green schemes generate two-thirds of electricity: Nation beats rest of UK with 68.1 per cent of energy needs met without fossil fuels.

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 2nd Apr 2018
• Total renewable power produced in 2017 could have supported UK for the whole of 1958

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 22nd Feb 2018
• China reassigns 60,000 soldiers to plant trees in bid to fight pollution

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 18th Feb 2018
• French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to shut all of his country’s coal-fired power plants by 2021. “We've also decided to make France a model in the fight against climate change”, Mr Macron said at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 25th Jan 2018
• Fracking is one of the least sustainable ways to produce electricity, says new study. When comparing environmental, economic and social sustainability, scientists find shale gas extraction ranks 7th out of 9 different energy sources.

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 16th Jan 2018
• Nestle has been bottling and selling water it has no right to in drought-stricken California, state says

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 31st Dec 2017
• Good News: Snow leopards no longer endangered for first time in 45 years

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 13th Dec 2017
• MPs vote 'that animals cannot feel pain or emotions' into the Brexit bill - 'It’s shocking that MPs have given animal sentience the thumbs down'

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 20th Nov 2017
• Photo of baby elephant on fire after being attacked by mob - Elephant & calf seen running close to mob that hurled flaming tar balls & crackers at them to ward them away from human settlements

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 9th Nov 2017