Environment
‘Absolute scandal’ if Scottish renewable projects are awarded to foreign firms
BiFab Trade Unions Warn: Prospect of no work from renewables projects would be ‘an absolute scandal’ BiFab trade unions GMB and Unite have warned that the prospect of no work coming to Fife from two major Scottish offshore renewables projects would be ‘an absolute scandal’. The Moray East and Kincardine offshore wind farm projects have a total value of around £2.8 billion and BiFab’s new Canadian owners DF Barnes have been actively pursuing contracts from both. However, the fabrication work...
Urgent action need as social care system is ‘crumbling beneath us’
NEW CROSS-PARTY SOCIAL CARE PARLIAMENTARY GROUP LAUNCHED TO TACKLE GROWING CARE CRISIS. A new parliamentary group on social care will launch in Westminster today amid warnings from GMB Union the care sector is ‘in crisis’. The All Party Parliamentary Group on Social Care (APPG Social Care) is a cross-party group of MPs who have come together to look at the care system, funding and state of staffing in the sector. The group is sponsored by GMB Union, while its first...
These horrific photos show a young seal which died after becoming entangled in fishing netting
Environmentalists believe the seal is likely to have starved to death, due to its body mass and bones protruding
Carbon dioxide ‘turned back into solid coal’
Scientists say the ground-breaking technique can efficiently convert CO2 from a gas into solid particles of carbon
Britain ‘one of least racist countries in Europe’
Around three in 20 Brits would object to having immigrants as neighbours and around 10 per cent would object to neighbours of a different race, according to a study
Britain’s WORM population is in decline which is also hitting bird numbers
A study has shown that the average field has just 9 worms per spadeful of soil - almost half of the number there should be
Volcanoes turned Earth into giant snowball 580 million years ago
Scientists say the Gaskiers glaciation could have been triggered by huge amounts of carbon dioxide being absorbed as part of the weathering process of the solidified lava
Earth ‘facing global warming Armageddon in less than 150 years’
Scientists say the concentration of carbon dioxide is rising faster than at any time since the age of the dinosaurs
Report highlights the devastating environmental impact of livestock farming
Animal welfare charity Viva! has published a new report detailing the shocking environmental impact of the livestock industry. ENVIROCIDAL – How Livestock Farming is Killing the Planet reveals the scale of global warming and predicts the devastating effects livestock farming will have on the environment if the global consumption of animal products continues at the same rate. The report investigates all aspects of climate change, from global warming to overfishing, loss of biodiversity, land and water use, and addresses common misconceptions...