Environment
Watch – ‘Distressing’ home visit by immigration officers
This video shows the dawn immigration enforcement operation by six officers, showing a “distressing” and “intimidating” sequence of events.reports the Guardian Qu Zixuan and her fiance, Duncan Watkinson, describe the moment they were confronted by six immigration officers at dawn in their London home. The couple describe their confusion, fear and anger as the officials told Qu she had no leave to remain in the UK, despite them having an immigration appointment at the Home Office. Six immigration officers have been accused of...
Revealed: the tangled web between fossil industry and government
Mapped: Revolving Doors between UK Government and the Energy Industry DeSmog UK have investigated the undue influence of climate science denial and the fossil fuel industry on Britain's energy and climate policy since 2014. From the latest research on connections between energy industry figures and those in position to influence policy on the industry and tackling pollution and climate change, DeSmog UK has made this handy and sinister map of the connections between former government officials and the fossil fuel and other energy companies...
A BBC weatherman has blasted “years” of noise from disruptive ‘mega basement’ building work
TV favourite weather forecaster Stav Danaos kicked up a storm and claims he is struggling to get any rest because neighbours keep building mega basements.
Sobering images show how Norfolk coastline has disappeared over last decade
The once-full clifftop at Hemsby, Norfolk, has been battered by strong winds and high tides
Finding plastic – how Nemo’s underwater world is polluted by packaging
The baby clownfish was snapped playing next to a Nestle food wrapper in the South China Sea
RUBBISH POWER – Green-fingered dad invents washing machine-sized incinerator that turns rubbish and food waste into fuel
The Home Energy Resources Unit, or HERU, generates enough power to heat a home for a day
Fox hunt investigation dropped due to lack of evidence despite police having this video of fox being chased
A police investigation into a hunt has been dropped by the CPS - despite being given this video of a fox being chased by a pack of dogs followed by huntsmen. The CPS was handed footage of a fox fleeing for its life, chased by hounds across fields in Cheshire - followed by terriermen on quads and hunt members on horses. Cheshire Monitors - a group of hunt saboteurs - captured the chase from two different locations and gave the...
BEE-DAY Experts have called for a people’s army to fight the invasion of the Asian hornet on the Channel Islands
They say the next two weeks are crucial in stopping its spread and becoming established
Climate change: ‘Dead zone’ in Arabian Sea bigger than Scotland discovered by British scientists
A 'dead zone' in the Arabian Sea that is "bigger than Scotland" has been discovered by British scientists. It has no fish, marine plants or other animals because climate change and sewage has sucked out all the oxygen. People who rely on the ocean for food and work are also being endangered, warn the researchers. The environmental disaster was identified by underwater robots exploring more than half a mile down in the Gulf of Oman. Global warming and human waste...