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Rare bumblebee reintroduced to UK
A bumblebee which vanished from the English countryside almost a quarter of a century ago has been reintroduced. Around 100 short-haired bumblebees (Bombus subterraneus) were brought across from Sweden to repopulate areas where it previously thrived in the UK, and around 50 of the healthiest were released at the RSPB’s Dungeness reserve in Kent. The [...]
Wind farms ‘have major economic benefit’
Onshore wind farms, recently under attack from leading conservationists for damaging the countryside, can bring significant economic benefits locally and nationally, as well as contributing to the fight against climate change, a new study claims. Read the full post at http://environmentaleducationuk.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/wind-farms-have-major-economic-benefit/
Climate update : Half of Britain now officially in drought
Water shortages set to continue until next year following a predicted third dry winter. The Independent reports. For the full report – click here
How to protect our green and pleasant land?
An environmental alert from The Independent. For more than 60 years, the English countryside has been preserved from unthinking development by a demanding set of planning laws which evolved from the 1947 Town and Country Planning Act. Too much so, this Government believes. It is taking the 1,300 pages of planning regulations and reducing them to just 52. Groups which campaign to [...]
2011 : The 12 most-read articles from The Independent Environment
The world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitters, China, the US and India, agreed to a legally bound treaty to cut their emissions for the first time at the UN climate conference in South Africa earlier this month. The deal is surely the most significant environment related story of the year. The 12 most read are those [...]
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