the-environmentalist.co.uk http://the-environmentalist.co.uk Fri, 18 May 2012 23:00:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Tanzania: Zanzibar Pushes to Join Island Alliance to Confront Climate Change http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/The-environmentalistcouk/~3/1EIMWnZY2yk/ http://the-environmentalist.co.uk/2012/05/18/tanzania-zanzibar-pushes-to-join-island-alliance-to-confront-climate-change/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 23:00:08 +0000 kirk http://the-environmentalist.co.uk/2012/05/18/tanzania-zanzibar-pushes-to-join-island-alliance-to-confront-climate-change/ [AlertNet]
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The East African archipelago of Zanzibar is attempting to win “environmental independence” from Tanzania by joining an organisation that promotes the sustainable development of islands in the Indian Ocean.
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London, 17th of May 2012 -
The President of the Gabonese Republic, Ali Bongo Ondimba delivered a speech entitled ‘Investing for the Future’ at the world-renowned foreign policy think tank, Chatham House. Over the course of an hour, he presented his vision for economic development for Gabon to an audience of researchers and business leaders.
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]]> http://the-environmentalist.co.uk/2012/05/17/plutonium-signature-captured-after-50-years-of-trying/feed/ 0 http://the-environmentalist.co.uk/2012/05/17/plutonium-signature-captured-after-50-years-of-trying/ Arctic seabirds adapt to climate change http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/The-environmentalistcouk/~3/zRSkm3XsNIU/ http://the-environmentalist.co.uk/2012/05/16/arctic-seabirds-adapt-to-climate-change/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 23:00:13 +0000 kirk http://the-environmentalist.co.uk/2012/05/16/arctic-seabirds-adapt-to-climate-change/ The planet is warming up, especially at the poles. How do organisms react to this rise in temperatures? Biologists have now shown that little auks, the most common seabirds in the Arctic, are adapting their fishing behavior to warming surface waters in the Greenland Sea. So far, their reproductive and survival rates have not been affected. However, further warming could threaten the species.
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]]> http://the-environmentalist.co.uk/2012/05/16/arctic-seabirds-adapt-to-climate-change/feed/ 0 http://the-environmentalist.co.uk/2012/05/16/arctic-seabirds-adapt-to-climate-change/ ‘Nobody is exempt from climate responsibility’ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/The-environmentalistcouk/~3/eRBHfGMIii0/ http://the-environmentalist.co.uk/2012/05/16/nobody-is-exempt-from-climate-responsibility/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 23:00:04 +0000 kirk http://the-environmentalist.co.uk/2012/05/16/nobody-is-exempt-from-climate-responsibility/ Could Christiana Figueres have the world’s toughest job: getting all nations to agree how to tackle climate change? We talk to the UN’s climate chief


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]]> http://the-environmentalist.co.uk/2012/05/16/nobody-is-exempt-from-climate-responsibility/feed/ 0 http://the-environmentalist.co.uk/2012/05/16/nobody-is-exempt-from-climate-responsibility/ Do we know enough to ensure safe Arctic drilling? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/The-environmentalistcouk/~3/GlxjWtVvXTg/ http://the-environmentalist.co.uk/2012/05/15/do-we-know-enough-to-ensure-safe-arctic-drilling/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 23:00:10 +0000 kirk http://the-environmentalist.co.uk/2012/05/15/do-we-know-enough-to-ensure-safe-arctic-drilling/ If we must open the Arctic Ocean to oil and gas development we should at least do it in a way that doesn’t harm wildlife, but the signs don’t look good, says Henry Huntington


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]]> http://the-environmentalist.co.uk/2012/05/15/do-we-know-enough-to-ensure-safe-arctic-drilling/feed/ 0 http://the-environmentalist.co.uk/2012/05/15/do-we-know-enough-to-ensure-safe-arctic-drilling/ Wasted milk is a real drain on our resources, study shows http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/The-environmentalistcouk/~3/gtKQt7HvHf0/ http://the-environmentalist.co.uk/2012/05/15/wasted-milk-is-a-real-drain-on-our-resources-study-shows/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 23:00:08 +0000 kirk http://the-environmentalist.co.uk/2012/05/15/wasted-milk-is-a-real-drain-on-our-resources-study-shows/ Milk poured down Britain’s kitchen sinks each year creates a carbon footprint equivalent to thousands of car exhaust emissions, research shows.
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]]> http://the-environmentalist.co.uk/2012/05/15/wasted-milk-is-a-real-drain-on-our-resources-study-shows/feed/ 0 http://the-environmentalist.co.uk/2012/05/15/wasted-milk-is-a-real-drain-on-our-resources-study-shows/ World living beyond its resources, summit off-track: WWF http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/The-environmentalistcouk/~3/epoG5-F9JAU/ http://the-environmentalist.co.uk/2012/05/15/world-living-beyond-its-resources-summit-off-track-wwf/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 23:00:05 +0000 kirk http://the-environmentalist.co.uk/2012/05/15/world-living-beyond-its-resources-summit-off-track-wwf/ GENEVA (Reuters) – Biodiversity has decreased by an average of 28 percent globally since 1970 and the world would have to be 50 percent bigger to have enough land and forests to provide for current levels of consumption and carbon emissions, conservation group WWF said on Tuesday.
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]]> http://the-environmentalist.co.uk/2012/05/15/world-living-beyond-its-resources-summit-off-track-wwf/feed/ 0 http://the-environmentalist.co.uk/2012/05/15/world-living-beyond-its-resources-summit-off-track-wwf/ Quantifying Carbon and distributional benefits of solar home system programs in Bangladesh http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/The-environmentalistcouk/~3/zeYcjRWg-Fw/ http://the-environmentalist.co.uk/2012/05/14/quantifying-carbon-and-distributional-benefits-of-solar-home-system-programs-in-bangladesh/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 23:00:14 +0000 kirk http://the-environmentalist.co.uk/2012/05/14/quantifying-carbon-and-distributional-benefits-of-solar-home-system-programs-in-bangladesh/ Scaling-up adoption of renewable energy technology, such as solar home systems, to expand electricity access in developing countries can accelerate the …
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]]> http://the-environmentalist.co.uk/2012/05/14/quantifying-carbon-and-distributional-benefits-of-solar-home-system-programs-in-bangladesh/feed/ 0 http://the-environmentalist.co.uk/2012/05/14/quantifying-carbon-and-distributional-benefits-of-solar-home-system-programs-in-bangladesh/ Pollutionwatch: April showers rinsed airborne particles out of the air http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/The-environmentalistcouk/~3/oQSYUtguG_A/ http://the-environmentalist.co.uk/2012/05/14/pollutionwatch-april-showers-rinsed-airborne-particles-out-of-the-air-2/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 23:00:12 +0000 kirk http://the-environmentalist.co.uk/2012/05/14/pollutionwatch-april-showers-rinsed-airborne-particles-out-of-the-air-2/ April’s wet weather brought respite from the prolonged airborne particle pollution that affected the UK in February and March. Pollution problems in April were mostly short-lived. Traffic caused moderate pollution close to busy roads in London, Glasgow and Dumfries. Both Port Talbot and Scunthorpe…
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