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Iconic red telephone boxes are making a comeback in London; although this time they are being painted green and offer the opportunity for mobile phone users to charge their devices. Charging is free in...
Category: The Environment
FLOATY LIGHT
A satellite launched in 2009 to map gravity has discovered that there has been a change in the last five years which scientists claim is directly related to climate change. As the icecaps of...
RHINO SOMETHING
Benidorm´s Terra Natura animal park has been raising awareness over the plight of endangered rhinos, coinciding with International Rhinoceros Day. In addition to endangered status of the Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), there are four...
Watching adult videos can save the environment
Popular (erm, so we have been told) adult website Pornhub has embarked on an ingenious campaign to save the planet, by promising to plant a tree in exchange for watching videos in a particular...
PETA’s Statement, re Today’s D.C. Circuit Court’s Ruling Regarding SeaWorld
The D.C. Circuit’s decision today to the effect that SeaWorld must keep trainers out of the water signals an end to the days of trainers standing and riding on orcas for human amusement at...
Britain gets more electricity from offshore wind farms than all other countries
SINCE October sightseers on the hills above Edinburgh have gawped at a brand new landmark. Across the Firth of Forth, on a test site, stands the biggest wind turbine in Britain. The tips of...
North American scientists track incoming Fukushima plume
The likely scale of the radioactive plume of water from Fukushima due to hit the west coast of North America should be known in the next two months. Only minute traces of pollution from...
Trees are important, right?
We might have heard a little about deforestation, but let´s be honest, if we don´t see it on our doorstep, we may well just dismiss it as another fad by environmental complainers, not a...
