... Supermarket’s test of customer support for cosmetically imperfect vegetables fails to convince chef, whose new BBC series highlights food waste in Britain ...
... Poll by Guardian and partner papers finds Europeans pessimistic but proactive before crunch Paris climate talks ...
... CSIRO study upends assumptions about domestic cost of tougher action on climate change, finding reducing emissions a ‘win-win’ for environment and economy ...
... Company uses last resort emergency powers for first time, only lifting request after 40MW of extra power made available ...
... Kangaroos produce relatively little methane, but study suggests transplanting gut micro-organisms into sheep or cattle would not help reduce emissions Kangaroo emissions are less damaging than that of animals such as sheep and cattle. Photograph: Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters Australian Associated Press New analysis of kangaroo farts suggests their low methane levels could have implications for... ...
... Mayor wins long-running battle to introduce emergency traffic bans when pollution from vehicles reaches dangerous levels ...
... Christiana Figueres takes swipe at Barack Obama, saying China ‘has taken an undisputed leadership’ in transforming economy to avoid further climate change ...
... While many of our familiar songbird species are in decline, one avian character in particular has been spotted increasingly frequently in UK gardens – the goldfinch. ...
... The Fortingall yew in Perthshire has started to produce red berries, suggesting a change of sex in one of its branches. It’s an unusual – but not unprecedented – switch ...