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Letters: Bushmen concern
Written on 6 Sep, 2010 at 18:05 in Green Living | viewed times | 0 Comments
We, the undersigned – all winners of the Right Livelihood award, commonly known as the "alternative Nobel prize" – are greatly concerned for the welfare of our friends and fellow laureates, the Bushmen of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.... (Continue reading)
Rising wheat prices raise fears over UK commitment to biofuels
Written on 4 Sep, 2010 at 18:07 in Green Living | viewed times | 0 Comments
Converting up to a fifth of UK wheat into biofuel will force prices even higher at a time of food shortages, warn critics The soaring price of wheat has raised questions about the UK's commitment to biofuels as it... (Continue reading)
UN to hold crisis talks on food prices as riots hit Mozambique
Written on 3 Sep, 2010 at 14:41 in Green Living | viewed times | 0 Comments
After violence in Africa and protests in Egypt, Serbia and Pakistan, the UN are to urge action on the rising cost of food The UN has called an urgent meeting on rising global food prices in an attempt to... (Continue reading)
Mr and Mrs Mussel plan largest offshore farm in Europe
Written on 3 Sep, 2010 at 13:44 in Green Living | viewed times | 0 Comments
Scottish shellfish firm is to move south to the warmer waters of Lyme Bay, where it aims to produce up to 10,000 tonnes a year Plans for the largest offshore mussel farm in Europe, to be set up in... (Continue reading)
Bid talk swirls around BP as it nears final cap on leaking well
Written on 3 Sep, 2010 at 13:23 in Green Living | viewed times | 0 Comments
• ExxonMobil discussed politics of BP takeover with the White House • BP's value had once dropped by more than $100bn, since 20 April BP said today that it was a fortnight away from finally sealing the rogue well... (Continue reading)
Google building infested by bed bugs
Written on 3 Sep, 2010 at 12:57 in Green Living | viewed times | 0 Comments
The internet giant's New York headquarters have fallen prey to a city-wide outbreak of bed bugs They are reddish-brown, smaller than an apple seed, have a taste for human blood and when they bite they itch like hell. And... (Continue reading)
Greenland’s prime minister lambasts Greenpeace for raiding Arctic oil rig
Written on 31 Aug, 2010 at 12:22 in Green Living | viewed times | 0 Comments
Kuupik Kleist claims environmental campaigners are damaging country's economy by occupy drilling platform The premier of Greenland has accused Greenpeace of threatening the safety of oil workers and the environment after four activists forced a controversial deep sea exploration... (Continue reading)
Deepwater Horizon fears resurface as rigs probe for oil under Arctic ice
Written on 28 Aug, 2010 at 18:06 in Green Living | viewed times | 0 Comments
ExxonMobil and Shell compete to drill in wilderness despite Greenpeace's fears a broken well could gush for years In a few days' time, officials at the Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum in Greenland will reveal the winners of a... (Continue reading)
Good Companies Guide: Winners and losers in the corporate sustainability stakes
Written on 28 Aug, 2010 at 18:06 in Green Living | viewed times | 0 Comments
Analysts at Co-operative Asset Management assess which FTSE 350 companies may have the most sustainable business models Here, analysts at Co-operative Asset Management look at how some broad industry groups in the FTSE 350 and the companies within them... (Continue reading)
Buckwheat crisis hurts Russian pride | Alexey Kovalev
Written on 26 Aug, 2010 at 7:00 in Green Living | viewed times | 0 Comments
Never mind political crises or the heatwave, what really terrifies Russians is the prospect of a shortage of their staple food I don't think I'm stretching the point too far when I say the British public doesn't know too... (Continue reading)
