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22-Dec-11

Nigeria on alert as Shell announces worst oil spill in a decade

"The oil company says up to 40,000 barrels of crude oil was spilled 75 miles off the coast of the Niger delta "


20-Dec-11

MoD reveals 15 radioactive UK sites

"Current and former air and naval bases have been contaminated by second world war hardware, but the risks are unclear"

Category: Radiation, Weapons

20-Dec-11

EU set to charge international airlines for carbon emissions

"The EU looks likely to impose a system of carbon trading on all passenger flights taking off or landing in member states"


18-Dec-11

Stray showers of mercury getting into food chain

"Poisonous metal released as a vapour by burning fuel, then falls back to Earth and gets absorbed by the aquatic ecosystem"

Category: Energy sources

15-Dec-11

For Haiti, climate change is more present fear than horrible imagining

"The Durban delay might mean little elsewhere, but in Haiti deforestation and drought are problems of the here and now"

Category: Climate Change

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