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Inaction on Heathrow expansion could cost Northern Powerhouse 710m annually

2016-06-16 01:00:00| Airport Technology

Inaction on Heathrow Airport's expansion could foil the UK Government's aim to transform the North of England into a high productivity Northern Powerhouse, losing out on 710m annually in trade, Heathrow chief executive John Holland-Kaye has warned.

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PanEco resigns from RSPO over sheer level of inaction

2016-06-03 14:12:04| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: One of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oils disgruntled NGO members officially called it quits on the organization last week, resigning over what it deemed the RSPOs failure to reign in an industry tainted by environmental destruction and human rights abuses. The PanEco Foundation, which is known for protecting orangutans in Indonesia, also cited the purposeful stifling of the RSPO by its members and administration, whom for whatever reasons are increasingly allowing for it to be weakened...

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Inaction on global warming is as reckless as drunken driving

2016-01-05 21:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Washington Post: Daniel Farber teaches environmental law and tort law at the University of California at Berkeley. Our moral duty to address climate change is based on a simple concept, straightforward enough to qualify as kindergarten fare. We tell our children that they need to be careful not to hurt their playmates. As we get older, we learn that we need to be careful when we engage in other activities too -- we shouldnt drive after drinking, or leave loaded guns around children. The same simple concept can...

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US youths sue over climate inaction

2015-11-03 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

AAP: They can't vote yet, but dozens of young people want a say in the planet's future, so minors across the US have been suing states and the federal government in recent years to push action on climate change. They say their generation will bear the brunt of global warming and that government at every level has an obligation to protect natural resources, including the atmosphere, as a "public trust" for future generations. The Oregon-based nonprofit Our Children's Trust has been leading efforts to...

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Excuses for climate inaction melt away

2015-10-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

USA Today: With every passing month, the arguments for inaction on climate change are melting away faster than glaciers in Alaska. Let's take them one at a time. Argument No. 1: The science is uncertain. Actually, it's not. An overwhelming majority of climate scientists agree that human activity is warming the planet. In fact, based on global surface temperatures, 2015 is on track to eclipse 2014 as the warmest year on record. This past summer was the hottest in recorded history, topping 2014 and even 1998,...

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