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The company’s Chief Executive Andrew Billingsley said finding a way to take blade waste beyond the end of its useful life is an essential part of creating a green, circular economy. “The issue today is, I could say, colossal. “The blades are big – they have been going to landfill and they’ve been disappearing into…
The charity said the 13 birds had been collected and taken away to be cleaned but several other “partially oiled” birds were spotted and proved unable to be retrieved. It warned the oil would kill most of the gulls “sooner or later” as the substance would hinder their ability to keep warm. “When they go…
He added: “Now it takes hours for it to percolate through each dam and it’s worked. The second winter that they were here, there was no flooding downstream. “Third winter which has just passed, no flooding has occurred in that targeted zone downstream.” Beavers, nature’s engineers, were hunted to extinction in Britain centuries ago, prized…
Now a protected species, beavers were once widespread in Britain, but they were hunted to near-extinction by the 16th Century. A nationwide scheme to reintroduce the animals is being run by Forestry England, in collaboration with Natural England and the Beaver Trust. The animals in the Wyre Forest have built many dams that help to…
Islanders are being urged to use water “wisely” after the demand during June’s heatwave was the highest since the 2022 drought. Jersey Water said people used 159 million litres (35 million gallons) or nearly 5% of stored water last week as temperatures reached a peak of 39.2C (103F) on Thursday 25 June. It said water…
At least 13 people have died in Ghana’s capital, Accra, after torrential rain resulted in severe flooding, according to the fire service which has been involved in rescue efforts. The government has urged people to stay indoors or move to higher ground, as the meteorological agency warned further rain was expected with a big storm…
Red tape is making it “far easier” to cut woodlands down in Wales than to create new ones, a charity has warned. Chris Matts, from the Woodland Trust, said “nature-based systems” are some of the most important tools for tackling climate change, but said bureaucracy was an issue. Government statistics show the number of trees…
The first is effectively addressing nutrient pollution, which is the main cause of the blue-green algal crisis in Lough Neagh. The report said that pollution by nutrients from agriculture and wastewater was “a longstanding, severe and chronic problem that affects the economy, society and environment”. And it said tackling nutrient pollution was crucial to achieving…
