STRONG AND FAIR POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IS NEEDED TO NEGOTIATE THE RADICAL
CHANGES TO ATTAIN SUSTAINABILITY
Never has government policy been more urgently needed to influence the
way that resources are used and pollution controlled and public opinion
and attitudes changed than in the race to attain sustainable
development, before social unrest at rising energy process for depleting
resources and rising consequences of climate change take control and
cause severe social unrest.
The Department of the Environment, Forestry and Rural Affairs DEFRA and
the Department of Trade and Industry DTI are tasked with evolving
government policy on Sustainable Development. DEFRA has created bodies
to co-ordinate government policy on the means of combating and
mitigating the effects of climate change.
The DTI is responsible for
guiding and encouraging the changes required in commerce and industry
and has formed the Sustainable Development Taskforce to facilitate
action on climate change, environmental pollution and the damaging
aspects of commerce and consumerism.
Where Australia's sharks go to stay looking sharp
A pampering session at the beauty salon always works wonders for morale - not just for humans, but also for sharks and manta ray fish. Australian scientists have discovered that these large marine creatures regularly congregate at certain spots on the Great Barrier Reef to be groomed by smaller fish.
Dolphin cull film 'lies', says Japan
Pro-whaling officials have reacted angrily to news that a documentary about a gruesome annual dolphin cull in a remote Japanese fishing town has bagged an Academy Award.
Gardeners urged to stop using peat-based compost
The star of the BBC's Gardeners' World has been drafted in by the Government as they try to persuade the public to stop using peat compost.
Michael McCarthy: A literary spell of warm weather
Spring came last week and so did its first notable event, though not in a flowering, an emerging or a singing, but in a publication: Richard Mabey published his essays. It might still be freezing outside, but getting hold of A Brush With Nature in early March was like being given an unseasonable spell of warm weather in which everything in the natural world suddenly bursts into life.
Green car incentives may be a victim of their own success
Government efforts to encourage motorists to buy greener cars are proving so successful they are raising concerns that tax breaks for cleaner vehicles may have to be re-jigged.
Indian leather hub targeted in Ganges clean-up
On the banks of the Ganges in northern India, tanneries that have poured effluent into the holy river for decades are closing.
World's rarest camellia in full bloom
Middlemist's Red - thought to be only one of two in the world ? is blooming in the 19th-century conservatory at Chiswick HousePlant-lovers will have to take it on trust, as its magnificent Georgian home still has the builders in, but one of the rarest flowers in the world is in full bloom.The Middle
How to avoid your own 'climategate' scandal
Leaked emails between climate scientists at the University of East Anglia have caused a furore. Phil Jones on how not to get caught out by freedom of information requestsThe "climategate" scandal involving the University of East Anglia has sent shockwaves through universities, but many academics sti
Alien v predator: moth out to kill Japanese knotweed
Chosen insect feeds on invasive species but not other closely related plants and cropsBiological warfare is to be declared on an alien invader, Japanese knotweed, that swamps gardens and rivers, with the release of an insect to eat the virulent weed.The decision by the Department for Environment, Fo
Support for Rejection of Government Guidance on Wind Turbine Noise
Bradford wind turbine rejected even though it meets government guidelines.
