Inside Environment
Hunt for the world's rarest bird
It's the rarest bird of the Old World, so rare, in fact, that it hasn't even been glimpsed for nearly a decade. It may even be extinct. But conservationists think the slender-billed curlew may still be hanging on, and yesterday a global quest was launched to find it.
Don't miss...
-
Ethics Girl
Sophie Morris delves into the eco-ethical questions -
Green Screen
Environmental and ecological issues on film
-
Cyclotherapy
Dispatches from the cycle lane: James Daley, Simon Usborne and Simon O'Hagan explore life on two wheels
Go-ahead for giant wind farm
One of the biggest offshore wind farms in the world is to be built off the UK coast after being given the go-ahead by the Government, it was announced today.
Heathrow expansion decision delayed
A Government decision on expanding the UK's biggest airport has been been postponed, it was announced today.
|
|
Most popular in Environment
Read
1 Could this be the world's oldest living creature?
2 Hunt for the world's rarest bird
3 Michael McCarthy: Ireland rises up the pecking order
4 The world's rubbish dump: a garbage tip that stretches from Hawaii to Japan
5 New population of endangered monkey found in northern Vietnam
6 A glimpse of hope for rare monkey
7 Deforestation: The hidden cause of global warming
8 Vulture 'Fab Four' get GPS in effort to save species
Emailed
The Green List
Britain's top 100 environmentalists
- Andrew Keen: This one is mine
- Larry Ryan: Video of the day - Kermit retains his edge
- John Rentoul: End of the third runway
- Cat Gordon: Christmas number one. Does anyone care?
- Rhodri Marsden: I drive better when I'm on the phone
- John Rentoul: Feather calls butterfly lightweight
- Stephen Brenkley: Expediency not virtue the key for England
- Julian Hall: In praise of the female foursome
- Jimmy Leach: Roy Keane walks - and so does Triggs
- Marathon Man: My charity choice
- Andrew Keen: In defense of sleazy lobbyists
- Andy McSmith: Medalling with English
- Edward Seckerson: Top billing for Nettie Fowler
- The Life Browser: Still lost after all these years
- Start your own Independent Minds blog
Reduce your global impact.
Environmental issues explored in film
Shop online with The Independent