Environment
- Denmark, Faroe Islands, Japan, Environment, Oceans, Politics, Norway, Marine life, Dolphins, Trade policy, Conservation, Cetaceans, Wildlife, World news, Whales, UK news, Green politics, Iceland
Dolphins, whales and seals being failed by UK government policy, MPs say
UK urged to use trade deals as bargaining tool to protect marine mammalsDolphins and other marine mammals are …
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Weather tracker: Canada wildfires rage in what could be worst season to date
Plumes of smoke move southwards across US east coast. Elsewhere, Japan hit by remnants of Typhoon MawarWildfir…
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Discovered in the deep: the superbuilder sea anemones that make verandahs
A sea anemone found off Japan does not just live on a species of crab, but actually grows its host’s shell lik…
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Japan’s ‘toxic’ dolphin meat contains mercury up to 100 times safe level, test shows
Exclusive: Conservation group Action for Dolphins has lodged a complaint with police, demanding the meat be re…
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Japanese-funded $500m project to extract hydrogen from Victorian coal is at risk, sources say
Exclusive: funding requests, uncertain responsibilities and a failure to secure long-term contracts has critic…
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UK hopes to emulate Japan with cherry blossom tourism plans
Increasing number of trees draw large crowds as National Trust plans 4m blossoming trees across EnglandTourist…
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UK hopes to emulate Japan with cherry blossom tourism plans
Increasing number of trees draw large crowds as National Trust plans 4m blossoming trees across EnglandTourist…
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Weather tracker: unusual low pressure brings tornadoes to California
Weather event also caused flooding, heavy rain and gusts of over 100mph this weekAn unusually deep area of low…
- Japan, Environment, Oceans, Marine life, Restaurants, Cetaceans, Wildlife, World news, Asia Pacific, Whales, Food
Whale meat on the menu as Japanese suppliers try to tempt tourists
With the domestic market in long-term decline, whalers and restaurants are working with the Japan travel burea…
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Japan’s most familiar orchid is found to have near-identical cousin
All the Spiranthes on the Japanese mainland were thought to be a single species, but in fact there are twoIn J…
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Japan to spend $2.35bn on turning Victorian Latrobe valley coal into ‘clean hydrogen’
Japan Suiso energy boss says hydrogen project incorporating carbon capture and storage ‘truly a watershed mome…
- Japan, Environment, Australia news, Conservation, Whaling, Cetaceans, Wildlife, Asia Pacific, Whales
Japan’s new whaling ‘mother ship’ being built to travel as far as Antarctica
Whaling company says construction of new vessel will help ‘pass on our whaling culture to the next generation’…
- Fukushima, Japan, Environment, Japan disaster, Nuclear power, Nuclear waste, World news, Asia Pacific
Fukushima: Japan insists release of 1.3m tonnes of ‘treated’ water is safe
Neighbouring countries and local fishers express concern as 12th anniversary of nuclear disaster loomsAlmost 1…
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Plastic pirouettes: Japan’s recycled bottle ballet – in pictures
Plastic, a production by Japanese company K-Ballet, draws attention to a global pollution crisis with its unus…
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Fukushima: court upholds acquittals of three Tepco executives over disaster
High court in Japan agreed defendants could not have predicted the massive tsunami that crippled the power pla…
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Fukushima water to be released into ocean in next few months, says Japan
Authorities to begin release of a million tonnes of water from stricken nuclear plant after treatment to remov…
- Japan, Environment, Endangered species, Wildlife photographer of the year, Conservation, Animals, Wildlife, Rivers, Asia Pacific, Photography, Culture
The plight of the Japanese giant salamander: ‘23m years of DNA might die out’
No one knows how many of these elusive and mysterious creatures are left but time is thought to be running out…
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The world in 2023: what our writers say you should watch out for
From Ukraine developments and China’s Covid surge to renewable energy and hope for the AmazonA near-inevitable…
- Japan, Environment, Nuclear power, Climate crisis, Kyoto protocol, United Nations, World news, Greenhouse gas emissions, Asia Pacific
Japan’s climate policy ‘failed to build on the legacy of Kyoto’
More than two decades on from the protocol, country shows enthusiasm for nuclear restarts over renewablesApart…
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‘A form of self-destruction’: Japan weighs up plan to expand nuclear power
Japan’s prime minister is pushing for as many as 17 nuclear reactors to be switched back on, more than a decad…