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Shock: 3/4 British people want fracking companies to ask before tunnelling underneath their homes.

Posted by Lawrence Carter — 6 May 2014 at 10:26am - Comments

Last month we found out that the government is cooking up plans to strip homeowners and tenants of their legal right to deny permission to companies that want to frack directly underneath their property. If every English person’s home is their castle, then government ministers are currently digging a tunnel underneath the ramparts to let the frackers in.

Article tagged as: cameron, energy, Fossil Fuel, frack, fracking, gas, parliament

In pictures: It's World Tuna Day

Posted by Angela Glienicke — 2 May 2014 at 10:02am - Comments

Captive bluefin tuna inside a transport cage which is being towed by a tug from fishing grounds in Libya to Tuna farms in Sicily, 2006.

Last Friday was the penguins' special day. Now this Friday is World Tuna day; and whilst the world's most popular fish might not be as cute as the waddling creatures, they are amazing wild species that are vital to the ocean ecosystem and deserve to have their story told.

Article tagged as: bycatch, oceans, Pole and Line, slideshows, sustainable fishing, tuna

Tuna are for life, not just for lunch.

Posted by Willie — 2 May 2014 at 12:00am - Comments

Tuna are awesome. We don’t get to say that enough, so since it’s World Tuna Day, I want to make amends. These fish are majestic ocean wanderers, who have earned their place in history, but today they are sadly the icons of global overfishing & dodgy fishing methods, and a globally-traded commodity.

Article tagged as: albacore, bigeye, bluefin, bycatch, dolphin friendly, long lining, overfishing, Pole and Line, purse seining, sharks, skipjack, tigers, tinned tuna, tuna, yellowfin

Name that tuna

Posted by Willie — 30 April 2014 at 1:51pm - Comments

Tuna are fish, and they are wild animals. But to many people, they are simply understood as food. It can be a bit confusing when the short hand of ‘tuna’ is used, as it covers a whole family of species, from the relatively-tiddly and widespread skipjack, right up to the majestic but beleaguered bluefins.

Article tagged as: albacore, albatross, bigeye, bluefin, endangered species, fads, fishing, oceans, Pole & LIne, seafood, sharks, skipjack, supermarkets, sushi, tuna, turtles, yellowfin

In pictures: flappy feet for World Penguin Day

Posted by Angela Glienicke — 25 April 2014 at 12:22am - Comments

A penguin stands in front of a camera during Greenpeace's tour in the Southern Ocean

Today is World Penguin Day, what a good excuse to dig out all those cute, funny and sometimes thought-provoking photos of my favourite bird! The awareness day promotes the conservation of these amazing creatures and coincides with the northward migration of adelie penguins and their return to Antarctica after months spent at sea.

Article tagged as: antarctica, oceans, penguins, slideshows

Waddle you do to celebrate World Penguin Day?

Posted by Willie — 25 April 2014 at 12:10am - Comments

'Give us a kiss, it's World Penguin Day!'

It’s World Penguin Day today, April 25^th, and I simply can’t imagine a world that didn’t have penguins in it. So in order to celebrate our funny fine-flippered friends I thought it would be good to pull together some fun facts about penguins. Some are fun, some are facts, and some are both at once.

Article tagged as: antarctic oceans alliance, antarctica, Batman, CCAMLR, climate change, Feathers McGraw, fish, krill, London Zoo, ocean sanctuaries, Octonauts, penguins, southern ocean, sustainable fish

Democracy in direct action

Posted by Graham Thompson — 18 April 2014 at 8:44pm - Comments

Caroline Lucas winning her seat in Parliament

Winning in Brighton & Hove

Here is the news. Caroline Lucas has been acquitted of all charges relating to participating in a peaceful protest against fracking in Balcombe. I am happy.

Article tagged as: Balcombe, caroline lucas, fracking, peaceful protest

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