http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Sun, 19 May 2013 20:00:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/03/spain-burns-as-global-temperatures-rise/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/03/spain-burns-as-global-temperatures-rise/#comments Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:29:18 +0000 Katherine Rowland http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=25910 The Spanish city of Valencia sits under a blanket of ash, as two converging fires continue to devour the eastern coast of the country. Since the blaze ignited last week, more than 45,000 hectares of land have been destroyed, forcing upwards of 2,000 people to flee their homes.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/03/spain-burns-as-global-temperatures-rise/feed/ 17 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/11/50-years-on-and-the-ddt-debates-continue/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/11/50-years-on-and-the-ddt-debates-continue/#comments Mon, 11 Jun 2012 09:05:06 +0000 Katherine Rowland http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=25113 "Author of a pandemic slaughtering millions...Eco-imperialist...Responsible for more deaths than Hitler, Stalin and Pol Pot combined..." Rachel Carson would roll in her grave to hear the accusations aimed at her legacy.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/11/50-years-on-and-the-ddt-debates-continue/feed/ 62 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/04/25/glowing-fish-illuminates-environmental-health-hazards/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/04/25/glowing-fish-illuminates-environmental-health-hazards/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 03:31:57 +0000 Katherine Rowland http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=23530 Harmful chemicals circulating in the environment may affect more parts of the body than was previously believed, according to a new study. A team of researchers from the University of Exeter and University College London found that environmental oestrogens may contaminate organs that until now scientists had not considered vulnerable to their deleterious effects. Environmental oestrogens derive [...]]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/04/25/glowing-fish-illuminates-environmental-health-hazards/feed/ 8 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/01/25/what-the-frack-its-damaging-water-supplies-and-causing-earthquakes-so-why-is-the-environmental-protection-agency-so-slow-to-act/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/01/25/what-the-frack-its-damaging-water-supplies-and-causing-earthquakes-so-why-is-the-environmental-protection-agency-so-slow-to-act/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:30:47 +0000 Katherine Rowland http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=20734 The rural town of Dimcock, Pennsylvania, in the US, rests in the rolling hills in Susquehanna County. It used to be picturesque, but today it boasts more blight than Appalachian charm.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/01/25/what-the-frack-its-damaging-water-supplies-and-causing-earthquakes-so-why-is-the-environmental-protection-agency-so-slow-to-act/feed/ 100 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/01/12/researchers-identify-yet-another-threat-to-hive-health/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/01/12/researchers-identify-yet-another-threat-to-hive-health/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:00:15 +0000 Katherine Rowland http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=20330 In a study with far reaching implications for global food security, scientists have identified a new threat to honeybees that may help explain the collapse of hives in recent years.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/01/12/researchers-identify-yet-another-threat-to-hive-health/feed/ 3