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Positive Climate News - August 2024

This month's collection of positive climate news stories highlight the citizen scientists monitoring pollution levels in UK waterways, plans to restore West Wales' Celtic rainforests and and the nuns taking on big companies with their investment activism.


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First barn owl chicks hatch in conservation scheme

The first chicks have hatched as part of a project to boost barn owl numbers in North Yorkshire. More than 50 specially-designed nesting boxes have been installed across the Howardian Hills National Landscape in a link-up with farmers and land managers.


Find out more on the BBC website.


The 'citizen scientists' testing Thames pollution

Water companies that pollute the River Thames have "no accountability", a group of "citizen scientists" who monitor the waterway have said. The groups, which include Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) and Water Testing River Thames (WTRT), have been testing at 24 sites between Oxford and Teddington, west London, between mid-March and mid-August.


Find out more on the BBC website.


Polar bear tracking tech breakthrough could boost conservation

Scientists have developed a new way of tracking polar bears and it could help us better understand how they cope with disappearing sea ice. This breakthrough in stick-on GPS tracking tags will help researchers fill gaps in their knowledge about the behaviour or movement of polar bears like never before. It comes as research highlights the danger these animals face from climate change.


Find out more on the Euronews website.


Polar bear on ice, standing on hind legs with one paw raised.

River reconnected to flood-plain to boost habitats

Work to reconnect a river with its flood-plain, in order to improve wildlife habitats, has been completed. The improvements, which took place in Ullswater, were made by incorporating natural features within the river and flood-plain, including lowering artificial embankments, blocking ditches and creating ponds.


Find out more on the BBC website.


Plan to restore west Wales' Celtic rainforests

Rainforests used to cover much of the west coast of Britain, but were destroyed over hundreds of years and, today, only a few remain. But thanks to Wales' rainy weather, some could be returned, with the latest restoration project planned in Pembrokeshire. The proposal has the potential to improve habitats for wildlife in the area.


Find out more on the BBC website.


A small group of nuns are vexing big companies with their investment activism

Among corporate America's most persistent shareholder activists are 80 nuns in a monastery outside Kansas City. The Benedictine sisters of Mount St Scholastica have taken on the likes of Google, Target and Citigroup - calling on major companies to do everything from AI oversight to measuring pesticides to respecting the rights of Indigenous people.


Find out more on the Euronews website.


By Eveline Vouillemin ©




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