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A kookaburra: ‘They think they are waking the world’

admin — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 14:00:35 +0000

A kingfisher with a long, dagger-shaped beak. Soft white feathers on its belly, iridescent blue opal spots on its wings

I walked out of my kitchen on an overcast morning last week, feeling depressed, trying to think my way around the US election result somehow towards acceptance – or a totally different reality.

Yorkshire town may bring first ‘forever chemicals’ legal case in UK

admin — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 13:00:23 +0000

Residents claim contamination from Angus Fire factory has left them trapped and unable to sell their homes

Residents in the UK town with the country’s highest identified concentration of “forever chemicals” have instructed lawyers to investigate the possibility of a first-of-its-kind legal claim against the firefighting foam manufacturer located in the centre of Bentham.

World’s 1.5C climate target ‘deader than a doornail’, experts say

admin — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 11:00:09 +0000

Scientists say goal to keep world’s temperature rise below 1.5C is not going to happen despite talks at Cop29 in Baku

The internationally agreed goal to keep the world’s temperature rise below 1.5C is now “deader than a doornail”, with 2024 almost certain to be the first individual year above this threshold, climate scientists have gloomily concluded – even as world leaders gather for climate talks on how to remain within this boundary.

The bee project helping to tackle elephant-human conflict in Kenya – in pictures

admin — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 07:00:29 +0000

Loved by tourists, elephants are, however, often loathed by farmers. Elephant conservation has been a been a success in Tsavo in Kenya, with their number increasing by about 6,000 in the mid-1990s to almost 15,000 in 2021. The human population has also grown, encroaching on grazing and migration routes for the herds, with resulting clashes becoming the No 1 cause of elephant deaths. But a long-running project by the charity Save the Elephants offered an unlikely solution: deterring some of nature’s biggest animals with some of its smallest: African honeybees

Cop29 live: frustration at slow progress on climate finance agreement

admin — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 06:30:12 +0000

Campaign group WWF says there’s a ‘need for parties to get together and work through this’ as experts call for $1tn to reach developing countries each year

Trump’s new energy tsar linked to fracking in Australia’s Beetaloo basin

admin — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 01:32:27 +0000

Environmentalists say appointment of Liberty Energy’s Chris Wright highlights US interests ‘driving fracking’ in Northern Territory

Backflip on international student caps ‘baffling’, MP says – as it happened

admin — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 20:03:44 +0000

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Don’t waver on electric car targets, big UK businesses tell Labour

admin — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 17:17:46 +0000

Manufacturers want ministers to ease EV mandate, which would mean energy firms losing out

Big UK businesses including Ovo, SSE and BT Openreach are urging the government to stick to current electric car targets as struggling carmakers pile pressure on ministers to relax the rules before industry talks this week.

Far-right groups plan to hijack farmers’ protest in London against tax changes

admin — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 16:29:41 +0000

Extremists including Tommy Robinson associates latch on to event but organisers say they want it to be nonpolitical

Far-right groups are seeking to hijack a farmers’ protest in London against tax changes introduced by the chancellor, Rachel Reeves.

Floods, explosions and asbestos: Thames Water faces potential problems on all fronts

admin — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 16:00:12 +0000

Exclusive: Senior managers say they are forced to press ahead with orders for vital items without approval

Thames Water supply ‘on knife-edge’

When Sarah Bentley and Sarah Albon met at Beckton sewage treatment works in east London, the choice of location was designed to underline Thames Water’s predicament.