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Plastic straw and cotton bud ban proposed
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The Guardian view on the Sahel and its crises: the west can still make a difference | Editorial
via theguardian.comThe region is turning towards Russia and other global players when it comes to security. Tackling the climate crisis would contribute to a solutionTwo apparently separate developments in the Sahel are linked by more than geography. Last week, the US confirmed that it will withdraw more than 1,000 troops from Niger after the military junta revoked a security pact – just six years after a new $110m military base opened. Meanwhile, a record heatwave is the latest deadly extreme weather event. -
‘We all connected over Flaco’: artists turn beloved animals into symbols of their US cities
via theguardian.comThe biggest cities in the US are mourning animals who fostered a rare sense of connection. Art is preserving their legaciesWorking near Central Park, one New Yorker regularly witnessed one of its most beloved residents: Flaco the owl, who became a celebrity after escaping the nearby zoo. The woman took the bird’s message to heart, re-evaluated her life and decided to quit her job. Now, she’s one of dozens with a Flaco tattoo.“They’ll be walking around the rest of their li -
‘Long live the king’: the artists and tattooists turning Flaco and P-22 into city icons
via theguardian.comThe biggest cities in the US are mourning animals who fostered a rare sense of connection. Art is preserving their legaciesWorking near Central Park, one New Yorker regularly witnessed one of its most beloved residents: Flaco the owl, who became a celebrity after escaping the nearby zoo. The woman took the bird’s message to heart, re-evaluated her life and decided to quit her job. Now, she’s one of dozens with a Flaco tattoo.“They’ll be walking around the rest of their li -
Dutton’s plan to save Australia with nuclear comes undone when you look between the brushstrokes | Temperature Check
via theguardian.comThe dystopian picture of renewables painted by the opposition leader is full of inconsistencies, partial truths and misinformationGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Coalition leader, Peter Dutton, has been trying to paint a picture of what life in Australia will be like if it tries to power itself mostly with renewable energy and without his technology of choice: nuclear.Towering turbines offshore will hurt whales, dolphins and the fishing industry, fact -
Retired UK GP suspended for five months after climate protests
via theguardian.comSarah Benn is first of three GPs facing disciplinary tribunals this year over climate activismA doctor who went to jail after a series of climate protests has been taken off the medical register for five months – and still faces being permanently struck off.The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) – the disciplinary arm of the General Medical Council (GMC) – suspended Dr Sarah Benn on Tuesday, having found last week that her fitness to practise as a doctor had been imp -
Boy, 9, from Derbyshire, wins gull screeching competition
via theguardian.comCooper Wallace wore a costume and lunged at some chips in his act at the impersonation contest in BelgiumA nine-year-old boy from Derbyshire has screeched his way to victory at the European championships of a gull impersonation competition.Cooper Wallace, a gull enthusiast from Chesterfield, competed in the fourth European gull screeching championship in Belgium on Sunday. Continue reading... -
‘I felt this was an abuse of power’: Trudi Warner’s climate fight with the UK government
via theguardian.comThe activist on her year being pursued by lawyers determined to prosecute her over a placardTwo days before Trudi Warner faced court under threat of a contempt of court prosecution, she fell off her bike and ruptured the tendons in her hand.Now the hand is black and blue, tightly bandaged, and requires surgery. It is an indication that 69-year-old Warner, who spent her working life as a child social worker and has committed her retirement to climate action, is not as tough and unflappable as her -
‘Currents bring life – and plastics’: animals of Galápagos live amid mounds of waste
via theguardian.comAs diplomats search for a way to curb the world’s growing problem of plastic, bottles, buoys, nets and packaging are piling up on what should be one of the most pristine environmentsAs our small fishing boat slows to a halt in a shallow bay south-east of Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, in the Galápagos Islands, a green turtle surfaces next to us, followed by a second, then a third a few metres away. A spotted eagle ray glides underneath the vessel.The skipper, Don Nelson, steps on to the -
World must come together to tackle plastic pollution, says chair of UN talks
via theguardian.comEcuadorian ambassador to the UK is hopeful impasse can be overcome at treaty negotiations in OttawaAs UN talks begin today to agree the first global treaty to reduce soaring plastic waste, the chair of the meetings has said he is confident countries will come together to secure an agreement.Luis Vayas Valdivieso, the Ecuadorian ambassador to the UK, admitted it would be a challenge to overcome an impasse that has emerged between countries which produce plastic and others that have ambitions to t -
Sunak’s weakening of climate targets ‘retrograde’, says former Tory minister
via theguardian.comClaire O’Neill, a former climate minister, says PM’s move was to ‘try and create political division and dividing lines’The UK government’s decision to weaken some of its climate commitments was a “retrograde step” that will set back vital cross-party action to cut carbon emissions, Claire O’Neill, a former Conservative climate minister, has said.O’Neill, who was known as Claire Perry when she served as a minister under David Cameron and There -
‘The trout lasagne is very good!’ How I recreated six classic beef dishes – with oily fish
via theguardian.comReplacing red meat with fish could prevent diabetes, reduce our carbon footprint and save lives. So who’s for spaghetti and fishballs?“What’s for supper?” my wife asks. We are watching the six o’clock news and the pause I leave before answering is longer than I mean it to be. I’m trying to find the words.“Fish wellington,” I say, finally. The silence that follows is longer still. Continue reading... -
Electric and hybrid car sales to rise to new global record in 2024
via theguardian.comInternational Energy Agency says 17m vehicles will be sold this year, up more than 20% compared with 2023Electric and plug-in hybrid car sales will jump to a new global record in 2024 despite slowing growth in some markets, according to forecasts from the influential International Energy Agency (IEA).The Paris-based forecaster said that 17m battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles will be sold in 2024, up more than 20% compared with 2023. Continue reading... -
Country diary: Flowers growing in ancient ground is my idea of belonging
via theguardian.comStar Carr and Huttons Ambo, North Yorkshire: In this age of disconnection and faux dominion, we can find true meaning in historical places like theseStar Carr is an unprepossessing flatscape today, drained by a ruler-straight ditch that is no longer recognisable as a river. Eleven thousand years ago, it was a wetland of extraordinary productivity, teeming with fish and fowl, deer and aurochs, beavers and wildcats.It was also a home to people, and the site place of their communion with -
Mother trees and socialist forests: is the ‘wood-wide web’ a fantasy?
via theguardian.comIn the past 10 years the idea that trees communicate with and look after each other has gained widespread currency. But have these claims outstripped the evidence? There are a lot of humans. Teeming is perhaps an unkind word, but when 8 billion people cram themselves on to a planet that, three centuries before, held less than a tenth of that number, it seems apt. Eight billion hot-breathed individuals, downloading apps and piling into buses and shoving their plasticky waste into bins – it -
Net zero has become unhelpful slogan, says outgoing head of UK climate watchdog
via theguardian.comChris Stark says populist response and culture war around the term is inhibiting environmental progressThe concept of “net zero” has become a political slogan used to start a “dangerous” culture war over the climate, and may be better dropped, the outgoing head of the UK’s climate watchdog has warned.Chris Stark, the chief executive of the Climate Change Committee (CCC), said sensible improvements to the economy and people’s lives were being blocked by a popul -
‘Fields are completely underwater’: UK farmers navigate record rainfall
via theguardian.comStories of dismay but also resilience as crisis in food production builds after 18 months of exceptionally wet weatherFarmers have been dealing with record-breaking rainfall over at least the past year, meaning food produced in Britain has fallen drastically.Livestock and crops have been affected as fields have been submerged since last autumn on account of it being an exceptionally wet 18 months. Continue reading... -
‘Children won’t be able to survive’: inter-American court to hear from climate victims
via theguardian.comHistoric hearing will receive submissions from people whose human rights have been affected by climate changeJulian Medina comes from a long line of fishers in the north of Colombia’s Gulf of Morrosquillo who use small-scale and often traditional methods to catch species such as mackerel, tuna and cojinúa.Medina went into business as a young man but was drawn back to his roots, and ended up leading a fishing organisation. For years he has campaigned against the encroachment of fossi -
Judge throws out case against UK climate activist who held sign on jurors’ rights
via theguardian.comTrudi Warner, 69, was accused of contempt for placard outside trial reminding jurors about right to acquit based on conscienceA high court judge has thrown out an attempt by the government’s most senior law officer to prosecute a woman for holding a placard on jury rights outside a climate trial.Mr Justice Saini said there was no basis for a prosecution of Trudi Warner, 69, for criminal contempt for holding a placard outside the trial of climate activists that informed jurors of their righ -
‘This country is what the world would like to be’: can Costa Rica’s environment minister keep the country’s green reputation intact?
via theguardian.comThough touted as a model of environmental preservation, the country has recently signalled a shift from phasing out fossil fuels to boosting the economy. Franz Tattenbach on the tension between green credentials and growth“This country is what the world would like to be but is not,” says Franz Tattenbach, Costa Rica’s minister of environment and energy. The 69-year-old economist is keenly aware of his role as guardian of the country’s reputation for forward-looking biodiv -
Sustainable or solvent? Costa Rica’s environment minister on balancing green credentials and growth
via theguardian.comThough touted as a model of environmental preservation, the country has recently signalled a shift from phasing out fossil fuels to boosting the economy. Can Franz Tattenbach keep Cost Rica’s ecological legacy intact?“This country is what the world would like to be but is not,” says Franz Tattenbach, Costa Rica’s minister of environment and energy. The 69-year-old economist is keenly aware of his role as guardian of the country’s reputation for forward-looking biodi -
Government under pressure to set up green levy on UK imports
via theguardian.comOverseas firms sending key goods to UK would have to show they were paying for emissions or face CBAMMinisters are under growing pressure to firm up plans for a green levy on imports to the UK before the general election campaign.The government is consulting on plans to introduce a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) from 2027. Under the system, overseas companies wishing to export key goods to the UK would have to show they were paying for their carbon emissions, or face a levy equivalent -
Weather tracker: Mexico swelters under season’s first heatwave
via theguardian.comAnticyclonic conditions have allowed temperatures to reach 35-45C across much of the countryMexico has been undergoing its first heatwave of the season. The heatwave started on Sunday 14 April, when Mexico City saw a new date record with a high of 32.9C, surpassing the previous record of 32C from 1998.Anticyclonic conditions over the region have been responsible for this heatwave by inhibiting cloud formation, allowing temperatures to rise significantly. These conditions persisted through much o -
‘You can’t love something that isn’t there’: readers on how the sounds of nature have changed around them
via theguardian.comSwallows, cuckoos, curlews – so many species have dwindled or disappeared completely, and people are mourning their loss Read more: World faces ‘deathly silence’ of nature as wildlife disappears, warn expertsThe sounds of our natural world are changing dramatically. Earth’s wildlife populations have plunged by 69% in fewer than 50 years. Fading along with them are many of the distinctive soundscapes of nature: the night-time calls of mammals, morning chorus of birds and b -
‘You can’t love something that isn’t there’: readers on changes to the nature sounds around them
via theguardian.comSwallows, cuckoos, curlews – so many species have dwindled or disappeared completely, and people are mourning their loss Read more: World faces ‘deathly silence’ of nature as wildlife disappears, warn expertsThe sounds of our natural world are changing dramatically. Earth’s wildlife populations have plunged by 69% in fewer than 50 years. Fading along with them are many of the distinctive soundscapes of nature: the night-time calls of mammals, morning chorus of birds and b -
‘You can’t love something that isn’t there’: readers on changes to the natural world around them
via theguardian.comSwallows, cuckoos, curlews – so many species have dwindled or disappeared completely, and people are mourning their loss Read more: World faces ‘deathly silence’ of nature as wildlife disappears, warn expertsThe sounds of our natural world are changing dramatically. Earth’s wildlife populations have plunged by 69% in fewer than 50 years. Fading along with them are many of the distinctive soundscapes of nature: the night-time calls of mammals, morning chorus of birds and b -
‘Where can you hide from pollution?’: cancer rises 30% in Beirut as diesel generators poison city
via theguardian.comLebanon’s economy and electricity system are broken and much power is now generated locally, with devastating effects on air quality and healthSmog hangs over Beirut most days, a brownish cloud that darkens the city’s skyline of minarets and concrete towers. An estimated 8,000 diesel generators have been powering Lebanese cities since the nation’s economic collapse in 2019. The generators can be heard, smelled and seen on the streets, but their worst impact is on the air the ci -
Country diary: The gentle swell among the grass is spring starflower | Elizabeth-Jane Burnett
via theguardian.comNortham Burrows, Devon: Among the skylarks and the wheatear, I’m drawn to this small white flower, with its soft scent of violet and garlicA white flower flaps in the grass, half-opened and filling with wind like a tiny balloon. I bend down to see a small cluster around it, not yet opened. When they start to unfurl, a circle of fluttering, snowy parachutes forms on the edge of the bank, on the brink of the water.Below them, the sheen of the mud stretches out in the stillness of low tide &n -
New Zealand plans to put big developments before the environment. That’s dangerous | Nicola Wheen and Andrew Geddis
via theguardian.comProposed ‘fast-track’ law could see conservation concerns ignored and projects once rejected for environmental reasons given the green lightNew Zealand’s parliament is considering a law that would allow major development projects to bypass environmental approvals – and that should be a cause for extreme alarm.The proposed Fast-track Approvals Bill emerged from the coalition agreements that enabled a centre-right government to form after last year’s election.Nicola W -
Europe baked in ‘extreme heat stress’ pushing temperatures to record highs
via theguardian.comEuropeans are dying from hot weather 30% more than they did two decades ago, report findsScorching weather has baked Europe in more days of “extreme heat stress” than its scientists have ever seen.Heat-trapping pollutants that clog the atmosphere helped push temperatures in Europe last year to the highest or second-highest levels ever recorded, according to the EU’s Earth-watching service Copernicus and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Continue reading...
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