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• How bad could the ship collision be for the environment?

  11-03-2025 18:28 via bbc.com
  
  Experts are assessing the potential fallout for marine species and nearby wildlife populations.
  
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• Trump orders likely to drive species’ extinction, wildlife advocates warn

  11-03-2025 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  In addition to layoffs and hiring freezes, a ‘God squad’ can effectively veto ESA protections for endangered speciesDonald Trump’s administration, backed by House Republicans and Elon Musk’s Doge agency, are carrying out an attack on the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and federal wildlife agencies that, if successful, will almost certainly drive numerous species into extinction, environmental advocates warn.The three-pronged attack is designed to freeze endangered wildlife
  
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• Experts warn of North Sea collision’s ‘devastating’ impact on marine life

  11-03-2025 14:13 via theguardian.com
  Highly toxic jet fuel leaking from oil tanker threatens local ecosystems as investigations begin into collision’s causeLeaking fuel from the collision between a cargo ship and oil tanker in the North Sea would have a “devastating” impact on marine life, experts have said, as investigations began into the cause of the incident.Fires continued to burn onboard both vessels 24 hours after the Stena Immaculate tanker and cargo ship Solong collided off the coast of Yorkshire on Monda
  
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• The Mexican women who defied drug-dealers, fly-tippers and chauvinists to build a thriving business

  11-03-2025 12:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardianas del Conchalito ignored chants of ‘get back to your kitchens’, determined to protect the environment and create a sustainable shellfish operationAhead of the small boat, as it bobs on the waters near La Paz in the Mexican state of Baja California, is a long line of old plastic bottles strung together on top of the waves. Underneath them are as many as 100,000 oysters, waiting to be sold to the upmarket hotels down the coast.Cheli Mendez, who oversees the project, pulls
  
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• Incidents at English hazardous industrial sites ‘going unchecked’

  11-03-2025 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Staff crisis at Environment Agency, which helps monitor 950 sites, means it is hearing about incidents later than normal, insider saysThe team responsible for preventing environmental risks at England’s most hazardous industrial sites is facing a recruitment crisis and one insider has warned environmental incidents are going unchecked.The control of major accident hazards (Comah) regulations cover 950 of England’s most hazardous industrial sites – from nuclear power plants to c
  
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• North Sea crash may have ‘devastating’ impact on marine life, says expert

  11-03-2025 11:48 via theguardian.com
  Fears grow over fuel leak as investigations begin into cause of cargo ship’s collision with tanker off Yorkshire coastLeaking fuel from the collision between a cargo ship and oil tanker in the North Sea would have a “devastating” impact on marine life, an expert has warned, as investigations began into the cause of the crash.Fires continued to burn onboard both vessels 24 hours after the Stena Immaculate tanker was struck off the coast of Yorkshire on Monday morning. A search f
  
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• The male blue-lined octopus injects females with venom during sex to avoid being eaten, study shows

  11-03-2025 09:02 via theguardian.com
  Tetrodotoxin immobilises the female – who is about two to five times bigger than the male – so mating can occur, researchers observedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMale blue-lined octopuses inject females with venom during sex, paralysing their larger mates to avoid being eaten, new research has found.The blue-lined octopus is a tiny, highly dangerous cephalopod found commonly in shallow reefs and tide
  
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• Male blue-lined octopuses inject females with venom during sex to avoid being eaten, study shows

  11-03-2025 09:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Tetrodotoxin immobilises the female – who is about two to five times bigger than the male – so mating can occur, researchers observedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMale blue-lined octopuses inject females with venom during sex, paralysing their larger mates to avoid being eaten, new research has found.The blue-lined octopus is a tiny, highly dangerous cephalopod found commonly in shallow reefs and tide
  
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• Chicken manure can be classified as industrial waste, judge rules

  11-03-2025 08:07 via theguardian.com
  
  US-style mega-farms in Herefordshire face tough new regulations after high court rulingIndustrial poultry farms face tough new regulations around the disposal of chicken manure after a judge ruled it can be classified as waste and requires a detailed and transparent plan to dispose of it without damaging the environment.The high court ruling means new US-style mega-farms in Herefordshire will have to deal with poultry manure as if it was industrial waste. Continue reading...
  
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• Thames Water faces court claim that £3bn bailout is ‘poor, short-term fix’

  11-03-2025 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Campaigners to argue in court of appeal that plan is not in public interest and special administration is best optionEnvironmental campaigners will challenge the granting of a high-interest £3bn emergency loan to struggling Thames Water at an appeal on Tuesday, arguing the “eye-watering” costs for a short-term fix are not in the public interest.With protests planned outside the court of appeal, Charlie Maynard, a Liberal Democrat MP who represents the campaigners, will argue in
  
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• Country diary: The moorland is glittering with mad stacks of rime ice | Ed Douglas

  11-03-2025 06:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Blackamoor, South Yorkshire: They manage to lift the day out of dank drabness, accumulating in crazy formations, almost completely covering one rowan treeIn a sequence of grey mornings, this one was especially dismal. It was cold. The trees were dank and thick with mist, bark slick with moisture, whatever was left of last year’s foliage drooping wetly, the bracken not bronze but dun, sliming into the earth, spring’s promise unfulfilled. I dropped my chin into the collar of my jacket
  
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• ‘I’ve been compared to Donald Trump’: how neighbour turned on neighbour over Scotland’s new national park

  11-03-2025 06:00 via theguardian.com
  An ugly fight has ripped through Galloway in south-west Scotland, with rival campaigns complaining of dirty tricks and murky finances. How could the mere possibility of a new national park stir up so much ill will?As soon as the green fields of Galloway, in south-west Scotland, were selected as the preferred site for Britain’s first new national park in 15 years, Denise Brownlee sprang into action. The 64-year-old retired civil servant had served two seasons as a park ranger in Loch Lomond
  
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• Only seven countries worldwide meet WHO dirty air guidelines, study shows

  11-03-2025 05:00 via theguardian.com
  Annual survey by IQAir based on toxic PM2.5 particles reveals some progress in pollution levels in India and ChinaNearly every country on Earth has dirtier air than doctors recommend breathing, a report has found.Only seven countries met the World Health Organization’s guidelines for tiny toxic particles known as PM2.5 last year, according to analysis from the Swiss air quality technology company IQAir. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Good news’ as NSW northern rivers flood waters recede, Chris Minns says – video

  11-03-2025 02:35 via theguardian.com
  'There's good news when it comes to the rivers in the northern rivers – all are receding,’ the New South Wales premier says, adding: ‘The immediate threat to the community has been reduced.' State Emergency Service deputy commissioner Damien Johnston says overnight rainfall was not significant enough to affect river systems but warns residents: ‘You do need to be vigilant’Hell and high water: flooded-in northern rivers residents grapple with ‘no water, no phon
  
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• As Trump attacks US science agencies, ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred ushers in a fresh wave of climate denial in Australia | Adam Morton

  11-03-2025 01:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Alfred is being used as the latest front in an ideological war, but facts are relevant to how we prepare for a climate-changed futureGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt’s not a good time for climate science. The Trump administration has sacked more than a thousand staff from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the country’s leading agency for weather forecasting and climate science, potentially damaging its ability to do lifesaving work f
  
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