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• White House ends funding for key US climate body: ‘No coming back from this’

  09-04-2025 22:11
  
  Nasa cuts contract that convened USGCRP, which released assessments impacting environmental decision-makingThe White House is ending funding for the body that produces the federal government’s pre-eminent climate report, which summarizes the impacts of rising global temperatures on the United States.Every four years, the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is required by Congress to release a new national climate assessment to ensure leaders understand the drivers of – and thr
  
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• ‘Endearing and fascinating’ yellow-bellied glider faces ‘inexorable slide’ into extinction

  09-04-2025 17:00
  
  Guardian Australia is highlighting the plight of our endangered native species during an election campaign that is ignoring broken environment laws and rapidly declining ecosystemsExplore the series – Last chance: the extinction crisis being ignored this electionGet Guardian Australia environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as an emailAustralia’s most skilled aerial mammal, the yellow-bellied glider, is on an “inexorable slide” to extinction as global heat
  
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• US against plan for levy on carbon emissions from ships, leak suggests

  09-04-2025 16:21
  
  Document says levy would be ‘blatantly unfair’ and inconsistent with international law of the seaPlans for a levy on the carbon produced by ships are being opposed by the US government, on the apparent basis they would “impose substantial economic burdens” and “drive inflation”.There will be fierce debate in London this week on the future of global shipping over the proposals to charge up to $150 (£117) a tonne for the greenhouse gas emissions from ships
  
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• Pet dogs have ‘extensive and multifarious’ impact on environment, new research finds

  09-04-2025 16:05
  
  Scale of environmental damage attributed to huge number of dogs globally as well as ‘lax or uninformed behaviour of dog owners’Dogs have “extensive and multifarious” environmental impacts, disturbing wildlife, polluting waterways and contributing to carbon emissions, new research has found.An Australian review of existing studies has argued that “the environmental impact of owned dogs is far greater, more insidious, and more concerning than is generally recognised&r
  
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• Solar panels and pristine forest: how one Amazon village is adapting to protect itself – in pictures

  09-04-2025 15:00
  
  Metuktire, in the Indigenous Capoto-Jarina territory in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, is a pocket of resistance against mining, which has devastated the landscape in nearby areas. The AFP photographer Pablo Porciúncula travelled deep into Mato Grosso state to see how it has staved off deforestation and continued to honour its traditional ways of life – while also facing the threats of miners and the climate crisisContinue reading...
  
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• Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas

  09-04-2025 13:30
  
  Amazon, Google and Microsoft are building datacentres in water-scarce parts of five continentsAmazon, Microsoft and Google are operating datacentres that use vast amounts of water in some of the world’s driest areas and are building many more, an investigation by SourceMaterial and the Guardian has found.With Donald Trump pledging to support them, the three technology giants are planning hundreds of datacentres in the US and across the globe, with a potentially huge impact on populations a
  
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• Planning bill ‘throws environmental protection to the wind’, say UK nature chiefs

  09-04-2025 08:00
  
  Heads of 32 charities warn proposals could push species towards extinction and lead to irreversible habitat lossThe heads of 32 UK nature organisations have written to the government warning that the planning bill “throws environmental protection to the wind”.The planning and infrastructure bill, which is at committee stage in parliament, aims to streamline regulations for developers so they can speed up their projects. Continue reading...
  
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• Birdwatch: The wader with a muddy name whose numbers are in steep decline

  09-04-2025 07:00
  Black-tailed godwits’ scientific name means ‘muddy muddy’, a moniker that doesn’t do justice to their eleganceWhen the tide is out on my Somerset coastal patch, there’s so much mud it looks as if you could walk all the way across the bay to Wales.That seemed apt when I came across a flock of black-tailed godwits, whose scientific name, Limosa limosa, literally means “muddy muddy”. The name seems inappropriate for such an elegant bird, although their long
  
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• Country diary: Gorse or gold? Choose your riches | Mary Montague

  09-04-2025 06:30
  
  The Sperrins, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland: These hills might have been spoiled by a mine, were it not for some dogged local campaigning. Instead, we are treated to a blaze of spring flowersAs I drive the Crockanboy Road deep into the Sperrins, my gaze is drawn to the rolling uplands of blanket bog. At each slant of sunlight through the clouds, the tawny heights quiver with saffron and gold. On the lower slopes, the hedgerows are a steady blaze of bright yellow gorse flowers.Crockanboy comes
  
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• Mackerel stocks near breaking point because of overfishing, say experts

  09-04-2025 06:00
  
  Northeast Atlantic mackerel populations depleted, and Good Fish Guide says shoppers should look for other optionsMackerel stocks are nearing a “breaking point”, experts have said as the fish is downgraded as a sustainable option.People should be eating herring instead, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) said, because mackerel continues to be overfished by countries including Norway and the UK. Continue reading...
  
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• Royal Society of Biology mourns murdered scientist

  09-04-2025 01:56 via bbc.com
  
  A local mayor in Colombia offers a cash reward to help find Alessandro Coatti’s killers.
  
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• UK investigating claims green fuel contains virgin palm oil

  09-04-2025 01:03 via bbc.com
  
  The BBC finds evidence of fraud in the production of a "green" diesel meant to cut emissions.
  
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• Campaigners find sewage pollution and E coli in Boat Race water

  09-04-2025 01:01
  
  Tests ahead of Sunday’s race revealed E coli levels three times above the threshold for poor bathing waterWater quality along the stretch of the River Thames which will host the iconic Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race has been classified as poor by clean water campaigners, as a result of E coli from sewage pollution.Testing carried out along the four-mile route, which the university rowing teams will tackle on Sunday, has revealed E coli levels which are three times above the threshold for poo
  
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