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• Trump administration’s budget cuts endanger Meals on Wheels: ‘life and death implications’

  28-04-2025 17:00 via theguardian.com
  Trump team’s slashes to US health department threaten popular program that combats elder hunger and isolationThe Trump administration’s slashes to the Department of Health and Human Services is threatening Meals on Wheels, the popular program dedicated to combatting senior hunger and isolation. Despite decades of bipartisan support, Meals on Wheels now faces attacks from Republicans whose budget blueprint paves the way for deep cuts to nutrition and other social safety-net programs a
  
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• ‘Exploitative’ contracts and hazardous conditions: life for some of the immigrants cleaning up wildfire-stricken LA

  28-04-2025 16:00 via theguardian.com
  Advocates say workers risk their health and fear speaking out about conditions amid Trump’s immigration crackdownOn a sunny day in February three workers swept up the piles of ash left behind on an Altadena driveway from when the Eaton fire raged through the Los Angeles neighborhood the month before.The flames of the blaze had consumed nearly every home on the street, leaving only brick chimneys and charred vehicles. Red signs at the entrances of properties warned in English: “Unsafe
  
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• The missing lynx: how the rise of border walls has split up wildlife populations

  28-04-2025 13:00 via theguardian.com
  In an age of growing hostility to migrants, there are 10 times more barriers on borders than when the Berlin Wall fell. But as well as the human cost, animals are unintended victimsThe lynxes of the Białowieża forest once freely prowled through 1,420 sq km (548 sq miles) of ancient woodland. Then, in 2022, the habitat was abruptly sliced in two. Poland built a 115-mile (186km) wall across its border with Belarus to stop refugees and migrants entering the EU. About 15 lynxes were left s
  
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• Government ‘failing to support natural regeneration of trees in England’

  28-04-2025 13:00 via theguardian.com
  Campaigners say targets for woodland creation are unlikely to be met because 95% of grants are for plantingThe government is failing to support the natural regeneration of trees in England owing to an overwhelming focus on planting, campaigners have said.Recent figures show only 5% of Forestry Commission grants for woodland creation have been spent on the natural regeneration of trees, while the remaining 95% is spent on tree planting. Continue reading...
  
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• EV programs ignited the future for students – now Trump has made their career paths uncertain

  28-04-2025 13:00 via theguardian.com
  In Kansas, Panasonic and two community colleges scaled up training fast. But jobs in the EV industry could be affected by Trump’s war on clean energyIn a Kansas City classroom, 20 students were learning how basic circuit boards work. They fiddled with knobs, switches, levers and wires; if they got the connections right, tiny light bulbs glowed.The students, recruited for the opportunity by Panasonic, were participants in an eight-week apprenticeship course that involved classes at the comm
  
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• Weather tracker: early summer heat likely in US and western Europe

  28-04-2025 12:49 via theguardian.com
  Peak of 30C expected in Washington DC, while a heatwave is expected to intensify in Pakistan and parts of IndiaAs the northern hemisphere moves into late spring, several areas are expected to experience a taste of summer heat this week with temperatures well above average for the end of April.Across some eastern states of the US, conditions are expected to reach 6-8C above normal, peaking at about 30C (86F) in Washington DC. Continue reading...
  
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• Sea bass in space: why fish farms on the moon may be closer than you think

  28-04-2025 12:00 via theguardian.com
  The Lunar Hatch project aims to blast eggs into space, hoping that aquaculture will provide protein for astronauts on missionsAt first glance, there doesn’t seem to be anything special about the sea bass circling around a tank in the small scientific facility on the outskirts of Palavas-les-Flots in southern France. But these fish are on a mission.When fully grown, they will produce offspring that will be the first to be launched into space as part of a scientific project called Lunar Hatc
  
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• How a solar storm could lead to a US nuclear disaster worse than Chornobyl | Mark Leyse

  28-04-2025 12:00 via theguardian.com
  Solar storms as intense as a 1921 superstorm have the potential to cause a nightmare scenario – and we are unpreparedOn 14 May 1921, a powerful solar storm – called the New York Railroad storm – caused the northern lights to illuminate New York City’s night sky. On Broadway, crowds lingered, enjoying “flaring skies” that remained undimmed by city lights. The following morning, excess electric currents shut down the New York Central Railroad’s signal and
  
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• Hello freedom fans! Ian the climate denialist potato is back – the REAL enemy is renewables! | First Dog on the Moon

  28-04-2025 08:35 via theguardian.com
  These days they call him Ian the renewable energy is expensive potatoSign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are publishedGet all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what you need is First Dog merchandise and prints Continue reading...
  
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• Country diary: Spring can be a dangerous time for horse health | Kate Blincoe

  28-04-2025 06:30 via theguardian.com
  Caistor St Edmund, Norfolk: At our livery yard, we and the vets are forever on the lookout for illness. I’m grateful that my own horse, Jamie, lived to nearly 30A woodpecker drums, as if signalling my arrival. I’ve been past this grave many times, but today I’ve resolved to visit properly. In October last year, my beloved elderly horse, Jamie, was euthanised. A decision that was right, but still weighs heavily. He’d been in my life for more than 26 years, as I change
  
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