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• New York’s serene Central Park makeover fixes years of neglect: in pictures

  05-05-2025 17:14
  
  Officials have unveiled dramatic changes to the northern edge of Central Park. The $160m project is the park’s most expansive update in years and part of an effort to rectify decades of disregard Continue reading...
  
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• New York unveils most dramatic changes to Central Park in years – in pictures

  05-05-2025 17:14
  
  The $160m makeover to the park’s north side is part of a long-term project to address years of neglect Continue reading...
  
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• Australia has backed a rapid shift to renewable energy - and given Labor a chance on climate. How will it act? | Clear Air

  05-05-2025 17:00
  
  After a landslide election win, there will never be a better chance to shake off old policy impasses and deliver a more ambitious plan for the environmentWant to get this in your inbox when it publishes? Sign up for the Clear Air Australia newsletter hereAnalysis of the election result has barely begun, but this much is clear – the country has backed a rapid acceleration towards renewable energy. Labor didn’t say much about the climate crisis during the campaign, announcing only one
  
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• Two Britons to challenge UK’s ‘weak’ response to climate crisis in Strasbourg court

  05-05-2025 15:50
  Doug Paulley and Kevin Jordan say their lives being ruined, and lack of effective strategy infringes their human rightsTwo men who say they are being failed by the UK’s flawed response to climate breakdown are taking their case to Europe’s top human rights court.Doug Paulley and Kevin Jordan say their lives have been ruined by the rising temperatures and extreme weather caused by the climate crisis, and that the government’s response fails to respect their human rights. Continu
  
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• ​‘The hypocrisy is staggering’; will swift bricks fall prey to government fears of Reform

  05-05-2025 14:00
  Campaigner Hannah Bourne-Taylor fears goal of requiring all new homes to include a hollow brick to help endangered cavity-nesting birds, may be droppedOn more than 50 occasions over the past three years, Hannah Bourne-Taylor has lugged an oversized brick through the parliament’s security screening.Security staff know her fondly as “the swift brick lady”. But now Bourne-Taylor is having to ruffle political feathers over what appears the simplest of nature-friendly measures &ndas
  
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• Is Tony Blair a ‘serious threat’ to climate policy – or out of touch?

  05-05-2025 13:17
  Before his call for a net zero ‘reset’, there has been criticism of ex-PM’s lucrative links with fossil fuel nationsFrom the lush gardens of the Four Seasons luxury hotel in Sharm el-Sheikh, amid banks of bougainvillaea and trailing jasmine, green lawns and air-conditioned courtyards, the surrounding desert is kept at bay by hidden sprinklers, and the chaotic poverty of the rest of Egypt by high walls and discreet security.In late 2022, on the sidelines of the Cop27 UN climate
  
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• How ‘out of touch’ Tony Blair became a serious threat to climate action

  05-05-2025 13:17
  
  Even before his call for a net zero ‘reset’, there had been criticism of ex-PM’s lucrative links with fossil fuel nationsFrom the lush gardens of the Four Seasons luxury hotel in Sharm el-Sheikh, amid banks of bougainvillaea and trailing jasmine, green lawns and air-conditioned courtyards, the surrounding desert is kept at bay by hidden sprinklers, and the chaotic poverty of the rest of Egypt by high walls and discreet security.In late 2022, on the sidelines of the Cop27 UN cli
  
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• How the climate crisis threatens Indigenous traditions in Canada: ‘It’s not the way it used to be’

  05-05-2025 11:00
  Shorter winters and thinning ice are imperiling cultural activities in the north, including hockey, broomball and huntingJanelle Oombash stands on the smooth ice of an outdoor rink, keeping score and watching the time as two teams of teenagers run across the ice, whacking a ball with sticks under the afternoon sun. Outside the rink, a bonfire crackles, keeping spectators warm as they watch the game.Broomball has been played for more than a century in northern Ontario. The game is similar to hock
  
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• Weather tracker: Deadly storms in India and huge hailstones in Paris

  05-05-2025 09:56
  
  Severe thunderstorms around Delhi cause seven deaths, with western Europe also hit by stormy conditions Residents of Delhi and surrounding areas woke last week to severe thunderstorms with intense rainfall, large hailstones and squally winds. The storms arrived in the early hours of the night, lasting six hours before easing by about 8.30am on Friday morning. At Safdarjung, the primary weather station in Delhi, 77mm of rain was recorded, the majority of which, 60mm, fell within the first three h
  
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• Labor must heed the warnings wrapped up in its election win. Young voters are crying out for action | Intifar Chowdhury

  05-05-2025 04:11
  
  Gen Z want the government to address the big structural problems: housing supply, inequality and climateAustralian federal election news LIVE – latest results and updatesLive results: federal election votes tracker, electorates map and seat countsI often write about how younger Australians are carving out a different political identity from older generations. But the election result has reminded us of what cuts across age and sits in our national core. That deep-seated Aussie reaction: &ld
  
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