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• Some top US lobbying firms are working both sides of the Pfas issue at the same time

  14-03-2026 13:00
  Review from non-profit finds range of scenarios of firms simultaneously lobbying for and against Pfas regulationsSome top US lobbying firms are simultaneously working both sides of the Pfas “forever chemicals” issue, raising serious conflict of interest questions and concerns that their activity is slowing states’ efforts to rein in the public health threat.The review of six states’ lobbying records conducted by the non-profit F-Minus found a range of scenarios in which f
  
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• Former dairy farm could become peat research centre

  14-03-2026 10:28 via bbc.com
  Honeygar Farm is one of the few areas in the UK that still holds deep lowland peatland.
  
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• ‘My ideas are a little revolutionary’: ecologist Suzanne Simard on intelligent forests, the climate and her critics

  14-03-2026 10:00
  Her research popularised the idea of the wood wide web, but the scientific backlash was brutal. As the author of The Mother Tree returns to the forest in a new book, she discusses her battle to reimagine our relationship with natureIn 2018, the ecologist and writer Suzanne Simard was conducting research in the forested Caribou Mountains of western Canada when a thunderstorm rolled in. She was with her two teenage daughters and her close friend and colleague, Jean Roach. They saw flashes of light
  
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• How reintroducing beavers is changing our landscape

  14-03-2026 08:23 via bbc.com
  Four pairs of beavers were released into the Par and Fowey river catchment in February.
  
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• 'Carnage' unleashed on sleeping town when river hit 18-times normal level

  14-03-2026 08:19 via bbc.com
  Storm Claudia devastated residents in Monmouth, with many still living with the damage.
  
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• ‘Shockingly bad’: Nissan Leaf drivers voice anger over app shutdown

  14-03-2026 08:00
  Carmaker’s decision to drop NissanConnect EV app on relatively recent cars fuels warnings from expertsOwners of some Nissan Leaf electric vehicles are angry after the carmaker announced it would shut down an app that lets them remotely control battery charging and other functions.Drivers of Leaf cars made before May 2019 and the e-NV200 van (produced until 2022) have been told that the NissanConnect EV app linked to their vehicles will “cease operation” from 30 March. This mean
  
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• Country diary: A dawn search for the rare black grouse | Eben Muse

  14-03-2026 06:30
  Ruabon grouse moor, Wrexham: Mating season is upon us. Will I be lucky enough to spot a courtship lek?I’m shooting grouse on the moor today. There are two kinds here: red grouse, a gamebird reared and shot in its thousands; and its larger, rarer cousin, the black grouse. The latter is supposedly spared by a ban that remains voluntary despite catastrophic declines in recent decades. As it’s not shooting season, which runs from August to mid-December, I shoulder a camera, not a sh
  
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• ‘Drinking from a fetid pond’: superbug-creating genes found in UK’s largest lake

  14-03-2026 06:00
  Exclusive: Lough Neagh, which supplies drinking water for 40% of NI, contains genes resistant to last-resort antibioticsGenes capable of creating antibiotic-resistant superbugs have been detected in the UK’s largest lake, which supplies drinking water to about 40% of Northern Ireland.Testing of water from Lough Neagh, which has a surface area 26 times bigger than Windermere, found genes resistant to a wide range of antibiotics, including carbapenems – drugs reserved for life-threaten
  
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• The environmental cost of datacentres is rising. Is it time to quit AI?

  14-03-2026 00:00
  As the QuitGPT movement gains momentum, should people concerned about the environmental impacts of AI consider opting out?Change by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household’s carbon footprintGot a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at [email protected]’s only a few years on from the release of ChatGPT but the race to plug artificial intelligence into everything has sparked a surge in data
  
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