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Gas stoves increase nitrogen dioxide exposure above WHO standards – study
via theguardian.comScience Advances report also finds people of color and low-income residents in US disproportionately affectedUsing a gas stove increases nitrogen dioxide exposure to levels that exceed public health recommendations, a new study shows. The report, published Friday in Science Advances, found that people of color and low-income residents in the US were disproportionately affected.Indoor gas and propane appliances raise average concentrations of the harmful pollutant, also known as NO2, to 75% of th -
If regional communities don’t want a wind farm, why would they accept a nuclear power station? | Gabrielle Chan
via theguardian.comThe Coalition’s nuclear policy is leveraged on regional discontent over renewables. But many farmers don’t want nuclear in their back yard eitherSign up for the Rural Network email newsletterJoin the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the communityHere’s the thing about the Coalition’s latest nuclear policy. It tries to use one of the most contentious issues in rural areas, which is the rollout of renewables and the electricity transmission lines to carry energ -
Australian photography auction – in pictures
via theguardian.comThe Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh), the proud custodian of more than 3,860 photographs, is holding a fundraising auction in Melbourne, with the proceeds of the sales shared equally with the contributing artists Continue reading... -
An orchard: a place where you tame trees, or try to – an act of hope | Helen Sullivan
via theguardian.comMy grandmother’s orchard stopped me in my tracks, and I only have to read the word to feel the shade of those treesGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailMy grandmother had a small orchard in her garden in Johannesburg. It was a few plum and peach trees, and very shady. The leaves of the plum trees were purpley-green, almost black, and the ground was covered with the pits of decayed peaches, so that when I ran barefoot across the sunny garden with its dry grass, and into the orchard, I -
Chainsaws for all! I live on a rural island where we share all our tools
via theguardian.comRead more from My DIY climate hack, a new series on everyday people’s creative solutions to the climate crisisNeil Wiesblott, 69, swapped bustling Los Angeles for a quiet island off the coast of Seattle more than 30 years ago and never looked back. Among Vashon Island’s many charming features, perhaps its most beloved is a vast “tool library” that lends out more than a thousand items to residents for DIY projects and home improvements – from saws to ladders to power -
Ex-BA boss: drop green aviation policies if costs outweigh benefits
via theguardian.comWillie Walsh, now boss of Iata, also calls for more investment in sustainable aviation fuelsGreen aviation policies should be abandoned if the costs outweigh the benefits, the head of the world’s most influential airlines body has said.Willie Walsh, the director general of the International Air Transport Association (Iata) and a former British Airways boss, said achieving net zero by 2050 was “existential, not optional”. Continue reading... -
Sure, the Taylor Swift millipede is the least of our problems – but what we call wildlife matters | Emma Beddington
via theguardian.comThe SpongeBob SquarePants fungus and Shakira wasp might sound funny, but there is a rising acceptance that eponyms in the natural world are a legacy of empire and oppressionUnsurprisingly, numerous species of animal (including a flightless weevil and a parasitic flatworm) are named after David Attenborough – but were you aware of the existence of a Shakira wasp (aleoides Shakira) and the Taylor Swift millipede (nannaria swiftae)?It’s not just fauna. Spring on middle-aged-lady Instagr -
Weather tracker: Finland endures unseasonal heat while deadly heatwave hits Mexico
via theguardian.comAverage temperatures in Finland were 3-4C higher than normalFinland endured exceptionally warm weather in May, with temperatures significantly higher than normal by day and night across large parts of the country. The Nordic nation officially recorded 16 heatwave days, breaking the previous high of 14 set in 2018. According to the Finnish Meteorological Institute, heatwave conditions are defined as days when temperatures reach 25C.Average temperatures were 3-4C higher than normal in the south an -
UK election debates must make climate crisis a key issue, say green groups
via theguardian.comCampaigners have written to broadcasters expressing concern that climate is not a more prominent discussion topicThe climate crisis must be discussed as a key priority in the TV debates between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer, say green groups.A number of NGOs have written to the TV networks expected to host the live debates, the first of which is on Tuesday at 9pm on ITV. Continue reading... -
‘There is nowhere to fish any more’: life in the shadow of Nigeria’s biggest industrial complex
via theguardian.comThe oil refinery and fertiliser plant just outside Lagos promised jobs and prosperity, but people complain of evictions, loss of livelihoods and health effectsOn the outskirts of Lagos sits Africa’s largest oil refinery, and beside it, the continent’s biggest fertiliser plant. Armed men guard the gates and the perimeters are lined with floodlights and security cameras.Owned by Dangote Industries, a multinational conglomerate founded by Aliko Dangote, Africa’s wealthiest person, -
Country diary: A maybug wedding on the doorstep | Nicola Chester
via theguardian.comInkpen, Berkshire: Cockchafers are noisy but striking, with their furry eyelashes and big dark eyesIt begins with a battering at the glass, as if someone is flinging gravel. Someone wanting me, calling me outside into the night. I willingly go. But first I turn off the porch light. I’d wondered if they would come this year, and as soon as I open the door, the distinctive drone of a heavy insect zooms in and it collides with my hair.I have walked, seemingly invited, into a maybug’s Ju -
Debt payments by countries most vulnerable to climate crisis soar
via theguardian.comExclusive: level at highest in more than 30 years, say campaigners, who want ‘rapid and effective’ relief schemeDebt payments by the 50 countries most vulnerable to the climate crisis have doubled since the start of the coronavirus pandemic and now stand at their highest level in more than three decades, campaigners have warned.The Debt Justice charity said countries at the highest risk of being affected by global heating were paying 15.5% of government revenues to external creditors -
Notorious seed-stealing koala caught in brazen daylight robbery in northern NSW – video
via theguardian.comClaude the koala was caught eating 4,050 food tree seedlings at Eastern Forest Nursery near Lismore in 2023. The bandit continues to return for a meal at the nursery, as workers look on. Conservationists say Claude's behaviour is part of a bigger problem as heavy land clearing has meant that there isn't enough food in the local area for koalas to eatDaylight robbery: Claude the ‘leaf thief’ koala caught munching seedlings Continue reading... -
‘We want to forge ahead’: grief and defiance as Dom Phillips’ widow journeys to site of his death
via theguardian.comThe Guardian journalist and his Brazilian colleague, Bruno Pereira, were shot dead in the Amazon in 2022.Alessandra Sampaio fell to her knees and wept as she clambered on to the boat’s deck and came face to face with the remote riverside clearing where her husband’s life was extinguished and hers turned upside down.The sound of Sampaio’s lament mixed with birdsong and the voice of an Indigenous shaman echoed through the jungle where the British journalist, Dom Phillips, and his -
Shade cloth and poisonous dust: how the red-finned blue-eye was brought back from the brink
via theguardian.comNumbers of the Australian native fish have grown from 1,000 to 5,000 in eight years, and Queensland has now declared its habitat a special wildlife reserveSign up for the Rural Network email newsletterJoin the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the communityThe red-finned blue-eye is no longer Australia’s rarest freshwater fish.The last of its tiny kind – all but bullied to extinction by gambusia, an invasive fish that grows to twice the size and eight times the body mass -
Are the climate wars really over, or has a new era of greenwashing just begun? | Joëlle Gergis
via theguardian.comIn a new Quarterly Essay, Joëlle Gergis says that while Rome wasn’t built in a day, the Albanese government’s lack of action on climate change does not reflect the urgency of the crisisGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAlthough the 2022 federal election ushered in a new era of progressive politics in Australia, as Labor’s first term in power has progressed many people are now wondering if the political deadlock on our nation’s c -
Green, green seagrass of home: Welsh nursery growing to save marine habitat
via theguardian.comTwo species grown in ponds in large-scale attempt to restore UK seagrass meadows, 90% of which have been lostIt is a much-loved stretch of Celtic coastline, revered by poetry lovers as the place where Dylan Thomas lived his final years and by thrill seekers as a spot for breaking land-speed records.Now between Thomas’s boathouse home at Laugharne and the natural fast track of Pendine Sands in south-west Wales, an ambitious project is under way to try to help restore one of the world’ -
‘We need other logics for our approach to nature’: the woman uprooting colonialism in botany
via theguardian.comFrom plant names to notions of native species, many aspects of the natural world are shaped by empire. We need to decolonise, says the author of a new book – but not all experts agreeWhen Banu Subramaniam thinks about whether plants should be renamed so as not to honour white supremacist colonialists – Cecil Rhodes, for example, is commemorated in the names of 126 plant species – she contrasts it with how, for so many years in our patriarchal system, women were expected to chan -
‘A sign of hope’: why weeds are finally being embraced by gardeners
via theguardian.comSpecies once view as a threat are undergoing a horticultural reassessment and being hailed for their resilience and beauty across the UKWeeds are undergoing a cultural makeover. Historically vilified as a threat in a nation of impeccable lawns, they are finally being embraced by gardeners, from front gardens to the Chelsea flower show.The conservation charity Plantlife, which runs the annual No Mow May campaign encouraging gardeners to leave their lawns to grow for a month, said 46% of more than -
‘It’s all we have’: young climate activists on the state of politics around the world
via theguardian.comWith elections affecting half the world’s population this year, campaigners offer their views on the chances of real changeThis year elections are taking place across the globe, covering almost half of the world’s population. It is also likely to be, yet again, the hottest year recorded as the climate crisis intensifies. The Guardian asked young climate activists around the world what they want from the elections and whether politics is working in the fight to halt global heating. Co -
Scotland’s remote land of bogs and bugs in line for world heritage status
via theguardian.comA decision from Unesco on giving the peat-rich Flow Country the same standing as the Great Barrier Reef is just weeks away It is a land of mire, mist and midges that could soon be awarded a special status among the planet’s wild habitats. In a few weeks, Unesco is set to announce its decision on an application to allow the Flow Country in north Scotland to become a world heritage site.Such a designation is only given to places of special cultural, historical or scientific significance and -
‘People prefer that we’d never close’: Eraring lifeline a mixed blessing for a coal community in limbo
via theguardian.comThe NSW government’s decision to extend the 40-year-old power station for another two years has some locals breathing a sigh of relief – but others are ready for a post-coal futureGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastFor Scott King, last week’s announcement by the New South Wales government to extend the giant Eraring power station for at least another two years was a mixed blessing.“It’s certainly not the longevity that people we -
Climate activist defaces Monet painting in Paris
via theguardian.comWoman from Riposte Alimentairearrested after sticking poster on impressionist painter’s CoquelicotsA climate activist has been arrested for sticking an adhesive poster on a Monet painting at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris to draw attention to global heating, a police source said.The action by the woman, a member of Riposte Alimentaire (Food Response) – a group of environmental activists and defenders of sustainable food production – was seen in a video posted on X, pla -
Climate deniers like DeSantis hurt most vulnerable communities, scientists say
via theguardian.comOn first day of predicted intense Atlantic hurricane season, Nature Conservancy urges action and warns against misinformationMisinformation spread by climate deniers such as Florida’s extremist Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, increases the “vulnerability” of communities in the path of severe weather events, scientists are warning.The message comes on Saturday, the first day of what experts fear could be one of the most intense and dangerous Atlantic hurricane seasons on reco -
Scientists develop method of making healthier, more sustainable chocolate
via theguardian.comApproach replaces sugar with mashed pulp and husk of cocoa pod and uses less land and waterHealthier and more sustainable chocolate could hit store shelves after Swiss scientists and chocolatiers developed a recipe that swaps sugar for waste plant matter.By mashing up the pulp and husk of a cocoa pod instead of just taking the beans, scientists have made a sweet and fibrous gel that could replace the sugar in chocolate, according to a report published in Nature Food. Continue reading... -
‘More profitable than farming’: how Ecuador’s birding boom is benefiting wildlife
via theguardian.comWith hundreds of highly prized species, bird tourism is thriving in the country – and farmers are increasingly turning their land into nature reservesWhen it came to dividing up his late father’s farm between five brothers, Vinicio Bacuilima says he drew the short straw. Maraksacha, on the main road out of Ecuador’s capital Quito, is a tiny patch of land on the edge of a steep ravine, making it very difficult to make a living from farming.Then Bacuilima’s wife Anita Cajas -
‘Yes, Lego car!’: why small electric cars could be about to break the grip of SUVs
via theguardian.comThe 500kg Microlino is part of a new set challenging the ever-increasing domination of huge carsDriving through central London in a tiny Microlino electric car, barely visible between the hulking SUVs, it’s surprising to be the focus of so much attention. “Yes, Lego car!” shouts a scaffolder.Made by Micro, the family-owned Swiss company behind the mini-micro kick scooters, and modelled on the bubble cars that had a brief heyday in the 1950s, the two-seater is only 2.5 metres lo -
Thai island of Samui weighs ‘White Lotus effect’ against environmental cost
via theguardian.comThere is unease about how to strike a balance between tourist numbers and the need to protect natural resourcesAlong the beachfront on the Thai island of Samui, vendors are busy setting up tables covered with souvenirs and sunglasses. Staff stand outside massage shops and restaurants gesture to passersby, hoping to entice in tourists.Soon, there could be even more customers passing through the area. The island is one of several locations that will feature in the third season of The White Lotus, -
‘I’m ready for everything and I don’t care’: the man refusing to turn up at an Australian ‘colonial’ court
via theguardian.comTasmanian logging protestor Jim Everett-puralia meenamatta is due in court on Monday. But as an Aboriginal ‘non-Australian citizen’, he doesn’t recognise its jurisdictionGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastOn Monday morning Jim Everett-puralia meenamatta, a Tasmanian Aboriginal elder, is due in Hobart magistrates court to face a trespassing charge after his alleged illegal protest in March against old growth logging in the Styx Valley of the -
World record broken for living thing with most DNA
via bbc.comA rare plant has the largest genome of any organism on earth - holding 50 times more DNA than humans.
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