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Warning UK-Gulf trade deal could let in low-welfare chicken and undermine farmers

admin — Fri, 30 May 2025 13:04:42 +0000

Industry figures say allowing poultry imports that do not align with British production standards would be ‘betrayal’

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Recent Canadian wildfires are record-breaking – and will threaten US air quality for days

admin — Fri, 30 May 2025 12:00:14 +0000

After historic seasons in last two years, blazes continue trend of warm, dry conditions intensified by climate crisis

Enormous early-season wildfires have erupted across the prairie provinces of Canada this week, taxing local emergency response and threatening a long stretch of dangerous air quality across eastern North America.

Can you live without a car in the mountains? Yes, with planning and a few different bikes

admin — Fri, 30 May 2025 11:50:51 +0000

Even in the foothills of the Italian Alps, cycling can be a practical alternative to driving, and more enjoyable, too

Living car-free in a big city is fairly common these days. Yes, it can mean some adaptation, but when so many things are on your doorstep it’s not such a big challenge. So how about car-free life in a remote Italian mountain village, with barely any public transport?

We have been living in rural Italy without a car for more than five years now. Even though we have always loved bicycles, the decision to sell our car wasn’t a particularly considered one.

How the US became the biggest military emitter and stopped everyone finding out

admin — Fri, 30 May 2025 11:00:15 +0000

Academic Neta Crawford warns that if Donald Trump follows through on his threats of war, emissions will soar and the planet will pay the price

Pfas detected in US beers in new study, raising safety concerns

admin — Fri, 30 May 2025 11:00:14 +0000

Researchers point to contaminated water after ‘forever chemicals’ found in all but one of 23 sampled beers

What are Pfas? Everything you need to know

Week in wildlife: a piggybacking mouse, heart-shaped vultures and our smallest otter

admin — Fri, 30 May 2025 06:00:46 +0000

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

Carbon footprint of Israel’s war on Gaza exceeds that of many entire countries

admin — Fri, 30 May 2025 05:00:46 +0000

Exclusive: Climate cost of war is more than than the combined 2023 emissions of Costa Rica and Estonia, study finds

‘Small and mighty, that’s what we are’: the team turning discarded tents into bags

admin — Fri, 30 May 2025 05:00:45 +0000

Lauren Mason decided to take action after witnessing huge amounts of camping gear abandoned at festivals

When Lauren Mason volunteered to help with the cleanup at a festival two years ago, she had no idea it would change the course of her life. She’d heard about the tents being dumped and left behind. Her mother, she says, is “an amazing seamstress”, so Mason thought she might be able to use some of the material to make clothes.

“I originally went to clean up with the idea to make my own jacket. But that’s when I realised the problem was bigger than we thought.”

How Labor’s North West Shelf approval further endangers Murujuga’s 50,000-year-old rock art | Benjamin Smith and John Black for the Conversation

admin — Fri, 30 May 2025 03:27:15 +0000

Industrial pollution has degraded the rock art and will continue to do so until emissions at Murujuga are reduced to zero, experts argue

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Dismay as UK prepares to sign ‘values-free’ £1.6bn trade deal with Gulf states

admin — Thu, 29 May 2025 20:18:46 +0000

Exclusive: Trade unions and human rights organisations fear environment and human rights being pushed aside

The UK is on the brink of signing a £1.6bn trade agreement with Gulf states, amid warnings from rights groups that the deal makes no concrete provisions on human rights, modern slavery or the environment.