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A cat: ‘They smoked pipes, played dice’ | Helen Sullivan

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In more than one image from 1900s Japan, they look hungover

Guardian Essential poll: Labor vulnerable to Dutton’s climate campaign as voters split on 2030 target

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Almost half of those surveyed said target was ‘unachievable and hurting the economy’ and Australia should instead focus on 2050

Indoors at breaktime: the school in a London office block

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Group that runs Oasis Academy South Bank warns councils prioritise private housing over space for children to breathe

Children facing a ‘brutal’ loss of time and space for play at state schools

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Shorter playtimes and shrinking outside space in England have serious implications for children’s wellbeing and mental health

Private schools in England should be made to share their green space, say campaigners

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Supporters of access to nature call for legal change after Guardian reveals 10:1 discrepancy with state sector

Balance effects of AI with profits tax and green levy, says IMF

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Governments should use fiscal policies to atone for technology-related carbon emissions, urges report

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Governments faced with economic upheaval caused by artificial intelligence should consider fiscal policies including taxes on excess profits and a green levy to atone for AI-related carbon emissions, according to the International Monetary Fund.

Millions face record-high temperatures as heat dome intensifies over US

admin — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 12:48:59 +0000

Cities in midwest and north-east brace for heatwave with some to experience highs of 105F – 25 degrees above normal

Extreme heat has begun to hit the US, delivered by a high-pressure weather pattern that the federal weather prediction center says will be “potentially the longest experienced in decades for some locations”.

Coldplay: vinyl copies of new album Moon Music will be made from old plastic bottles

admin — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 12:12:31 +0000

Band say carbon emissions for vinyl production will be reduced by 85% thanks to new method, as they announce 10th studio album

Coldplay are aiming to make the most ecologically sustainable vinyl record yet, for their newly announced album Moon Music.

‘It can feel like a detective story’: birders asked to help find 126 ‘lost’ bird species

admin — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 11:30:33 +0000

The birds have not been seen for at least a decade – some for more than 100 years – but the authors of a new list of missing species have not given up hope

The coppery thorntail and New Caledonian lorikeet are among the 126 birds “lost” to science, having not been seen for a decade or more, according to the most comprehensive list of missing species composed to date.

From LED bulbs to living plants: German theatre tackles climate crisis on and off stage

admin — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 07:49:12 +0000

With tickets doubling as public transport passes and recycled props, Hans Otto Theater is embracing a €3m federal project to make culture climate neutral

A handful of Spanish conquistadors fight through thick undergrowth to emerge in the ivy-clad ruins of a fallen civilisation during a rehearsal of Austrian playwright Thomas Köck’s Your Palaces Are Empty.

Premiered last month at the Hans Otto Theater in Potsdam, south-west of Berlin, the bleak and unforgiving drama probes the wounds of a shattered capitalist world that has exploited its people and the planet’s resources.