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Nature boys and girls – here’s your chance to get published in the Guardian

admin — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 10:17:38 +0000

Our wildlife series Young Country Diary is looking for articles written by children, about their summer encounters with nature

Once again, the Young Country Diary series is open for submissions! Every three months, as the UK enters a new season, we ask you to send us an article written by a child aged 8-14.

The article needs to be about a recent encounter they’ve had with nature – whether it’s a thriving rock pool, a day fruit-picking, or a compost heap full of bugs.

Sizewell C nuclear power plant ‘could get go-ahead within weeks’

admin — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 10:03:59 +0000

Keir Starmer expected to confirm result of 15-year search for investment at UK-France summit next month

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UK ministers could give the go-ahead to the new Sizewell C nuclear power plant in Suffolk within weeks, according to reports.

Thames Water preferred bidder KKR pulls out of rescue deal

admin — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 10:01:50 +0000

Future of troubled supplier in doubt as US private equity group says it cannot proceed with acquiring £4bn stake

Water industry in England and Wales needs ‘fundamental reset’, review finds

admin — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 08:18:55 +0000

Report finds ‘deep-rooted, systemic’ failures that need stronger regulation, but critics say it is not bold enough

‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects

admin — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 07:00:25 +0000

A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides

Daniel Janzen only began watching the insects – truly watching them – when his ribcage was shattered. Nearly half a century ago, the young ecologist had been out documenting fruit crops in a dense stretch of Costa Rican forest when he fell in a ravine, landing on his back. The long lens of his camera punched up through three ribs, snapping the bones into his thorax.

Vanuatu criticises Australia for extending gas project while making Cop31 bid

admin — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 04:49:14 +0000

Climate minister says greenlighting North West Shelf project until 2070 is not the leadership Pacific countries expect as Australia seeks to host summit

Vanuatu’s climate minister has expressed disappointment over Australia’s decision to extend one of the world’s biggest liquefied natural gas projects and said it raises questions over its bid to co-host the Cop31 summit with Pacific nations.

Trump officials open up millions of acres in Alaska to drilling and mining

admin — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 22:35:11 +0000

Doug Burgum says Biden order that banned drilling in 23m-acre National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska will be reversed

Millions of acres of Alaska wilderness will lose federal protections and be exposed to drilling and mining in the Trump administration’s latest move to prioritize energy production over the shielding of the US’s open spaces.

Indonesia’s stunning microlibraries draw young readers – in pictures

admin — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 14:00:03 +0000

Using passive design and local materials such as ice cream buckets, these modern community spaces offer a respite from urban heat and hustle

‘We need new numbers’: Comedian David Cross cracks jokes to spread climate crisis awareness

admin — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 12:00:02 +0000

The Emmy award winning comic teams up with renowned scientist Michael Oppenheimer for a new video campaign

David Cross is many things: a famed comic, an Emmy award winner, and a New York Times bestseller. But he is not a climate scientist.

That fact might make him the perfect person to communicate the urgency of global heating to mass audiences.

Parks, libraries, museums: here’s why Trump is attacking America’s best-loved institutions | Margaret Sullivan

admin — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 12:00:01 +0000

The president’s funding cuts and bullying are about dividing Americans and tightening his grip on power

The author and environmentalist Wallace Stegner called our national parks “America’s best idea”.

Certainly, these jewels – 85m acres of parkland throughout all the 50 states – are beloved by the public. So are America’s public libraries, arts organizations and museums.

Margaret Sullivan is a Guardian US columnist writing on media, politics and culture