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

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

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

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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.

US woman brings first-ever wrongful death lawsuit against big oil

admin — Thu, 29 May 2025 19:20:04 +0000

Misti Leon argues fossil fuel companies’ climate negligence caused her mother’s death during a heatwave

A woman has brought the first-ever wrongful death lawsuit against big oil, claiming fossil fuel companies’ climate negligence caused her mother’s death during a major heatwave.

The Guardian view on social housing: invest boldly to tackle ‘simmering anger’ about substandard homes

admin — Thu, 29 May 2025 17:25:30 +0000

Two weeks before the spending review, the housing ombudsman has issued an important warning about a deepening crisis and growing human misery

UK’s shift on car sales rules may lead to higher emissions, says statutory adviser

admin — Thu, 29 May 2025 16:52:10 +0000

Up to 500,000 more plug-in hybrids could be sold because of government flexibility on the zero-emission mandate

The UK government’s weakening of vehicle sales rules in April could result in fewer electric cars on British roads and higher carbon emissions, according to its official climate adviser.

US supreme court sides with Utah railway project challenged by environmentalists

admin — Thu, 29 May 2025 16:49:05 +0000

The 8-0 ruling overturns lower court’s decision that halted the project intended to transport crude oil

The US supreme court on Thursday backed a multibillion-dollar oil railroad expansion in Utah, endorsing a scaled-back interpretation of a key environmental law that could pave the way for faster fossil fuel expansion.

UK must consider food and climate part of national security, say top ex-military figures

admin — Thu, 29 May 2025 14:00:11 +0000

Former army and navy leaders urge government to think beyond military capability in advance of key defence review

Former military leaders are urging the UK government to widen its definition of national security to include climate, food and energy measures in advance of a planned multibillion-pound boost in defence spending.

Earlier this year Keir Starmer announced the biggest increase in defence spending in the UK since the end of the cold war, with the budget rising to 2.5% of GDP by 2027 – three years earlier than planned – and an ambition to reach 3%.

Drought declared in north-west England amid declining reservoir levels

admin — Thu, 29 May 2025 13:23:08 +0000

Hosepipe ban could follow, says Environment Agency, after England had driest February-April period on record

A drought has been declared in north-west England as reservoir levels dwindle.

Hosepipe bans could follow, the Environment Agency said, though this is a matter for water companies, which have been directed to follow their drought plans.