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A surge of visitors to Yosemite overwhelms a skeleton crew: ‘This is exactly what we warned about’

admin — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 12:00:02 +0000

As the US government shutdown enters its third week, concerns mount over how the nation’s public lands will fare

Cars and RVs surged into Yosemite national park throughout the weekend, as visitors from around the world came to enjoy the crisp autumn weather, undeterred by a lack of park services and the absence of rangers.

Labour ministers met fossil fuel lobbyists 500 times in first year of power, analysis shows

admin — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 10:50:45 +0000

Lobbyists attended 48% more meetings than Tories, as Labour accused of giving them ‘backstage pass’

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Government ministers met representatives from the fossil fuel industry more than 500 times during their first year in power – equivalent to twice every working day, according to research.

Experts urge UK to ban cigarette filters to protect health and environment

admin — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 10:35:09 +0000

Researchers say filters do not reduce toxicant exposure and are major contributor to plastic waste crisis

Cigarette filters do not work and are a major source of plastic pollution that should be banned by the UK government, experts have said.

Bird migration is changing. What does this reveal about our planet? – visualised

admin — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 08:00:00 +0000

Bird migrations rank as one of nature’s greatest spectacles. Thanks to GPS tracking, scientists are uncovering extraordinary insights into ancient and mysterious journeys – and new threats that are reshaping them.

Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot

admin — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 05:00:58 +0000

The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it

Crucial to the government’s war on nature is the “cauldron principle”. If a species is to be blamed for “holding up development”, it must be one you might find in a witch’s cauldron. The culprits are never dormice, otters, water voles, nightingales, turtle doves or orchids, widely considered cute or beautiful. They are bats, newts, snails and spiders.

‘When I pass piles of fishing nets, I see piles of money’: a one man recycling revolution on the Cornish coast

admin — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 04:00:57 +0000

Determined to find a solution to the discarded plastic nets, Ian Falconer found a way to convert them into filament for 3D printing, for use in products from motorbikes to sunglasses

Ian Falconer kept thinking about the heaps of discarded plastic fishing nets he saw at Newlyn harbour near his home in Cornwall. “I thought ‘it’s such a waste’,” he says. “There has to be a better solution than it all going into landfill.”

What will the Australian bird of the year do next? | Fiona Katauskas

admin — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 02:30:01 +0000

The sky’s the limit

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Tawny frogmouth named 2025 Australian bird of the year winner

admin — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 02:28:20 +0000

Perennial runner up finally claims the crown in the biennial Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll, ahead of Baudin’s black cockatoo and gang-gang cockatoo

Australia’s favourite bird named - as it happened

admin — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:51:02 +0000

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CO2 from wildfires increases by 9% as climate crisis supercharges infernos

admin — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 23:01:50 +0000

Greenhouse gases from wildfires at sixth highest level on record after blazes in large areas of the Americas and Africa

Carbon emissions from extreme wildfires increased by 9% last year to reach the sixth highest level on record.

Intense fast-spreading fires devastated huge swathes of South America’s rainforests, dry forests and wetlands and decimated Canada’s northern forests, pushing up the levels of damaging greenhouse gases.