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Week in wildlife: wild boar babies, fenland ponies and a slug with strange genitalia

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:00:13 +0000

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

Week in wildlife: wild boar babies, fenland ponies and a slug with strange genitalia

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:00:13 +0000

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

‘Like lighting a cigarette while trying to quit’: Australia approves new coal seam gas expansion

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 07:05:31 +0000

The expansion in Queensland, which has been approved until 2081, will contribute about 120m tonnes of carbon emissions over its lifetime

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A major coal seam gas expansion, contributing about 120m tonnes of carbon emissions over its lifetime, has been approved by the federal government until 2081.

Heatwave scorching US west ‘virtually impossible’ without climate crisis, say scientists

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 07:01:11 +0000

Unseasonably warm and even dangerous temperatures this week were up to 30F above average for the time of year

The record-breaking heatwave scorching the US west this week would have been “virtually impossible” if not for the climate crisis, a team of scientists has determined.

Millions of Americans from the Pacific coast to the Rockies baked under unseasonably warm and even dangerous temperatures this week, with temperatures up to 30F (17C) above average for the time of year.

Work from home and slow down on the road: world’s energy watchdog advises emergency measures as oil prices rise

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 06:20:40 +0000

IEA makes 10 recommendations to help households and businesses prepare for a drawn-out disruption to energy markets

The world’s energy watchdog has advised governments to reduce highway speeds and encouraged workers to carpool or, ideally, work from home to combat soaring oil prices and impending fuel shortages caused by the Middle East conflict.

It has also recommended countries consider limiting car access to designated zones in large cities, by giving vehicles with odd-numbered plates access on different weekdays to those with even-numbered plates.

More than 70 UK councils failed to issue single fine for littering last year

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 06:00:12 +0000

Exclusive: Lack of enforcement is allowing people to drop rubbish with complete impunity, says Clean Up Britain

Scores of councils across the UK have in effect ended enforcement of fines for littering, while others are letting litterers off lightly and many more are neglecting to enforce fines for fly-tipping.

At least 71 councils failed to issue a single fine for littering last year, while a further 67 issued fewer than 10, according to data from the Clean Up Britain campaign.

People in North Yorkshire town found to have ‘alarming’ levels of toxic Pfas chemicals in blood

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 06:00:11 +0000

Exclusive: Testing in Bentham, home to UK’s highest recorded Pfas levels, finds one in four have blood levels in greatest risk category

Alarming levels of toxic forever chemicals have been found in the blood of people living in a town previously revealed to be contaminated with the UK’s highest recorded level of Pfas.

NSW will continue to greenlight coalmine expansions – ignoring a warning from its own climate agency

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 01:00:04 +0000

Minns Labor government criticised over strategy as no new mines have been proposed for several years

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Rightwing narrative fuelling false belief UK public oppose net zero, study finds

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:01:04 +0000

Reform, Tory and some media rhetoric runs contrary to poll showing far more voters for net zero than against it

Political elites are out of step with the public appetite for net zero, according to analysis that identifies rightwing media narratives as fuelling a false backlash against climate action.

Media coverage of net zero is more than twice as likely to be negative than public attitudes and is driving a false perception that net zero policies are unpopular with voters, the analysis found.

US states sue Trump EPA over decision to repeal bedrock climate finding

admin — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 19:54:04 +0000

Lawsuit says rescission of endangerment finding – which ruled greenhouse gases threaten public health – was illegal