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Familia Torres has been making wine in Catalonia since 1870, but says it may have to move to higher altitudes in 30 years’ time A leading European winemaker has warned it may have to abandon its ancestral lands in Catalonia in 30 years’ time because climate change could make traditional growing areas too dry and hot. Familia Torres is already installing irrigation at its vineyards in Spain and California and is planting vines on land at higher altitudes as it tries to adapt to more extreme conditions. Continue reading...

A study has shown scientific knowledge on the conservation of endangered species is often overlooked when not presented in English.

Firm prosecuted after unapproved material in tanks led to flakes and powder entering drinking water of 1.3m people Anglian Water has been fined a record £1.42m for contaminating the water supply. The company, which covers the east of England, received the fine at Northampton crown court after a prosecution brought by the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) for failures that affected 1.3 million people. Continue reading...

Parks, trees and green spaces are critical to kids’ health and wellbeing, but in many cities, residents have unequal access On a recent Saturday morning at Washington Elementary Stem magnet school in Pasadena, California, a group of volunteers and staffers from Amigos de los Rios hauled soil for a new pollinator garden of native plants that support local habitats such as those for butterflies, hummingbirds and bees. They also filled up 37 planter beds that will grow fresh veggies such as carrots and sweet potatoes for students to eat. Before the local non-profit began this work, the Title I school – which is primarily attended by Latino and Black students from low-income households – had been largely paved, lacked trees and had one wooden playhouse that kids would patiently wait their turn to play inside to take refuge from the sun. Continue reading...