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Tony Blair risks sending absolutely wrong message, says climate expert

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 10:25:31 +0000

Former PM also sparks Labour fury, with top MP accusing him of ‘handing talking points’ to Tories and Reform

Scientists hope sequencing genome of tiny ‘functionally extinct’ frog could help save it

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 09:05:21 +0000

Corroboree frog belongs to 100m-year-old family of amphibians but is now found only in the puddles and peat bogs of Kosciuszko national park

Scientists have sequenced the genome of the critically endangered southern corroboree frog – one of Australia’s most threatened amphibians – in hope that the information could be used to aid its recovery.

Labour anger ‘palpable’ after Tony Blair’s intervention on government climate strategy – UK politics live

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 08:54:10 +0000

The former prime minister called on the government to change course on climate change

Julia King, a scientist, crossbench peer (she is Lady Brown of Cambridge) and chair of the Climate Change Committee’s adaptation sub-committee has accused Tony Blair of sending out the wrong message on the climate crisis.

Speaking on the Today programme this morning, she said:

My concern is that people might take away a message from that report that we should do adaptation instead of mitigation, and that is absolutely the wrong message.

Common pesticide caused mass death of little corellas, NSW environment watchdog confirms

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 07:00:49 +0000

EPA says toxicology tests after distressing March event detected fenitrothion – which is currently under review – in all dead birds

‘Alarming’ bug splat decline on UK cars raises fears for flying insect numbers

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 07:00:16 +0000

Annual survey of numberplates from more than 25,000 journeys reveals 63% fall in squashed bugs since 2021

The long-term decline in the number of flying insects being splattered on cars after a journey is well recognised by older drivers. But the latest survey has revealed that the number of insects found on vehicle number plates has plummeted by 63% since 2021.

An analysis of records from more than 25,000 journeys across Britain since 2021 reveals an alarming apparent drop in flying insect abundance, although the rate of decrease slowed in 2024.

Company supplying critical EV metal ‘did not disclose’ Erin Brockovich pollutant in drinking water

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 06:00:16 +0000

Leaked documents indicate Harita, owner of key nickel mine in Indonesia, did not reveal water contamination

One of Indonesia’s largest nickel-mining companies, which supplies a mineral critical to the global electric car industry, did not tell the public that local drinking water was polluted, according to documents seen by the Guardian.

UK watchdog bans coffee pod ads over ‘misleading’ composting claims

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 05:00:14 +0000

Advertising Standards Authority says neither Lavazza UK nor Dualit’s product can be recycled at home

Descriptions of coffee pods as “compostable eco capsules” were misleading as they could not be composted at home, the Advertising Standards Authority has ruled.

The ASA has banned adverts by Lavazza UK and Dualit, which both made claims about the eco credentials of their coffee products.

India and Pakistan already sweltering in ‘new normal’ heatwave conditions

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 04:00:14 +0000

Temperatures south Asians dread each year arrive early as experts talk of ever shorter transition to summer-like heat

The summer conditions south Asian countries dread each year have arrived alarmingly early, and it’s only April. Much of India and Pakistan is already sweltering in heatwave conditions, in what scientists say is fast becoming the “new normal”.

Australia’s best photos of the month – April 2025

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 01:00:08 +0000

Wild weather, elections and rabbit jumping are all part of some of the month’s best images in Australia for April

Labour not protecting people, economy and homes from climate crisis, watchdog says

admin — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 23:01:06 +0000

Plans to protect UK from extreme weather are inadequate, Climate Change Committee says in scathing assessment

Labour is putting people, the economy and the environment in increasing peril by failing to act on the effects of the climate crisis, the UK’s climate watchdog has said.

Flooding, droughts and heatwaves are all increasing in severity due to climate breakdown, but current plans to protect people, land and infrastructure against extreme weather have been judged inadequate in a scathing assessment of the UK’s preparedness.