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Dogs are being trained to weed out eggs of invasive spotted lanternflies in US

admin — Mon, 19 May 2025 22:37:37 +0000

Researchers are deploying sniffing dogs to combat spread of leaf-hopping pests that can damage trees and fruit crops

The spotted lanternfly, a leaf-hopping invasive pest first detected in the US a decade ago, has steadily spread across the East coast and into the midwest with little getting in its way.

But now researchers are deploying a new weapon to slow it’s advance: specially trained dogs with the ability to sniff out the winged insect’s eggs before they hatch.

Perrier owner scrutinised after France reportedly covered up illegal water filter treatment

admin — Mon, 19 May 2025 18:02:17 +0000

Report finds Nestlé used purification treatments that were unauthorised for natural mineral water

France’s lucrative mineral water industry is under scrutiny after a report by the senate found the French government had covered up a scandal over illegal filtering treatments of premium brands.

Scientists recommend limits on urban beekeeping to protect Australia’s native bees from honeybees

admin — Mon, 19 May 2025 16:00:33 +0000

Introduced bees could be harming native species and risk driving them to extinction, researchers say

Climate targets are only as good as the action behind them. We need to aim higher | Amanda McKenzie

admin — Mon, 19 May 2025 15:00:34 +0000

How fast we cut climate pollution will define how safe or scary the world becomes as our children grow up

At its core, the most fundamental duty of any government is to safeguard the security and wellbeing of its people. The climate crisis is hitting Australians hard.

Car-free streets, geothermal heating and solar panels: Paris’s new eco-district – in pictures

admin — Mon, 19 May 2025 14:00:49 +0000

Clichy-Batignolles, in the city’s north-west, is emblematic of the ‘15-minute’ city approach to urban planning

‘I was watching osprey for five hours a day’: how the world fell in love with nature live streams

admin — Mon, 19 May 2025 09:00:02 +0000

More and more people are hooked on watching animals in real time. Now researchers say it could even improve your mood, help you relax and give you better sleep

In 2012 Dianne Hoffman, a retired consultant, became a peeping Tom. For five hours a day she watched the antics of a couple, Harriet and Ozzie, who lived on Dunrovin ranch in Montana.

The pair were nesting ospreys, being streamed live as they incubated their clutch of eggs. The eggs never hatched, but the ospreys sat on them for months before finally kicking them out of the nest.

Weakening of UK EV sales rules ‘likely to result in significantly more carbon emissions’

admin — Mon, 19 May 2025 04:00:56 +0000

Analysis suggests there could be 500,000 additional plug-in hybrid electric cars on Britain’s roads by 2030

The UK government’s weakening of rules on electric car sales is likely to result in significantly more carbon emissions as sales of plug-in hybrids rise, according to analysis.

Energy Australia apologises to 400,000 customers and settles greenwashing legal action

admin — Mon, 19 May 2025 01:49:24 +0000

Energy retailer says carbon offsetting ‘not the most effective way’ to reduce emissions

Travels in the Pilbara, the land of ‘Aunty Gina’ – in pictures

admin — Sun, 18 May 2025 15:00:40 +0000

In January I journeyed to the iron ore-rich region of Western Australia with Guardian Australia senior correspondent Sarah Martin and senior audio producer Joe Koning to provide the visuals for our series on Gina Rinehart, Gina: power, privilege and influence. Here’s a selection of my shots

This land is their land: Trump is selling out the US’s beloved wilderness

admin — Sun, 18 May 2025 13:00:37 +0000

During the McCarthy era’s darkest days, public lands came under attack. History now repeats itself – and this may be the last chance to defend what’s ours

In 1913, on a remote, windswept stretch of buffalo-grass prairie in western North Dakota, Roald Peterson was born – the ninth of 11 children to hardy Norwegian homesteaders.

The child fell in love with the ecosystem he was born into. It was a landscape as awe-inspiring and expansive as the ocean, with hawks riding sage-scented winds by day and the Milky Way glowing at night.