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Fury as Republicans go ‘nuclear’ in fight over California car emissions

admin — Thu, 22 May 2025 11:00:09 +0000

Newsom issues rallying cry as GOP-controlled Senate seeks to move ahead with plan to revoke key environmental rule

California has long been one of the nation’s pre-eminent eco-warriors, enacting landmark environmental standards for cars and trucks that go much further than those mandated by the federal government. Vehicles across the country are cleaner, more efficient and electric in greater numbers because of it.

Trump’s tax bill to cost 830,000 jobs and drive up bills and pollution emissions, experts warn

admin — Thu, 22 May 2025 11:00:09 +0000

Bill will unleash millions more tonnes of planet-heating pollution and couldn’t come at a worse time, say experts

A Republican push to dismantle clean energy incentives threatens to reverberate across the US by costing more than 830,000 jobs, raising energy bills for US households and threatening to unleash millions more tonnes of the planet-heating pollution that is causing the climate crisis, experts have warned.

Chris Packham calls sea bass labelling in UK supermarkets a ‘dereliction of duty’

admin — Thu, 22 May 2025 09:30:46 +0000

The TV naturalist’s comments come after a Guardian investigation into the complex supply chain behind the fish on sale on Britain’s high streets

The hidden cost of your supermarket sea bass

admin — Thu, 22 May 2025 09:30:45 +0000

Revealed: an investigation shows how consumers buying fish in the UK are playing a role in food insecurity and unemployment in Senegal

Drowned herds. Towns underwater. Farmers in NSW are facing ‘absolute devastation’

admin — Thu, 22 May 2025 08:35:54 +0000

Those who survived the 2021 floods and are still recovering from ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, ‘have lost absolutely everything’ in the latest deluge

Murray Watt knocks back objections to Woodside’s North West Shelf extension and clears way for final decision

admin — Thu, 22 May 2025 07:18:31 +0000

Environment minister due to decide on controversial plan by end of the month in one of his first major challenges in new portfolio

The environment minister, Murray Watt, has knocked back two last-minute objections to Woodside’s North West Shelf extension, clearing the way for a final decision on the controversial development.

'Give these blokes the clothes off my back': Taree man films SES flood rescue – video

admin — Thu, 22 May 2025 05:16:44 +0000

Taree resident Phill Smith captured the moment a woman was rescued from flood waters, declaring the crew involved in the rescue 'definitely deserve an Australia Day just for themselves'. Unprecedented flooding has hit the New South Wales mid-north coast, with further rain predicted to come

NSW floods: one dead and ‘grave fears’ held for three missing people as crisis worsens

How an idealistic tree-planting project turned into Kenya’s toxic, thorny nightmare

admin — Thu, 22 May 2025 05:00:49 +0000

Introduced from South America, mathenge was intended to halt desertification, but now three-quarters of the country is at risk of invasion by the invasive tree

For his entire life, John Lmakato has lived in Lerata, a village nestled at the foot of Mount Ololokwe in northern Kenya’s Samburu county. “This used to be a treeless land. Grass covered every inch of the rangelands, and livestock roamed freely,” he says.

NSW floods: three dead, one missing as state faces worse flooding than many have seen in their lifetimes

admin — Thu, 22 May 2025 03:28:25 +0000

With more intense rain forecast, the SES has a fleet of 500 boats and nine helicopters trying to assist 48,000 people isolated in flood waters

We bear the brunt of the climate crisis. A Pacific Cop could help shape the global response | Surangel Whipps Jr

admin — Thu, 22 May 2025 01:44:16 +0000

Australia should also make moves to address the climate impact of its fossil fuel production and exports

Watching from the western Pacific, we saw many describe Australia’s recent election as a decisive moment for climate and energy policy. If that was the case, the people of Australia have spoken loud and clear.