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Drax faces lawsuits over claims workers developed asthma from wood dust

admin — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 11:00:02 +0000

Current and former employees say they were not adequately protected despite knowledge of health risks

Ten lawsuits have been filed against Drax after diagnoses of asthma allegedly linked to its wood pellet fuel, it has been revealed.

Current and former workers at the UK’s largest power station claim they have not been adequately protected against sustained exposure to wood dust, which can cause serious health problems including asthma, dermatitis and nasal cancer.

India trials Delhi cloud seeding to clean air in world’s most polluted city

admin — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 07:25:13 +0000

Bharatiya Janata party launches first test flight as brown haze blankets city after Diwali – but experts decry ‘gimmick’

The Delhi regional government is trialling a cloud-seeding experiment to induce artificial rain, in an effort to clean the air in the world’s most polluted city.

The Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) has been proposing the use of cloud seeding as a way to bring Delhi’s air pollution under control since it was elected to lead the regional government this year.

Week in wildlife: a ferocious wildcat, a cheeky seal and a disgruntled lioness

admin — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 07:00:37 +0000

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

Secret report shows likely source of ‘poo balls’ that closed Sydney’s beaches last summer

admin — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 05:35:10 +0000

Exclusive: Fat, oil and grease built up in sewerage pipes before being dislodged by heavy rain and ejected from Malabar outfall

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Airport expansion will put UK’s net zero goal in ‘serious jeopardy’, MPs warn

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 23:01:28 +0000

Committee urges ministers to set out measures to reduce carbon emissions before work starts on new runways

Airport expansion plans backed by the government are putting the UK’s net zero target in “serious jeopardy”, MPs have warned.

Without new safeguards, proposals to enlarge airports including Heathrow and Gatwick could push the UK over its carbon budgets, according to a report from the cross-party Commons environmental audit committee.

White House approves increased oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s national wildlife refuge

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 22:31:32 +0000

National Petroleum Reserve lease sales and permitting for road through Izembek wildlife refuge were also approved

The Trump administration has approved more oil and gas drilling across Alaska’s Arctic national wildlife refuge (ANWR), prompting widespread criticism from environmental conservation organizations.

After centuries of trauma, Montana’s Blackfeet Nation turns to an old friend for food sovereignty: bison

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 15:00:44 +0000

Local non-profits and schools are helping students explore traditional practices paired with modern science to make food sovereignty a reality

The Blackfeet Nation is a remote and rugged landscape on the windswept plains of northern Montana. While rich in resources, the remote location and management by the federal government have made food access a challenge here.

Marine heatwave over Pacific Ocean could lead to flooding in north-west

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 15:00:43 +0000

Severe ‘blob’ or marine heatwave can lead to increased inundation and wintery weather in eastern North America

A marine heatwave known as a blob was especially severe this year in the north-western and central Pacific Ocean, which could lead in the coming months to increased flooding in the US Pacific north-west and especially wintery weather in eastern North America, according to climate scientists.

Oil firm TotalEnergies made misleading green statements, court rules

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 14:51:24 +0000

French multinational is ordered to remove its website messages about aiming for carbon neutrality

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A French oil company engaged in “misleading commercial practices” about the scope of its environmental commitments, a court has ruled.

Labor needs to bow to Liberals or Greens or its environment law revamp is dead

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 14:00:22 +0000

Albanese government will need to make major concessions to pass promised federal nature laws as Liberals attack ‘nature positive 2.0’

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