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As New York City builds flood resilience, a Queens neighborhood feels neglected: ‘We are forgotten here’

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 13:00:53 +0000

Decade after officials promised to cut flood risks, Edgemere residents and experts say it continues to be vulnerable

This article was produced in partnership between Floodlight, New York Focus and the Guardian.

Baba Ndanani has lived in one of New York City’s most flood-prone neighborhoods for more than 20 years, and he knows the risks all too well.

Can mountain lions make a comeback in the US north-east? One group hopes so

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 13:00:52 +0000

Reintroducing the apex predator would control deer populations, and maintain healthy ecosystems and bolster biodiversity, rewilding group says

Last summer, a wildlife photographer saw, or believed he saw, a mountain lion in South Burlington, Vermont. While it’s possible, it is also remarkable: the apex predator was rendered extinct in northern New England in 1881 and the nearest confirmed breeding population is in North Dakota, 2,000 miles away.

‘Sustainable’ Cambridge busway will cause irreversible ecological harm, inquiry told

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:55:55 +0000

Planned route linking Cambourne to Cambridge will go through one of county’s last traditional orchards

A £160m busway scheduled to be built through one of Cambridgeshire’s last traditional orchards would cause irreversible ecological harm, a public inquiry has been told.

Cop30 live: exclusion zone around conference expanded after protests

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:14:00 +0000

Negotiations continue on day eight of the summit, with more ministerial national statements expected

Cop30 is the first UN climate negotiation to take place in the Amazon. This is how Wajã Xipai, a 19-year-old Xipaya journalist, has experienced the summit so far.

California farms applied millions of pounds of PFAS to key crops, study finds

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:00:51 +0000

‘Forever chemicals’ sprayed on almonds, grapes, tomatoes and other crops as activists warn of ‘obvious problem’

California farms applied an average of 2.5m lbs of PFAS “forever chemicals” per year on cropland from 2018 to 2023, or a total of about 15m lbs, a new review of state records shows.

The chemicals are added to pesticides that are sprayed on crops such as almonds, pistachios, wine grapes, alfalfa and tomatoes, the review of California Department of Pesticide Regulation data found. The Environmental Working Group nonprofit put together the report.

Australia will not oppose Turkey staging Cop31 as Albanese signals policy shift

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:31:50 +0000

Prime minister says fight over hosting rights jeopardises global unity needed for action to help Pacific islands

Cop30: click here for full Guardian coverage of the climate talks in Brazil

At least 15 English sewage plants use plastic beads spilled at Camber Sands

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:10:01 +0000

Exclusive: Experts urge water companies to update plants to avoid another catastrophe, as analysis reveals scale of use

At least 15 sewage plants on England’s south coast use the same contaminated plastic beads that were spilled in an environmental disaster in Camber Sands, Guardian analysis can reveal.

Environmental experts have urged water companies to update these old treatment plants to avoid another catastrophic spill, which can lead to plastic beads being permanently embedded in the environment and killing marine wildlife.

The rainforest the world forgot: the Congo basin is the second largest on Earth, so why is it being neglected?

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:00:50 +0000

It is one of the world’s most vital carbon sinks, but this tropical rainforest is losing out when it comes to climate policy and funding

In October 2023, leaders, scientists and policymakers from three of the world’s great rainforest regions – the Amazon, the Congo, and the Borneo-Mekong basins – assembled in Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo. They were there to discuss one urgent question: how to save the planet’s last great tropical forests from accelerating destruction.

More than 300 big agriculture lobbyists took part in Cop30, investigation finds

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 08:00:28 +0000

Lobbyists representing industry responsible for a quarter to a third of global emissions participated in key talks at the UN climate summit

More than 300 industrial agriculture lobbyists have participated at this year’s UN climate talks taking place in the Brazilian Amazon, where the industry is the leading cause of deforestation, a new investigation has found.

The conservative parties can change their leaders – but it won’t stop the NSW Coalition’s death spiral | Anne Davies

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 06:37:01 +0000

The Nationals have a new leader in Gurmesh Singh, and Kellie Sloane could soon replace Liberal leader Mark Speakman. But the Coalition is fractured on net zero

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The NSW Nationals have a new leader, Gurmesh Singh, and the Liberals will almost certainly follow suit by early next week.