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Labor backs household batteries in bid to spark voters on cost-of-living and climate worries

admin — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 19:00:48 +0000

Coalition energy efficiency package also on the cards as climate advocates urge better subsidies on solar and other alternatives

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Labor is expected to flick the switch on a household battery incentive scheme in a dual cost-of-living and climate action pitch to voters.

JP Morgan’s ‘sustainable’ funds invested £200m in mining giant Glencore

admin — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 18:00:45 +0000

Backing of Glencore angers campaigners who have highlighted firm’s environmental breaches in South Africa

One of the world’s biggest banks, JP Morgan, has promoted environmental and “sustainable” funds to customers which have invested more than £200m in the mining giant Glencore, it can be revealed.

Ageing nuclear plant in Florida at risk from climate crisis, advocates warn

admin — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 14:00:43 +0000

Regulators extended the life of two of the oldest US reactors in Miami. Millions of people in the area are now vulnerable

‘Erased generations of talent’: US public land stewards decry firings and loss of knowledge

admin — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 12:00:39 +0000

In February, thousands of civil servants were fired from agencies that study the country’s soils, seas and skies

It’s become known as the Valentine’s Day massacre.

On 14 February, tens of thousands of civil servants were fired, as the Trump administration hacked away indiscriminately at the federal government.

Japan battles largest wildfire in decades

admin — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 10:22:26 +0000

More than a thousand people have been evacuated near forest of Ofunato in northern region of Iwate

More than a thousand people have been evacuated as Japan battles its largest wildfire in more than three decades.

The flames are estimated to have spread over about 1,200 hectares (3,000 acres) in the forest of Ofunato in the northern region of Iwate since a fire broke out on Wednesday, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency.

Tickled pink: rhubarb growers see explosion in demand for Yorkshire crop

admin — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 08:00:36 +0000

Despite wet weather hitting yields, supermarkets are reporting a doubling in rhubarb sales compared to last year

It takes a while for the eyes to adjust to the darkness inside the shed. Slowly, the shapes of hundreds of pale stalks emerge from the gloom like an alien species, visible only by the glow cast by a handful of candles.

This candlelit ritual is the harvest of Yorkshire forced rhubarb, being carried out by growers Robert and Paula Tomlinson.

Nature boys and girls – here’s your chance to get published in the Guardian

admin — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 16:12:25 +0000

Our wildlife series Young Country Diary is looking for articles written by children, about their spring encounters with nature

Once again, the Young Country Diary series is open for submissions! Every three months, as the UK enters a new season, we ask you to send us an article written by a child aged 8-14.

The article needs to be about a recent encounter they’ve had with nature – whether it’s a field of early spring flowers, a nest-building bird or a pond full of frogspawn.

Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan is off in the never-never, but our power bills and emissions pledge are not | Lenore Taylor

admin — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 14:00:18 +0000

The nuclear plan handily leapfrogs the next 10 years – when a Dutton government might actually hold office – a critical time for emissions reduction

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From leaping mudskippers to volcanic eruptions: the World Nature Photography awards 2025 – in pictures

admin — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 14:00:13 +0000

The World Nature Photography awards have announced their winners for 2025. From white-cheeked terns to a blue-tailed damselfly peeking through a daisy, the photographs are a stark reminder of the beauty and chaos of the natural world. The top award went to Maruša Puhek’s image of two deers running through a Slovenian vineyard

‘Ultimate bringers of life’: How one Cornwall farmer is using beavers to stop flooding

admin — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 13:29:24 +0000

Chris Jones is behind change in law to release beavers in England after witnessing the incredible benefits on his land

• Beaver releases into wild to be allowed in England for first time in centuries

Chris Jones, a beef farmer, is very proud of his beavers. “They are just extraordinary,” he says.