Mayor to make major policy shift and say scale of housing crisis requires breaking taboo
Sadiq Khan is announcing plans to build on parts of London’s green belt, in a dramatic shift in housing policy aimed at tackling “the most profound housing crisis in the capital’s history”.
In a major speech on Friday, the mayor of London is expected to say the scale of the challenge, which could need about 1m new homes built in the next decade, requires a break from longstanding taboos.
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05/08/2025 - 21:20
Healesville sanctuary releases 21 critically endangered birds in hopes a new wild population will thrive
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For the first time in 42 years, critically endangered helmeted honeyeaters have returned to Cardinia in south-east Victoria, where they were found until the Ash Wednesday bushfires in 1983.
Helmeted honeyeaters are charismatic, energetic and curious, according to Dr Kim Miller, the manager of threatened species at Healesville sanctuary.
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05/08/2025 - 20:03
Voters have spoken with clarity. We want a renewable-powered future
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A shift toward nuclear power and a significant expansion of gas electricity would have stalled renewable energy investment at the worst possible time, potentially derailing Australia’s transition to a clean, modern energy system. This election was not just a political moment, it was a turning point.
This result might offer a much-needed shot in the arm for the clean energy sector, but this is no time for self-congratulation or complacency. Australia’s energy transformation is happening in country towns and centres right around the nation with windfarms, solar projects, battery installations and the transmission lines that connect them being built in regional and rural communities. These communities have legitimate concerns. While the benefits from the jobs, investment, upgraded roads and bridges will come, they also bear the brunt of change. It is our responsibility as an industry to do better by them.
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05/08/2025 - 15:31
Judge grants payments between $5,000 and $104,000 after second world war-era tank leak contaminated water supply
A federal judge has awarded more than $680,000 to 17 families who say they were sickened by a leak from a second-world-war era fuel tank into a US navy drinking water system in Hawaii in 2021.
The bellwether cases set the legal tone for another 7,500 military family members, civilians and service members whose lawsuits are still awaiting resolution.
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05/08/2025 - 15:14
New report shows drastic decline in endangered primates and calls for conservation measures.
05/08/2025 - 14:59
US agency will no longer update major weather database in latest showing of Trump’s influence on climate resources
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) will no longer track the cost of climate crisis-fueled weather disasters, including floods, heatwaves, wildfires and more. It is the latest example of changes to the agency and the Trump administration limiting federal government resources on climate change.
Noaa falls under the US Department of Commerce and is tasked with daily weather forecasts, severe storm warnings and climate monitoring. It is also parent to the National Weather Service.
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05/08/2025 - 02:00
Study finds human-caused climate change made four-day rainfall across central Mississippi valley 40% more likely
The four-day historic storm that caused death and destruction across the central Mississippi valley in early April was made significantly more likely and more severe by burning fossil fuels, rapid analysis by a coalition of leading climate scientists has found.
Record quantities of rain were dumped across eight southern and midwestern states between 3 and 6 April, causing widespread catastrophic flooding that killed at least 15 people, inundated crops, wrecked homes, swept away vehicles and caused power outages for hundreds of thousands of households.
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05/07/2025 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 08 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s44183-025-00123-8
Analysis of the impact of aquaculture subsidies on production, the case of Mexico
05/05/2025 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 06 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s44183-025-00121-w
Offshore hydrogen production leaves a local hydrographic footprint on stratification in the North Sea
05/02/2025 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 03 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s44183-025-00111-y
Management approach matters: meeting seagrass recovery and carbon mitigation goals
