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Dead fish found on River Thet where large stretch of white foam appeared

admin — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 19:17:26 +0000

Environment Agency says pollutant in Norfolk river is ‘an unknown substance’ and is investigating

Dead fish have been found on a river in Norfolk where a large stretch of white foam appeared, the Environment Agency has confirmed.

Images shared by the agency on Saturday showed the foam covering an area of the River Thet.

NSW government rejected expert advice before failed koala reintroduction that left more than half dead

admin — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 14:00:15 +0000

Exclusive: Documents reveal state environment department had ‘reckless indifference’ to fate of individual koalas, Greens spokesperson Sue Higginson says

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Story of Indigenous activist’s murder takes top prize at London film festival

admin — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 13:52:48 +0000

Jury says documentary about killing of Argentinian campaigner Javier Chocobar brings ‘a measure of the justice’ denied by the courts

A documentary about the murder of the Indigenous activist Javier Chocobar has taken the top prize at the London film festival, with the jury calling it “a measure of the justice” that has long been denied by the courts.

The Argentine film-maker Lucrecia Martel’s first documentary, Landmarks, won the best film award in the festival’s official competition, it was announced on Sunday.

How the west can stop the global south being strangled by debt | Heather Stewart

admin — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 12:16:34 +0000

Labour would do well to remember its manifesto promise to revive Britain’s global leadership on development

With borrowing costs rising and western governments including the UK cutting their aid budgets, unsustainable debts are driving a development crisis across the global south.

In the latest evidence, Ethiopia last week faced the threat of being sued by its creditors in the English courts, after long-running negotiations about restructuring $1bn (£740m) of its debt collapsed.

Bonobos transformed how we think about animal societies. Can we save the last of the ‘hippy apes’?

admin — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 10:00:11 +0000

They are peaceful, female-led and use sex in everyday interactions. Now a new conservation scheme could offer a lifeline to our critically endangered close relatives living on the Congo river

Developers encroach on 2,000-year-old Devon wetland citing ‘blockages’ to Labour’s housing plans

admin — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 08:00:09 +0000

According to planning conditions, Wolborough Fen in Newton Abbot must be protected as groundworks are prepared for 1,200 homes

A 2,000-year-old wetland which is one of England’s most protected habitats has “bulldozers at its gates” after developers said conditions to protect it were blocking the growth the government is demanding.

Wolborough Fen in Newton Abbot, Devon, a site of special scientific interest (SSSI), must be protected from any damage by developers Vistry Group as they flatten hills and prepare the groundworks for 1,200 houses, according to planning conditions.

Regulators overlooking toxic Pfas found around Lancashire chemicals plant

admin — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 06:00:06 +0000

Exclusive: Environment Agency not testing for ‘forever chemical’ made by factory despite evidence of emissions

Regulators measuring “forever chemicals” near a Lancashire chemicals plant are not testing for a substance made by the company itself, despite evidence it could be reprotoxic and is being emitted in large volumes.

Reprotoxic means a substance can be damaging to a person’s sexual function, fertility, or their child’s development and, now,

Government aims to create 400,000 jobs through UK national green energy plan

admin — Sat, 18 Oct 2025 23:01:00 +0000

Scheme will offer training for plumbers, welders and carpenters as well as promoting trade union recognition

Plumbers, electricians and welders will be in huge demand as part of a national plan to train people for an extra 400,000 green jobs in the next five years, Ed Miliband has said.

The energy secretary unveiled a scheme to double the number of people working in green industries by 2030, with a particular focus on training those coming from fossil fuel jobs, school leavers, the unemployed, veterans and ex-offenders.

The amazing world of fungi – in pictures

admin — Sat, 18 Oct 2025 23:00:01 +0000

Dr Tom May, a mycologist at the Royal Botanic Gardens and an expert witness at the Erin Patterson trial, has collaborated with renowned fungi photographer Stephen Axford for Planet Fungi, a new book from CSIRO Publishing full of incredible macro-photography

US Senate poised to approve industry lobbyist to lead chemical safety at EPA

admin — Sat, 18 Oct 2025 12:00:45 +0000

If Douglas Troutman is confirmed, the top four toxics office at the environmental agency will be held by ex-lobbyists

The US Senate is poised to approve Donald Trump’s nomination of an industry lobbyist to lead the US Environmental Protection Agency’s chemical safety office.