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Labour’s planning bill threatens protected habitats, says environment watchdog

admin — Fri, 02 May 2025 10:15:32 +0000

Nature organisations say legislation would remove safeguards for nature and put protected sites at risk

Keir Starmer’s planning bill has been criticised by the environment watchdog, which has warned that the draft of the legislation would remove safeguards for nature and put protected sites at risk.

Currently, laws that protect habitats and nature are derived from EU legislation. Since the UK left the bloc, it has been able to weaken these laws that protect specific species and habitats.

Labour’s planning bill threatens protected habitats, says environment watchdog

admin — Fri, 02 May 2025 10:15:32 +0000

Nature organisations say legislation would remove safeguards for nature and put protected sites at risk

Keir Starmer’s planning bill has been criticised by the environment watchdog, which has warned that the draft of the legislation would remove safeguards for nature and put protected sites at risk.

Currently, laws that protect habitats and nature are derived from EU legislation. Since the UK left the bloc, it has been able to weaken these laws that protect specific species and habitats.

Glut of early fruit and veg hits UK as climate change closes ‘hungry gap’

admin — Fri, 02 May 2025 09:20:35 +0000

Warm weather means strawberries, aubergines and tomatoes have come weeks earlier than expected

A glut of early strawberries, aubergines and tomatoes has hit Britain as the dry, warm weather has eliminated the traditional “hungry gap”, growers have said.

It has been a very dry and sunny spring, with one of the warmest starts to May on record expected. Temperatures could reach 30C at the earliest point on record later this week, forecasters have said.

I went to an ancient rainforest with 90 artists and lived! Despite my endless cynicism I had a lovely time | First Dog on the Moon

admin — Fri, 02 May 2025 06:46:02 +0000

I saw the world’s tallest moss and camped beneath a 500-year-old myrtle tree

Week in wildlife: a leopard cat, a vulture puppet and a hare playing hide and seek

admin — Fri, 02 May 2025 06:00:03 +0000

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

‘World’s largest’ electric ship measuring 130 metres launched by Tasmanian boatbuilder

admin — Fri, 02 May 2025 05:05:14 +0000

Manufacturer Incat built Hull 096 to run between Buenos Aires and Uruguay, dubbing it the ‘most complex’ project it has ever undertaken

An Australian boatbuilder has launched what it describes as the world’s largest battery-power ship, describing it as a “a giant leap forward in sustainable shipping” and the “most important” project it has ever done.

‘A win-win for farmers’: how flooding fields in north-west England could boost crops

admin — Fri, 02 May 2025 05:00:58 +0000

A ‘wetter farming’ project explores rehydrating peatland to help grow crops in boggier conditions while cutting CO2 emissions

“I really don’t like the word ‘paludiculture’ – most people have no idea what it means,” Sarah Johnson says. “I prefer the term ‘wetter farming’.”

Sand groomers v turtles: how wildlife is falling foul of the demand for Insta-perfect beaches

admin — Fri, 02 May 2025 05:00:02 +0000

From the turtle-nesting beaches of Italy to Greek island bird havens, across the Mediterranean campaigners are fighting to protect habitats from tourists seeking a picture-perfect holiday

In the summer months in Puglia, southern Italy, the battle for the beaches begins before dawn. Armed with tractors, beach owners flatten every imperfection from the sand, dragging it to sift out anything large enough to be considered waste. As the sun rises, tourists flood the coastline, often unaware of what lies hidden beneath their feet.

A climate election? The Coalition wants to take Australia backwards, while Labor is standing still | Clear Air

admin — Fri, 02 May 2025 04:12:21 +0000

Depending on where things end up after Saturday, the biggest climate push may come from the crossbench

Dozens of homeless people living in national forest evicted by US Forest Service

admin — Thu, 01 May 2025 23:05:44 +0000

Service closing area in Oregon for wildfire prevention plan months after Trump order to increase timber production

Dozens of homeless people who have been living in a national forest in central Oregon for years were being evicted on Thursday by the US Forest Service, as it closed the area for a wildfire prevention project that will involve removing smaller trees, clearing debris and setting controlled burns over thousands of acres.