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US climate activists condemn 18-month jail term for non-violent art museum protestor

admin — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 17:52:18 +0000

‘It’s hard to fathom how a peaceful protester can receive more prison time than many of the insurrectionists’ said one researcher, of Timothy Martin’s sentence

Climate activists have condemned an 18-month jail term for a non-violent protestor who vandalized a display case at the National Gallery of Art as “grossly disproportionate” and a violation of the constitutional protected rights to free speech and peaceful protest.

Ex-EPA head urges US to resist Trump attacks on climate action: ‘We won’t become numb’

admin — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 14:55:51 +0000

Expanded climate action from cities and states could slash planet-heating pollution despite Trump working against it

Ahead of next month’s major United Nations climate talks in Brazil, Gina McCarthy, the former Environmental Protection Agency head, said US cities and states were keeping the climate fight alive despite an all-out assault from the Trump administration.

Ken Henry warns Labor’s nature laws ‘are worthless’ unless minister tightens ‘national interest’ exemptions

admin — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 14:00:06 +0000

Exclusive: ‘Every project developer is absolutely convinced that their project is in the national interest,’ Australian Climate and Biodiversity Foundation boss says

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The luxury effect: why you’ll find more wildlife in wealthy areas – and what it means for your health

admin — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 13:00:02 +0000

The discovery that affluent neighbourhoods have more diversity of nature has implications for human wellbeing – and sheds light on the structural injustices in cities

For a long time, ecology tended to ignore people. It mostly focused on beautiful places far from large-scale human development: deep rainforest or pristine grassland. Then, in the late 1990s, in the desert city of Phoenix, Arizona, scientists shifted their gaze closer to home.

Toxin levels in fish lead to calls for UK-wide ban on mercury dental fillings

admin — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 12:00:01 +0000

Exclusive: More than 98% of fish and mussels tested in English waters contain mercury above EU safety limits

Britain is facing mounting pressure to ban mercury dental fillings, one of the few countries yet to prevent the practice, as new data reveals alarming contamination levels in the nation’s fish and shellfish.

When the rains don’t come: how drought and endless dry seasons are changing life in Puntland – in pictures

admin — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 10:00:03 +0000

October rains have been light across Somalia, a country which in recent years has found itself on the frontline of the climate crisis. The latest estimate is that 3.4 million people don’t have enough food. One of the worst affected areas is Puntland, where disappearing water sources, pasture and food supplies have forced many to abandon their way of life

Insurers calling for trees to be felled as cheap fix for subsidence, say critics

admin — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 09:45:07 +0000

Campaigners say problem so common that some of the UK’s most irreplaceable ancient trees in danger of being lost

When Linda Taylor Cantrill finally found her dream family home in Exmouth, Devon, it wasn’t the location, the square footage or the local amenities that finally made up her mind – it was the 200-year-old oak tree in the garden.

“The way we felt about just standing in the shade of the tree was: ‘We need this house, because look how beautiful it is,’” she told the Guardian.

Shell’s profits pass $43bn after production hits new highs in Brazil and Gulf of Mexico

admin — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 08:49:11 +0000

Oil company plans to buy back shares for 16th consecutive quarter as protesters say its earnings are ‘horror show’

Profits at Shell have climbed to more than $43bn for the year so far after fossil fuel production in the Gulf of Mexico reached a 20-year high and production in Brazil set a new record.

Trump-Xi meeting: US president says rare earths deal and tariff cut agreed

admin — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 08:20:53 +0000

Donald Trump hails ‘amazing’ trade talks with Chinese counterpart, with ‘no roadblock at all on rare earth’

‘White-knuckled wolf spider’ thought lost is rediscovered on Isle of Wight

admin — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 05:00:53 +0000

Conservationists hail ‘remarkable’ rediscovery after 40 years, at nature reserve only accessible by boat

A tiny spider thought to have vanished for ever from the UK has been rediscovered on a remote area of a nature reserve accessible only by boat.