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Many ships found breaching pollution limits despite tighter controls
Many ships found breaching pollution limits despite tighter controls
Researchers using aircraft to sample exhaust plumes say infringements persist – even in stricter zones
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November 28, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Many ships found breaching pollution limits despite tighter controls
Country diary: A stag red deer, totally still, totally dominant | Elizabeth-Jane Burnett
Country diary: A stag red deer, totally still, totally dominant | Elizabeth-Jane Burnett
Raddon Hills, Devon: I spend a watchful moment with a mixed herd. Rutting season is over, but there’s no doubt who is in charge
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November 28, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Country diary: A stag red deer, totally still, totally dominant | Elizabeth-Jane Burnett
‘I knew in my head we were dying’: the last voyage of the Scandies Rose – podcast
‘I knew in my head we were dying’: the last voyage of the Scandies Rose – podcast
When a fishing boat left port in Alaska in December 2019 with an experienced crew, an icy storm was brewing. What happened to them shows why deep sea fishing is one of the most dangerous professions in the worldBy Rose George. Read by Rosalie Craig
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November 28, 2025 at 5:06 AM
‘I knew in my head we were dying’: the last voyage of the Scandies Rose – podcast
Australia finally acknowledges environment underpins all else. That’s no small thing | Ken Henry
Australia finally acknowledges environment underpins all else. That’s no small thing | Ken Henry
In what are dangerous times for democracies around the world, parliament’s overhaul of nature laws in the EPBC Act shows ambitious reform remains possible
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November 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Australia finally acknowledges environment underpins all else. That’s no small thing | Ken Henry
Mark Carney reaches deal with Alberta for oil pipeline opposed by First Nations
Mark Carney reaches deal with Alberta for oil pipeline opposed by First Nations
Prime minister says deal ‘sets the state for an industrial transformation’, but project is likely to face wide opposition
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November 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Mark Carney reaches deal with Alberta for oil pipeline opposed by First Nations
Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security
Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security
Experts lay out scale of changes needed in ‘first-of-its-kind national emergency briefing’ in Westminster
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November 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security
Willow trees on Prince William’s land in Devon poisoned with herbicide
Willow trees on Prince William’s land in Devon poisoned with herbicide
Exclusive: Unknown culprit suspected of spraying glyphosate on protected trees hoped to stop peat erosion and flooding
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November 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Willow trees on Prince William’s land in Devon poisoned with herbicide
Food is medicine, and that’s a fact. Why we all need Native American foodways
Food is medicine, and that’s a fact. Why we all need Native American foodways
Ecologically sound farming and land stewardship can change individual, collective and planetary health
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November 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Food is medicine, and that’s a fact. Why we all need Native American foodways
Inside the 72-hour rush that ended the long fight to fix Australia’s nature protection laws
Inside the 72-hour rush that ended the long fight to fix Australia’s nature protection laws
Labor hailed ‘a new era for the environment and productivity’, Greens say they landed ‘some tough blows’ and the Coalition claimed ‘dirty deal’ was done
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November 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Inside the 72-hour rush that ended the long fight to fix Australia’s nature protection laws
‘How far is it going to escalate?’ Fear Santos gas plan in Beetaloo basin could be start of NT fracking rush
‘How far is it going to escalate?’ Fear Santos gas plan in Beetaloo basin could be start of NT fracking rush
Environment group warns of ‘major risk’ to groundwater, which supplies 90% of Northern Territory water supply
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November 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
‘How far is it going to escalate?’ Fear Santos gas plan in Beetaloo basin could be start of NT fracking rush
‘There were eight of us, only two are alive’: the growing crisis of arsenic in Argentina’s water
‘There were eight of us, only two are alive’: the growing crisis of arsenic in Argentina’s water
In some of the country’s poorest, driest areas, people rely on water contaminated with arsenic 60 times over safe limits, causing crippling illnesses in families
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November 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
‘There were eight of us, only two are alive’: the growing crisis of arsenic in Argentina’s water
‘Nature feeds us more than it floods us’: Asheville after-school program teaches kids to forage
‘Nature feeds us more than it floods us’: Asheville after-school program teaches kids to forage
In the wake of Hurricane Helene, No Taste Like Home aims to rebuild trust between students and the land
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November 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
‘Nature feeds us more than it floods us’: Asheville after-school program teaches kids to forage
‘We like it a lot’: how Romania created the largest deposit return scheme in the world
‘We like it a lot’: how Romania created the largest deposit return scheme in the world
In the two years since the system was launched, beverage-packaging collection and recycling has risen to 94%
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November 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
‘We like it a lot’: how Romania created the largest deposit return scheme in the world
Wild turkeys off the menu in Maine after ‘forever chemicals’ found in birds
Wild turkeys off the menu in Maine after ‘forever chemicals’ found in birds
Contamination of wildlife with Pfas, which can increase risk of cancer, a growing problem in US
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November 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Wild turkeys off the menu in Maine after ‘forever chemicals’ found in birds
Week in wildlife: seal pups, albino turtles and a sleeping tiger
Week in wildlife: seal pups, albino turtles and a sleeping tiger
This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world
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November 27, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Week in wildlife: seal pups, albino turtles and a sleeping tiger
Authentic Algarve: exploring Portugal beyond the beach
Authentic Algarve: exploring Portugal beyond the beach
A series of walking festivals and cultural programmes aim to lure visitors to the Algarve’s woodland interiors and pretty villages to help boost tourism year round
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November 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Authentic Algarve: exploring Portugal beyond the beach
Ministers to crack down on ‘for-profit’ litter enforcers in England
Ministers to crack down on ‘for-profit’ litter enforcers in England
Councils will end contracts allowing private enforcers to receive 50% to 100% of each fine served
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November 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Ministers to crack down on ‘for-profit’ litter enforcers in England
Labor’s nature law overhaul contains wins – but we should watch for gremlins in the details | Adam Morton
Labor’s nature law overhaul contains wins – but we should watch for gremlins in the details | Adam Morton
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act changes are an improvement, but the rush to pass them was purely political
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November 27, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Labor’s nature law overhaul contains wins – but we should watch for gremlins in the details | Adam Morton
Cuddling capybaras and ogling otters: the problem with animal cafes in Asia
Cuddling capybaras and ogling otters: the problem with animal cafes in Asia
A boom in places offering petting sessions is linked to a rise in the illegal movement of exotic and endangered species, say experts
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November 27, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Cuddling capybaras and ogling otters: the problem with animal cafes in Asia
Rachel Reeves hands farmers inheritance tax break
Rachel Reeves hands farmers inheritance tax break
Treasury says concession could be worth £30m next year and £70m a year until 2030
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November 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Rachel Reeves hands farmers inheritance tax break
Weatherwatch: Can you really hear the wind?
Weatherwatch: Can you really hear the wind?
Some would argue airflow is silent, and that only the objects in its way give rise to vortex shedding or sough
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November 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Weatherwatch: Can you really hear the wind?
Country diary: The river has risen to meet the trees. This is Storm Claudia’s work | Paul Evans
Country diary: The river has risen to meet the trees. This is Storm Claudia’s work | Paul Evans
Welsh Marches, Shropshire: All the ditches and drains from the hills of mid-Wales to here burst with rain. The Severn has a deadly seriousness now
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November 27, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Country diary: The river has risen to meet the trees. This is Storm Claudia’s work | Paul Evans
Seven key takeaways: how Australia’s nature laws are changing after Labor’s deal with the Greens
Seven key takeaways: how Australia’s nature laws are changing after Labor’s deal with the Greens
Legislation to reform the EPBC Act runs to hundreds of pages – here are the main changes
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November 27, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Seven key takeaways: how Australia’s nature laws are changing after Labor’s deal with the Greens
The rewriting of Australia’s nature laws come as a relief, yet I can’t help feel a sense of foreboding | Georgina Woods
The rewriting of Australia’s nature laws come as a relief, yet I can’t help feel a sense of foreboding | Georgina Woods
The minister says quick approvals can happen while protecting the environment, but my experience tells me that haste brings unintended consequences
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November 27, 2025 at 3:46 AM
The rewriting of Australia’s nature laws come as a relief, yet I can’t help feel a sense of foreboding | Georgina Woods
Environmental activist Ben Pennings declares ‘massive victory’ after Adani drops its years-long legal pursuit
Environmental activist Ben Pennings declares ‘massive victory’ after Adani drops its years-long legal pursuit
Queensland supreme court orders Pennings, a campaigner against the Carmichael coalmine, not to seek to acquire Adani’s confidential information
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November 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Environmental activist Ben Pennings declares ‘massive victory’ after Adani drops its years-long legal pursuit