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Angus Taylor pledges to repeal swathe of climate policies, saying ‘Australia has done its bit’

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 06:45:12 +0000

Several measures were previously introduced or supported by Coalition, prompting claim Liberals and Nationals would ‘let climate change rip’

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What is an El Niño and how could it cause the hottest year on record? – video

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 06:31:43 +0000

This year’s ‘super' El Niño currently heating up the planet has surpassed the highest temperature ever recorded for the phenomenon, several months before it has even reached its expected peak. But what exactly is an El Niño and how do they work? Matilda Boseley explains

• Huge El Niño projected to cause 450,000 deaths in next six months

Fears mount that next UN chief will downgrade climate action

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 06:00:17 +0000

Experts say some of António Guterres’s possible successors could be ‘disastrous’ for efforts to tackle crisis

Fears are mounting that the next UN secretary general will downgrade the priority of the climate crisis, according to climate and civil society experts.

Huge El Niño projected to cause 450,000 deaths in next six months

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 04:00:15 +0000

New report predicts a heavy toll from Nigeria to the US – and comes on top of existing impacts of the climate crisis

More than 450,000 people are projected to die from the additional heat brought by the super El Niño in the next six months, according to estimates by climate scientists.

Outgoing UN chief says polluters have treated atmosphere like an ‘open sewer’

admin — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 21:19:45 +0000

António Guterres laments world leaders’ inaction and says oil and gas firms ‘must pay’ for climate devastation

For one last time, António Guterres tried to fix the world’s gaze upon the dangerously escalating climate crisis. But the departing UN secretary general found world leaders still largely focused on other issues, even after a painful summer of stunning climate-driven disasters.

Hats, pencils and baby pacifiers: Yellowstone staffers retrieve record amount of trash from hot springs

admin — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 20:46:15 +0000

The park is the most highly visited and strong winds make trash problem worse, with gusts blowing away items

Hold on to your hats – Yellowstone national park staffers have removed a record-setting 20,100 pieces of trash from hydrothermal areas around the geyser-filled park so far this year

The most commonly found items include 280 hats, 54 camera lens caps, 47 hair ties, 42 pencils, 36 pairs of sunglasses, 20 hotel key cards and 17 baby pacifiers.

‘Worse than the scramble for Oasis tickets’: England’s sustainable farming funds run out in just six hours

admin — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 17:22:55 +0000

Entire £233m budget for 2026 allocated in less than a day, leaving thousands of farmers disappointed

Thousands of farmers have been left empty-handed with the government’s 2026 nature funding spent in just six hours.

The £233m sustainable farming incentive (SFI) scheme opened for applications from farmers at 10am on Tuesday.

Gums, ginkgos and a golden wych elm: which will win Victoria’s tree of the year?

admin — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:00:04 +0000

From Carlton to Castlemaine, the National Trust of Victoria competition aims to raise awareness about trees

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Could you be an ‘autumn spotter’? Public asked to track changing colours of trees in England

admin — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:16:56 +0000

Forestry England invites people to help it create a record of when and how the season arrives across the country

The reds and golds of autumn leaves may be beginning to appear, but exactly when the season arrives is not always as predictable as the calendar might suggest.

Now, Forestry England is asking people to help track the changing colours of forests to create a record of when and how autumn arrives across the country.

High-mileage electric cars are more reliable than petrol ones, study finds

admin — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:37:50 +0000

EVs with 90,000 to 120,000 miles on the clock are more likely to pass MOTs than petrol models of the same age

Motorists buying a secondhand car with a lot of miles on the clock are likely to find an electric vehicle (EV) ultimately more reliable than a petrol vehicle, according to a study.

An analysis of 47.4m MOT tests found that after cars were driven 90,000 to 120,000 miles, EVs were about 25% less likely to fail than petrol models of the same age (based on a failure rate of 16.5% versus 22.1%).