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The Guardian view on Australia’s federal election: progressives must vote strategically

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:00:20 +0000

Anthony Albanese has delivered steady, gradual reform – but a minority government might force Labor to push through bolder solutions

One Nation candidate poised to help Coalition in handshake deal has railed against climate science and Covid ‘little Hitlers’

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:00:17 +0000

Exclusive: Stuart Bonds could hand the Nationals the seat of Hunter thanks to a preference deal and ‘last minute’ change to how-to-vote cards

It’s the anti net-zero, anti-woke Tony Blair – how was this man ever considered a progressive? | Zoe Williams

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 14:59:30 +0000

The former PM has form when it comes to pushing corporate interests and meeting populists halfway

Equinor considers suing Trump administration over halted US windfarm

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 11:46:53 +0000

Norway’s state energy company’s $2.5bn project off coast of New York was almost a third finished

Norway’s state energy company may take Donald Trump’s administration to court after it ordered an “unprecedented” halt to a $2.5bn (£1.87bn) windfarm project off the coast of New York.

Equinor is considering its legal options after the US interior secretary, Doug Burgum, ordered the company to “immediately halt all construction activities” on an offshore windfarm last month.

Climate experts and politicians round on Tony Blair for ‘wrong message’

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 10:25:31 +0000

Former Labour PM accused of ‘handing talking points’ to Tories and Reform after saying net zero strategy faltering

Scientists hope sequencing genome of tiny ‘functionally extinct’ frog could help save it

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 09:05:21 +0000

Corroboree frog belongs to 100m-year-old family of amphibians but is now found only in the puddles and peat bogs of Kosciuszko national park

Scientists have sequenced the genome of the critically endangered southern corroboree frog – one of Australia’s most threatened amphibians – in hope that the information could be used to aid its recovery.

Tony Blair’s climate crisis views ‘absolutely aligned’ with government policy, Starmer says – UK politics live

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 08:54:10 +0000

PM says he and Blair aligned ‘if you look at the detail of what he said’

PMQs is starting soon.

Here is the list of MPs down to ask a question.

Common pesticide caused mass death of little corellas, NSW environment watchdog confirms

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 07:00:49 +0000

EPA says toxicology tests after distressing March event detected fenitrothion – which is currently under review – in all dead birds

‘Alarming’ bug splat decline on UK cars raises fears for flying insect numbers

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 07:00:16 +0000

Annual survey of numberplates from more than 25,000 journeys reveals 63% fall in squashed bugs since 2021

The long-term decline in the number of flying insects being splattered on cars after a journey is well recognised by older drivers. But the latest survey has revealed that the number of insects found on vehicle number plates has plummeted by 63% since 2021.

An analysis of records from more than 25,000 journeys across Britain since 2021 reveals an alarming apparent drop in flying insect abundance, although the rate of decrease slowed in 2024.

Company supplying critical EV metal ‘did not disclose’ Erin Brockovich pollutant in drinking water

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 06:00:16 +0000

Leaked documents indicate Harita, owner of key nickel mine in Indonesia, did not reveal water contamination

One of Indonesia’s largest nickel-mining companies, which supplies a mineral critical to the global electric car industry, did not tell the public that local drinking water was polluted, according to documents seen by the Guardian.