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Monday briefing: The ‘toxic cocktail’ of climate denial, federal cuts and the Texas floods

admin — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 05:47:38 +0000

In today’s newsletter: Amid at least 129 deaths and billions of dollars of damage, there has been little reckoning about the part global heating and cuts to public services may have played in the disaster

Good morning. The death toll from the catastrophic floods in Texas has climbed to 129, including at least 27 children and counsellors at Camp Mystic in Kerr County.

Killer in the nest: how young storks are being strangled by plastic

admin — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 05:00:05 +0000

Researchers in Europe found everyday plastics, especially farmers’ baler twine, being used by the birds as a building material and entangling their young. It is a problem that affects other species too, say experts in the US, UK and Argentina

On a late spring morning in the farmlands of southern Portugal, Dr Marta Acácio set her ladder against a tree and began to climb. Four metres up, she reached the giant white stork nest that was her goal. She knew from telescopic camera shots there was a healthy looking chick inside – and now she wanted to ring it.

‘Profound concern’ as scientists say extreme heat ‘now the norm’ in UK

admin — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 05:00:04 +0000

Increasing frequency of heatwaves and flooding raises fears over health, infrastructure and how society functions

Ed Miliband to tell MPs who reject net zero policies they are betraying future generations

Record-breaking extreme weather is the new norm in the UK, scientists have said, showing that the country is firmly in the grip of the climate crisis.

Ed Miliband to tell MPs who reject net zero policies they are betraying future generations

admin — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 05:00:04 +0000

Exclusive: Energy secretary’s ‘radical truth-telling’ comes as Reform plans net zero bonfire and Tories also ditch targets

‘Profound concern’ as scientists say extreme heat ‘now the norm’ in UK

Ed Miliband would let a turbine farm destroy Brontë country. We need net zero, but at what cost? | Simon Jenkins

admin — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 05:00:03 +0000

Of course the climate crisis must be confronted, but history, tranquility and beauty must also count for something

Report: Ed Miliband to tell MPs who reject net zero policies they are betraying future generations

Greens question ‘due diligence’ around Labor’s antisemitism envoy pick – as it happened

admin — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 21:04:39 +0000

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Heavy rain in Texas halts rescue efforts as officials warn of further flooding

admin — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 20:37:35 +0000

State authorities believe more than 160 people could still be missing as flash flood warnings remain in Kerr county

More heavy rains in Texas on Sunday paused a weeklong search for victims of catastrophic flooding along the Guadalupe River and led to high-water rescues elsewhere as officials warned that the downpours could again cause waterways to surge.

Wildfires destroy historic lodge on Grand Canyon’s North Rim, park says

admin — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 19:12:20 +0000

Grand Canyon Lodge consumed by two wildfires that have burned more than 45,000 acres in area

The historic Grand Canyon Lodge on the monument’s North Rim has been destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire, the park said on Sunday. The blaze has forced officials to close access to that area for the season.

Beaker Street Science Photography prize – in pictures

admin — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 15:00:43 +0000

Finalists for 2025 will be exhibited at Hobart’s Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery from 6 to 31 August as part of the Beaker Street festival and will include the first-ever image of a wild eastern quoll glowing under UV light

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More than half of koalas relocated to NSW forest died in failed government attempt at reintroduction

admin — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 15:00:42 +0000

Exclusive: Translocation and deaths of seven out of 13 koalas in April, with some showing signs of septicaemia, not made public by state government

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