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Produce in home gardens near PFAS plant in US contain dangerous levels of chemicals

admin — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 11:00:03 +0000

Research provides more evidence that food is a potentially overlooked exposure route to toxic ‘forever chemicals’

Produce grown in home gardens around a North Carolina PFAS plant contain dangerous levels of the chemicals, new research has found, providing more evidence that food is a potentially overlooked exposure route to the compounds, especially when grown near polluters.

Water firm river pollution fines must be spent on rivers, MPs to say

admin — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 09:53:33 +0000

Lib Dem Tim Farron seeks law to protect fund as Treasury tries to take control of £11m

Fines from water companies that pollute rivers must be ringfenced by law to be spent on restoring water quality in rivers, MPs will urge.

The Treasury is trying to take control of £11m in fines from water companies, which was intended for small charities to restore rivers, in a move criticised by river restoration campaigners as “appalling”.

Just Stop Oil activists interrupt Sigourney Weaver performance in The Tempest – video

admin — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 08:07:47 +0000

The Hollywood actor was stopped mid-scene as a man and a woman climbed on stage at London's Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Hayley Walsh, 42, a lecturer from Nottingham, and Richard Weir, 60, a mechanical engineer from Tynemouth, set off a confetti cannon and held up a banner referring to the 1.5C global temperature rise as a 'shipwreck', a nod to the Shakespeare play that features a ship sinking at sea

Just Stop Oil activists interrupt play starring Sigourney Weaver in London

admin — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 07:20:15 +0000

Two protesters walk on stage to boos and some cheers during performance of The Tempest in West End

Police are making inquiries into a Just Stop Oil protest that disrupted a West End performance of The Tempest starring Sigourney Weaver.

Can communities living side by side with wildlife beat Africa’s national parks at conservation?

admin — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 05:00:07 +0000

Across the continent, millions of hectares of land are being used and run by local people coexisting with wildlife in spaces where both can thrive

Photographs by Nicoló Lanfranchi

Africa’s first national park was created 100 years ago by the Belgian colonial state in the Congo, and since then hundreds more have been developed – but in many areas there is more wildlife in protected areas run by local people.

How tiny algae shaped the evolution of giant clams

admin — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 21:19:32 +0000

New research reveals how resident algae altered the genome of these fabled sea creatures, allowing them to access more nutrients.

The Guardian view on Labour’s climate plans: they should be central to the party’s purpose | Editorial

admin — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 18:57:34 +0000

An economic shift raises alarming questions about government vision, priorities and commitment to transformative policies

Rachel Reeves tells MPs of plans to go ‘further and faster’ in pursuit of growth

admin — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 18:45:17 +0000

Chancellor reassures Labour colleagues that climate concerns go ‘hand in hand’ with economic ambitions

Rachel Reeves has told MPs the government needs to go “further and faster” to increase economic growth, as Downing Street sought to reassure people concerned about the environment that net zero and increasing output go “hand in hand”.

UK politics: Miliband tells MPs UK needs to ‘speed up, not slow down’ in net zero drive – as it happened

admin — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 18:10:46 +0000

Energy secretary insists there is ‘no contradiction between net zero and economic growth’ in hearing at Commons committee

The hearing has stopped for a short break. Heather Hallett, the chair, tells Badenoch that her evidence will be finished by lunchtime.

Human case of avian flu detected in England as virus spreads among birds

admin — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 17:55:49 +0000

Second human case of H5N1 bird flu caught on farm in West Midlands but risk to public remains very low, says UKHSA

A human case of highly pathogenic bird flu has been detected in England, authorities have said, as bird flu cases escalate across the country.

It is only the second symptomatic human case of H5N1 bird flu recorded in the UK, after the first was detected in 2022, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said.