This blog is now closed. Faruqi v Hanson: Pauline Hanson told ‘white’ Derryn Hinch to go back to where he came from, court told Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast As we flagged earlier, the treasurer Jim Chalmers will today announce
Joshua Alexander Heckathorn, 20, arrested and booked into jail for second-degree burglary, criminal trespass and criminal mischief Nearly 200 programs to raise baby salmon in a controlled environment dot the rivers in Oregon, holding them before releasing them into the wild to
Campaigners say loss of £200m from active travel budget is illegal and resulted from Treasury pressure Swingeing cuts to public spending on cycling and walking in England should be overturned as government expenditure was already insufficient to meet legally binding climate
Banks may follow suit after UK weather-related claims on home insurance reach new high Britain’s biggest building society has stopped granting mortgages on some properties where there is a high risk of flooding but said this affected only “a very limited number” of homes.
Gardeners’ World presenter Arit Anderson creating colourful display to encourage gardeners to move away from peat A completely peat-free garden will be showcased at the Hampton Court Palace flower show so the public can “have a chat about peat-free gardening” and learn how to
Agency announces rule on methylene chloride, colorless liquid used for stripping paint, cleaning metal and decaffeinating coffee The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Tuesday that it will ban most uses of methylene chloride, a colorless liquid used for
Internal documents revealed by committee show companies lobbied against climate laws they publicly claimed to support Big oil has privately acknowledged its efforts to downplay the dangers of burning fossil fuels, US Democrats have found. Major fossil-fuel firms have also
National Park Service will reintroduce bears to Washington’s North Cascades and won’t remove horses from North Dakota park Wildlife advocates are celebrating “incredible” news for the preservation of threatened bears, and a herd of historically significant wild horses, in
The far right are on the march in Germany and the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany has become the most popular party in several states. Immigration and a sense of being economically left behind have been driving factors in the rise in popularity but the Green party and
The state’s last sugar processing mill closed because there’s just not enough water in the Rio Grande to share between the US and Mexico Tudor Uhlhorn has been too busy auctioning off agricultural equipment to grieve the “death” of Texas’s last sugar mill. “I’m as sad as
Nitrogen, phosphorus, chloride, oil and cyanide among the 371m lb of pollutants released by just 41 plants in five years Tyson Foods dumped millions of pounds of toxic pollutants directly into American rivers and lakes over the last five years, threatening critical ecosystems,
Campaigners say last-minute compromise plays into the hands of petrostates and industry influences Campaigners are blaming developed countries for capitulating at the last minute to pressure from fossil fuel and industry lobbyists, and slowing progress towards the first global
Clean Water Alliance lays out three-part strategy for action ‘Further and faster action on pollution’ needed, says group Seven water-based sports, including British Rowing, British Triathlon and Swim England, have formed an alliance to demand the government go “further and
Crossbench MPs and conservationists say clearing exemplifies failed environmental reform as endangered species like Gouldian finch face habitat destruction Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast The destruction of woodland habitat for
Guardian Seascapes reporter Karen McVeigh tells Madeleine Finlay about a recent trip to the Galápagos Islands, where mounds of plastic waste are washing up and causing problems for endemic species. Tackling this kind of waste and the overproduction of plastic were the topics on
So long as oil and gas companies remain wedded to self-interest, the push against them isn’t going away Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Australia’s south-west is suffering through a historic dry stretch. Perth had the lowest rainfall