Week in wildlife: a wet macaque, four little pigs and a stowaway fox

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UK energy prices are soaring – and propagandists want to sell you a false reason why | George Monbiot

The war on Iran has put fossil-fuel prices centre stage, but don’t believe those who tout ‘maximising the North Sea’ as our salvation These are burning, smoking lies. As oil and gas prices soar, thanks to the US and Israel’s attack on Iran, the UK’s opponents of climate policy

The Guardian: Environment • 8h

Nearly three-quarters of England’s woods inaccessible to public, study finds

Exclusive: Campaigners call for government to introduce right-to-roam bill that allows people to walk around their local woodlands Nearly three-quarters of England’s woods are off-limits to the public, buried government documents show. The study by Forest Research, which is a

The Guardian: Environment • 9h

Mining’s toxic timebomb: dams full of poisonous waste are dotted around the world. What happens when they burst?

While tailings dams are meant to last for ever, extreme weather events are making many unstable – with devastating consequences for nature and humans As soon as the barrier broke, a flood of poison brought death to the river. Gushing through the fragile wall built to hold back

The Guardian: Environment • 9h

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Week in wildlife: a wet macaque, four little pigs and a stowaway fox

UK energy prices are soaring – and propagandists want to sell you a false reason why | George Monbiot

Nearly three-quarters of England’s woods inaccessible to public, study finds

Mining’s toxic timebomb: dams full of poisonous waste are dotted around the world. What happens when they burst?