With hundreds of highly prized species, bird tourism is thriving in the country – and farmers are increasingly turning their land into nature reserves When it came to dividing up his late father’s farm between five brothers, Vinicio Bacuilima says he drew the short straw.
Bright hue of Clear Lake, state’s largest freshwater basin, may have been caused by cyanobacteria and other phytoplankton California’s largest freshwater lake has turned bright green due to algae blooms so intense they are visible from space, Nasa has announced, sharing
Climate Superfund Act compels oil companies to pay potentially billions of dollars for climate impacts caused by their emissions Vermont has become the first state to enact a law holding oil firms financially responsible for climate damages, after the Republican governor, Phil
Western Texas briefly looked like a ‘winter wonderland’ amid dramatic temperature drop and hailstorm Just as people start bringing out their shorts for the start of summer, one Texas town had to reach for something rarely seen in late May: a snowplough. Parts of the state saw a
Labour leader says it was ‘most efficient form of transport’ from Wales and party has offset the carbon Keir Starmer has admitted he used a private jet to travel to a campaign rally in Scotland where he promised to create “tens of thousands” of clean energy jobs with a new
Rules target contaminants such as mercury, benzene and lead released by coke ovens used by facilities to burn coal New Environmental Protection Agency rules aim to crack down on toxic air pollution from US steelmakers by limiting pollutants such as mercury, benzene and lead
RHS fears non-native fungi could alter microbiology of soil when grown in gardens or disposed of in compost heaps A boom in the popularity of mushroom-growing at home could lead to a biodiversity disaster, UK garden experts have warned. There has been a rise in the number of
Zoo welcomes 11 Humboldt chicks, its highest number in a decade, including Thistle and Daffodil In previous years Chester zoo’s new penguin chicks have been named after crisps – Frazzle, Wotsit – and local football club owners – Ryan, Rob – but the names p … p … p … picked this
EPA says proposal to keep Hunter Valley Operations mines going to 2050 would release almost 30m tonnes of CO2 Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast The New South Wales environment