Toxicity from farm chemicals increased for most species groups between 2013 and 2019, with insects worst affected Ecological harm from pesticides is growing globally, a study has found, with bugs, fish, pollinators and land-based plants among six species groups hit hardest.
President condemns ‘environmental and health crime’ as critics say Israel seeks to make southern Lebanon uninhabitable Lebanon has accused Israel of spraying a herbicide linked to cancer on farmland in the south of the country as a “health crime” that would threaten food
State culled a number of the non-native reptiles after thousands were ‘cold-stunned’ and dropped from trees Wildlife officials in Florida say they euthanized more than 5,000 non-native iguanas in the state after hordes of the reptiles froze and fell from trees in this week’s
Exclusive: Campaigners say proposed cut from £11.9bn over past five years to £9bn over next five years will cost lives and livelihoods The UK plans to slash its aid to poor countries stricken by the climate crisis by more than a fifth, the Guardian has learned, despite promises
CAA’s guidance also including booking sites to enable passengers to make ‘more informed travel decisions’ Airlines and booking firms should give UK customers information about the environmental impact of their flights, the regulator has said. The Civil Aviation Authority urged
Animal Equality says two surprise inspections in three years suggests ‘embarrassingly poor’ level of scrutiny Scottish salmon farmers recorded more than 35m unexpected salmon deaths in just under three years but there were only two unannounced inspections of facilities over the
In first-of-its-kind complaint, state accused four fossil fuel majors and US oil lobbying group of climate disinformation Amid rising concern about global heating and soaring energy costs , Michigan has sued big oil for allegedly fueling both crises – a move experts have hailed
Charity praises effort to stop Ramsgate’s Pie Factory Music closing but calls for more youth services in coastal towns The last remaining youth centre in one of England’s most deprived coastal places has been saved from being sold after a long campaign by the charity that has
Shas Sheehan challenges refusal to remove 25,000 tonnes of waste causing ‘grave environmental hazard’ near school A 25,000-tonne illegal waste dump next to a primary school in Wigan presents “a grave environmental hazard” and should be cleared, the chair of the Lords
On a recent trip to Lake Geneva in Switzerland, biodiversity reporter Phoebe Weston witnessed the impact of one of the planet’s most potent invasive species, the quagga mussel. In just a decade the mollusc, originally from the Ponto-Caspian region of the Black Sea, has caused
States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points Flawed economic models mean the accelerating impact of the climate crisis could lead to a global financial crash, experts warn. Recovery would be far harder than
Industry bigger than all but seven world economies, and accounts for more than third of China’s economic growth China’s clean energy industries drove more than 90% of the country’s investment growth last year, making the sectors bigger than all but seven of the world’s
