Operations at a cold war lab exposed at least 1,073 people to radiation. Risks to the nearby communities persist Exposed: The Human Radiation Experiments at Hunters Point is a special report by the San Francisco Public Press, an independent non-profit news organization focused
IFS suggests gifts of land before a certain date could be tax-free so that elderly farmers would not be caught out Ministers should give farmers an inheritance tax holiday for the next few years, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has said as it warned that government
Experts say financial movements mean poor nations will in effect get billions less in value from £300bn pledge A failure to factor in inflation means the $300bn (£240bn) climate finance deal agreed at Cop29 is not the tripling of pledges that has been claimed, economists have
Britain wanted much better outcomes on many issues, but seeing the ambition at the conference gives me hope for the future The climate crisis is all around us. And the world is not moving nearly fast enough. In that context, the Cop process for climate negotiations feels
Trump’s first term, campaign pledges and nominees point to how efforts to address climate change and environmental issues may fare.
My negotiating team tried in vain to push up support for the global south. Lessons must be learned before the next summit in Brazil Mukhtar Babayev is president of the Cop29 UN climate change conference China was willing to offer more in climate finance, says Cop29 president
Study detects synergistic effect making substances more dangerous, raising alarm since humans are exposed to both Few human-made substances are as individually ubiquitous and dangerous as PFAS and microplastics , and when they join forces there is a synergistic effect that
UK energy secretary played key role in $300bn deal for developing countries, branded a ‘betrayal’ by critics Mukhtar Babayev: I’m glad we got a deal at Cop29 The UK will seek a global coalition to push for climate action after a fractious end to UN climate talks in Azerbaijan,
After spending most of his life on commercial vessels, Guillaume Picard is now fighting to keep these vast liners out of the French port of Marseille Read more in this series Few people know the sea better than Guillaume Picard. He grew up on a boat moored in the port of Hyères
Mexico is a leading international pork producer, but Yucatán residents say the waste oozing from hundreds of enormous hog farms is destroying the environment The stink of excrement was the first thing the residents of Sitilpech noticed when the farm opened in 2017. It hung over
Female almost the length of a shipping container was found dead on a drumline in August, primary industries department has revealed Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The largest great white shark ever caught in Queensland’s shark control program died
Growing infestations along the Logan river pose ‘very high risk’ of spreading downstream, Invasive Species Council says Follow our Australia politics live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast An increase in fire ant infestations
The stakes are high for donors at next month’s IDA summit in Seoul, but not investing in development means more instability globally Multilateralism is under attack. A toxic brew of multiplying conflicts, worsening climate impact, new pandemics and spiralling debt has brought
In today’s newsletter: The view from Azerbaijan is of disappointingly low direct finance guarantees to the developing world, although it is ‘less bad than nothing’ • Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First Edition Good morning. Cop29 in Baku finally finished at 5.31am
World’s largest cruise line named Europe’s most climate-polluting, despite investing millions in cleaner technologies The world’s largest cruise line company is responsible for producing more carbon dioxide in Europe than the city of Glasgow, a report has found. Analysis by the
Nearly all observers believe Chris Bowen is strongly committed to action. Most agree that can’t be said for his party Cop29 in Baku has concluded but its outcome is disappointing – in many dimensions. Its decisions on finance – agreeing that the developed world would provide
