Researchers also find zebra finches 20% less likely to hatch from eggs if exposed to noise pollution Noise pollution from traffic stunts growth in baby birds, even while inside the egg, research has found. Unhatched birds and hatchlings that are exposed to noise from city
Shadow minister Steve Reed vows to uphold targets on biodiversity loss and protecting land and sea Labour has pledged to halt the decline of British species and protect at least 30% of the land and sea by 2030 if it is elected. Steve Reed, the shadow environment secretary, also
World Weather Attribution group says intensified El Niño effects caused torrential rain, but rules out cloud seeding as cause Fossil fuels and concrete combined to worsen the “death trap” conditions during recent record flooding in the United Arab Emirates and Oman, a study has
Channel Ten show’s planned use of biomethane and hydrogen in cooking challenges ‘completely out of sync’ with changing attitudes, critics say Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Environmentalists have accused the hit reality TV show
Fossil fuel and petrochemical campaigners at Ottawa summit outnumber scientists, EU and Indigenous delegates The number of fossil fuel and petrochemical industry lobbyists has increased by more than a third at UN talks to agree the first global treaty to cut plastic pollution,
Scheme for plastic bottles and cans put back to 2027 while environment minister says glass recycling ‘unduly’ complex A UK deposit return scheme for recycling drinks bottles has been delayed to 2027, meaning it will not be in place until almost a decade after it was proposed.
New EPA directive will cut pollution equivalent to the emissions of 328m cars, but industry group decries it as a ‘reckless plan’ Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued on Thursday by the Environmental Protection
Energy watchdog warns pace must accelerate to hit targets after new batteries increased capacity by 130% The rollout of batteries across the global electricity industry more than doubled last year but will need to be six times faster if the world hopes to meet its renewable
Years after the emergency, the Michigan city is yet to replace all lead pipes and affected families are still awaiting justice Earlier this month, Brittany Thomas received a call that her 11-year-old daughter Janiyah had experienced a seizure at school. “She’d been seizure-free
Mona Hanna-Attisha launched a program to provide funds during a newborn’s first year – and wants to replicate it across the country Flint residents grapple with water crisis a decade later: ‘If we had the energy left, we’d cry’ In 2015, Dr Mona Hanna-Attisha alerted the world
As the climate crisis has deepened, protesters have become more confrontational – and their ambitions have grown The head of ExxonMobil told to “eat shit” as he was about to receive an award. A US senator and coal boss called a “sick fuck”, almost sparking a brawl. Theatre
Scottish first minister says scrapping power-sharing deal ‘marks a new beginning for the SNP government’ Humza Yousaf has put the Scottish National party on an election footing after unilaterally scrapping his party’s landmark coalition with the Greens and signalling he will
Broad terms of subpoenas a ‘chilling’ precedent that could undermine future climate litigation, legal experts say Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast A federal court judge has allowed Santos to subpoena paperwork held by three activist
Authorities are rushing to save more than 150 whales from a mass stranding at a beach in Western Australia’s south-west. Four pods have spread across roughly 500 metres at Toby Inlet near Dunsborough and 26 of these have died, Parks and Wildlife Service Western Australia
Brazil, Germany, Spain and South Africa sign motion for fairer tax system to deliver £250bn a year extra to fight poverty and climate crisis ‘Why we need a global tax on billionaires ’ The world’s 3,000 billionaires should pay a minimum 2% tax on their fast-growing wealth to
Green Finance Institute report said further pollution could cut 12% off GDP by 2030s The destruction of nature over the rest of the decade could trigger a bigger economic slump in Britain than those caused by the 2008 global financial crisis and the Covid pandemic, experts have
Few economic and social benefits will come to Africans if processing is all done overseas, says Wanjira Mathai Africa must take greater control in the industries it supplies with raw materials to lift its people from poverty and seize its own destiny in a low-carbon world, one
Illnesses such as dengue and malaria to reach unaffected parts of northern Europe, America, Asia and Australia, conference to hear Mosquito-borne diseases are spreading across the globe, and particularly in Europe, due to climate breakdown, an expert has said. The insects