Unanimously passed ordinance makes employers give contractors access to rest, shade, water and air conditioning in hottest US city Phoenix, Arizona, passed a landmark rule this week that will provide protections from extreme heat for thousands of outdoor workers in the hottest
Global adoption of diet low in meat would aid health, land and food systems as well as reducing emissions, researchers say A global shift to a mostly plant-based “flexitarian” diet could reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help restrict global heating to 1.5C, a new study
Chase Hays and more than 50 neighbors are suing Blackhawk Mining after a silt retention pond burst and killed 43 people Chase Hays knew it was time to evacuate when he saw his neighbor’s home float through his front yard. It was just after midnight on 28 July 2022, and Lost
Government asked to put ‘people and planet before profits’ as analysis shows potential illegal discharging of raw sewage How polluted is your local river and which regions are worst hit? Regulators face pressure to act after further evidence of potentially illegal activity by
Drone used to identify animal that went on rampage in northern Slovakia this month, says Tomáš Taraba A brown bear has been killed by an armed patrol after drone technology identified it as the animal that injured five people during a rampage in a town in northern Slovakia this
Richard Meal is second senior leader to depart following Guardian investigation into failings at UK nuclear waste site A former Royal Air Force officer who has led Sellafield’s information security for more than a decade is to leave the vast nuclear waste site in north-west
‘If ever there was a perfect case-study of the negative impacts on taxpayers of privatisation of strategic public assets, Eraring is it’, Tim Buckley says Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast New South Wales may end up paying $150m a year
UN Food Waste Index report also finds global food wastage is big contributor to climate crisis More than a billion meals are thrown away every day, in poor countries as well as rich ones, despite more than 730 million people living in hunger around the world. About a fifth of
Boats had been barred from landing since July 2022 owing to virus, which has ravaged populations of seabirds The puffins started arriving two weeks ago – and now there are thousands of them fizzing around in a mad frenzy. They have joined kittiwakes, guillemots, razorbills,
Call for environmental emergency to be declared after data reveals 105% rise in raw sewage discharges over past 12 months How polluted is your local river and which regions are worst hit? Water companies in England have faced a barrage of criticism as data revealed raw sewage
IFRC and USAid staging conference to draw attention to risks and share best practice in disaster alerts and response Two of the world’s biggest aid agencies will host an inaugural global summit on extreme heat on Thursday as directors warn that the climate crisis is
They thought their redeveloped 19th-century building was safe – but after learning it still contained toxic levels of lead, they formed a tenants union Katy Slininger was one of dozens of residents who moved into the Lofts at the Cargill Falls Mill in Putnam, Connecticut,
Retailers will have to file regular reports to UK regulator after concerns over environmental claims Business live – latest updates Asda, Asos and Boohoo must avoid making misleading claims about the green credentials of their clothes in future, after a regulatory crackdown on
Steven Miles urges authorities to enable magpie to be reunited with ‘devastated’ Gold Coast carers and its ‘best friend’, their Staffy dog Peggy Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Queensland’s premier has thrown his support for a campaign
Eccentric Victorian owner of Waterton Park, near Wakefield, made pioneering decisions to protect wildlife A Yorkshire parkland regarded as the world’s first nature reserve – which was created by an eccentric pioneering 19th-century environmentalist – has been given a Grade II
Natural England-backed scheme at most southerly tip of UK will nurture lichens, liverworts and wildflowers The landscape at the most southerly tip of mainland Britain is expansive and grand: rolling heath and grasslands, spectacular cliffs, crashing waves. But a recovery
Some ‘ecologically sound’ brands contain as little as 2.7% of the eco-friendly paper alternative In the bathrooms of the ecologically conscious, bamboo toilet paper is the new bottom line – a supposedly green alternative to the bog-standard pulp-based loo roll that requires the
Bacteria discovered during regular testing by River Action Winning teams jumping in river could be consigned to history Boat Race organisers have issued new safety guidance for the race on Saturday, warning rowers not to enter the water and to cover any open wounds, after high