Clean tech’s key minerals now drive western rearmament, reviving extractive ambition and exposing the toxic cost of dependence It’s an irony that the minerals needed to save the planet may help destroy it. Rare earth elements, the mineral backbones of wind turbines and electric
Unusually aggressive lone star ticks, common in the south-east, are spreading to areas previously too cold for them Blood-sucking ticks that trigger a bizarre allergy to meat in the people they bite are exploding in number and spreading across the US, to the extent that they
Guardian investigation sheds light on private intelligence industry that runs covert surveillance operations Is surveillance by private operators legal in the UK? Wildlife activists who exposed horrific conditions at Scottish salmon farms were subjected to “Big Brother”
Exclusive: Doctors say clean air zones need expanding, after 45,458 visits in first half of this year – up from 31,376 last year The number of patients being treated by GPs for asthma attacks has increased by 45% in a year, prompting calls for urgent action to tackle toxic
Negotiators doubt countries’ financial and environmental commitment as military and trade wars divert attention “Climate is our biggest war. Climate is here for the next 100 years. We need to focus and … not allow those [other] wars to take our attention away from the bigger
The Poo-tastic Tasmanian Paint Off asks artists to use a unique medium to paint portraits of people they admire Karin Koch was inspired to start the world’s first animal poo painting competition after buying a large and highly detailed painting created out of cow dung by the
