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Benedict Cumberbatch says Hollywood is a ‘grossly wasteful industry’

admin — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 11:36:48 +0000

Speaking to Ruthie Rogers, the actor took aim at the film industry’s lack of sustainability, noting he ‘could feed a family with the amount I’m eating’ when bulking up for film roles

Benedict Cumberbatch has called the Hollywood film industry “grossly wasteful”, taking particular issue with its squandering of resources in the aid of set building, lighting – and bulking up physiques for blockbusters.

Want to import toxic chemicals into Britain with scant scrutiny? Labour says: go right ahead | George Monbiot

admin — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 05:00:44 +0000

Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Tory fantasy of a post-Brexit bonfire of regulations is coming true. Our bodies and ecosystems will pay the price

It’s what the extreme right of the Tory party wanted from Brexit: to tear down crucial public protections, including those that defend us from the most brutal and dangerous forms of capital. The Conservatives lost office before they were able to do their worst. But never mind, because Labour has now picked up the baton.

‘Total infiltration’: How plastics industry swamped vital global treaty talks

admin — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 04:00:44 +0000

Petrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet

Being surrounded and yelled at about “misrepresenting reality” is not how serious United Nations-hosted negotiations are meant to proceed. But that is what happened to Prof Bethanie Carney Almroth during talks about a global treaty to slash plastic pollution in Ottawa, Canada. The employees of a large US chemicals company “formed a ring” around her, she says.

Substantial gains and little downside from farming of Totoaba macdonaldi

admin — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 04:00:00 +0000

npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 23 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s44183-025-00143-4

Substantial gains and little downside from farming of Totoaba macdonaldi

Australian taxpayers on the hook to pay Chevron more than $500m to clean up oil wells

admin — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 01:00:27 +0000

Deal struck in 1980s refunds about half of what the US multinational fossil fuel company paid in royalties, documents show

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World on brink of climate breakthrough as fossil fuels ‘run out of road’, UN chief says

admin — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 13:40:01 +0000

António Guterres says ‘sun is rising on a clean energy age’ as 90% of renewable power projects cheaper than fossil fuels

The world is on the brink of a breakthrough in the climate fight and fossil fuels are running out of road, the UN chief said on Tuesday, as he urged countries to funnel support into low-carbon energy.

‘Magical’: butterfly sightings across the UK this summer

admin — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 11:49:38 +0000

Naturalists say it has been an “outstanding” summer for butterflies and other flying insects after last summer’s dramatic decline. Here are some of your sightings so far this year

Diving for the disappeared: the dangerous underwater hunt for Colombia’s missing

admin — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 11:00:43 +0000

The dark waters of San Antonio estuary are thought to hide 190 bodies, killed over decades of conflict. The first state-backed search turned to local experts to try to find them

As scuba diver Pedro Albarracín scours the muddy seabed surrounding Skull Island, opposite the Colombian port city of Buenaventura, he invokes the protection of Yemayá, goddess of the seas, and Oshun, goddess of the rivers – deities of the Yoruba faith.

‘Disgraceful step backward’: USDA ends support for Black farmers, saying it ‘sufficiently’ handled discrimination

admin — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 10:00:38 +0000

Agency will no longer use ‘socially disadvantaged’, which describes people subjected to discrimination, including Black, Hispanic, Native American, and Asian groups

This story was originally published by Capital B, a nonprofit newsroom that centers Black voices.

Lloyd Wright isn’t shocked that the US Department of Agriculture is reversing a 35-year-old policy meant to help Black farmers in favor of a race-neutral approach.

Clearing Gaza rubble could yield 90,000 tonnes of planet-heating emissions

admin — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 09:00:50 +0000

Processing debris from Israel’s destruction of homes, schools and hospitals could take four decades

Millions of tonnes of rubble left by Israel’s bombardment of Gaza could generate more than 90,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions – and take as long as four decades to remove and process, a study has found.