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The Guardian view on green homes: solar panels and heat pumps should be a bare minimum | Editorial

admin — Thu, 15 May 2025 17:30:32 +0000

Ministers must resist pressure to relax environmental standards in the rush for new housing

‘No one wants a building that kills birds’: why cities are turning off the lights

admin — Thu, 15 May 2025 16:37:27 +0000

As avian numbers plunge, activists demand action to save birds from crashing into high-rise blocks

The wren’s legs were tucked delicately underneath its diminutive body, slumped on its side as if asleep. If it wasn’t lying on the bare concrete of a Texas street, there would be few clues that it had endured a crunching, violent death.

Echidna mothers change their pouch microbiome to protect tiny ‘pink jelly bean’ puggles, new research finds

admin — Thu, 15 May 2025 15:00:35 +0000

Egg-laying monotremes have no nipples, so young rub their beaks against ‘milk patch’ to get milk from mother’s skin

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When echidna mothers nurse their young, known as puggles, the microbiome of their pouch changes to protect their babies in their first weeks of life, new research has found.

RSPCA Victoria warns surging animal cruelty against horses cannot be investigated without more funding

admin — Thu, 15 May 2025 15:00:33 +0000

Organisation receives $2.3m from the Victorian government but has projected operation costs of $10.8m this year

The RSPCA has warned it may not be able to investigate animal cruelty complaints against horses unless it receives more funding, as it reports a surge in the number of horses subject to cruelty complaints in the past 12 months.

Half-yearly loss of almost $15m for NSW native forest logging shows industry future shaky, conservationists say

admin — Thu, 15 May 2025 15:00:33 +0000

Former independent MP accuses division of throwing ‘good money after bad only to see our native wildlife suffer’

How 'forever chemicals' have seeped into almost everything – video

admin — Thu, 15 May 2025 13:21:37 +0000

Pfas are a group of thousands of chemicals that are used for their non-stick and water-resistant properties. They are often refered to as 'forever chemicals' because they can take thousands of years to break down. Pfas are being found in so many everyday items that it's starting to feel like they are everywhere - non-stick frying pans, waterproof mascaras, stain-resistant clothing, packaging for takeaway food items. Pfas are even in our food, our drinking water and in the rain.

The US buried millions of gallons of wartime nuclear waste – Doge cuts could wreck the cleanup

admin — Thu, 15 May 2025 13:00:12 +0000

Hanford made the plutonium for US atomic bombs, and its radioactive waste must be dealt with. Enter Elon Musk

In the bustling rural city of Richland, in south-eastern Washington, the signs of a nuclear past are all around.

A small museum explains its role in the Manhattan Project and its “singular mission – [to] develop the world’s first atomic bomb before the enemy might do the same”. The city’s high school sports team is still known as the Bombers, with a logo that consists of the letter R set with a mushroom cloud.

Trump officials want to cut limits of Pfas in drinking water – what will the impact be?

admin — Thu, 15 May 2025 13:00:12 +0000

The EPA is attempting actions that violate the law, some say, and Biden administration’s progress can’t be fully undone

The Trump administration has announced it would attempt to kill some of the strong new Pfas “forever chemical” drinking water limits set in April 2024.

A seadragon and flushing worms: Environmental Photography award winners – in pictures

admin — Thu, 15 May 2025 11:34:29 +0000

Winning images from the 2025 Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Environmental Photography award, selected from 10,000 images submitted globally. The contest aims to reward photographers who put their creativity to good use in raising awareness of the importance of environmental protection

South Korea’s female freedivers: TV has made stars of the haenyeo but what is their real story?

admin — Thu, 15 May 2025 08:00:20 +0000

The craze for Korean culture has brought fame to the ‘women of the sea’, but not always to their benefit. Now they want to reclaim their stories to inspire a new generation