Estuaries – the place where a river meets the ocean – are often called the “nurseries of the sea”. They are home to many of…
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South Carolina police field calls from residents alarmed by noisy cicadas
Emerging cicadas are so loud in one South Carolina county that residents are calling the sheriff’s office asking why they can hear sirens or a…
View More South Carolina police field calls from residents alarmed by noisy cicadasWoodside Energy’s climate plan rejected by shareholders in ‘globally unprecedented’ rebuke
Woodside Energy has suffered an embarrassing rebuke of its climate credentials after its emissions plan was overwhelmingly rejected by shareholders at its annual general meeting…
View More Woodside Energy’s climate plan rejected by shareholders in ‘globally unprecedented’ rebukeWhat the Cybertruck’s many failures mean for Tesla
Tesla recalled all Cybertrucks Friday after federal safety regulators contacted the company over malfunctions with the vehicle’s accelerator pedal. New Cybertruck orders have been reportedly…
View More What the Cybertruck’s many failures mean for TeslaDeveloper withdraws from controversial Toondah Harbour project
Walker Corporation has withdrawn its proposal for an apartment and retail development on an internationally important wetland at Queensland’s Moreton Bay. The environment and water…
View More Developer withdraws from controversial Toondah Harbour project‘Reprehensible retreat’: fury as Scottish ministers scrap carbon emissions pledge
Climate campaigners have accused Scottish ministers of being “inept” and “short-termist” after they scrapped Scotland’s target to cut carbon emissions by 75% by 2030. Màiri…
View More ‘Reprehensible retreat’: fury as Scottish ministers scrap carbon emissions pledgeClean energy’s dirty secret: the trail of waste left by India’s solar power boom
Under the scorching sun, a sea of solar panels gleams in the semi-arid landscape. Pavagada, 100 miles north of Bengaluru in southern India, is the…
View More Clean energy’s dirty secret: the trail of waste left by India’s solar power boom‘The courgettes were so good last year, I got a tattoo of one’: life on a Birmingham allotment
On Dads Lane, where several Birmingham suburbs meet, there is a gap in the houses, no wider than a driveway. If you didn’t know what…
View More ‘The courgettes were so good last year, I got a tattoo of one’: life on a Birmingham allotmentLeft to rot: how a prisoner cleaned up Panama’s dirtiest jail – and its inmates
La Joyita prison, just outside Panama City, was notorious for being filthy, overcrowded and dangerous. It was known as the “stomach of the beast” for…
View More Left to rot: how a prisoner cleaned up Panama’s dirtiest jail – and its inmatesBack on the rack: the best ways to sell secondhand clothes
It’s a Saturday morning and I’m pulling clothes out of my suitcase and hanging them on a rack. Around me are three others attending their…
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