Walker Corporation has withdrawn its proposal for an apartment and retail development on an internationally important wetland at Queensland’s Moreton Bay.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…
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‘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…
View More Back on the rack: the best ways to sell secondhand clothesHave Australian drivers finally charged into electric vehicles?
Newcomer brands and luxury marques are dominating booming electric car sales as mainstream players struggle to match the pace of a fast-evolving EV market. The…
View More Have Australian drivers finally charged into electric vehicles?AstraZeneca CEO’s £18.7m pay approved despite shareholder rebellion
AstraZeneca has suffered a shareholder rebellion against an £18.7m pay packet for the pharmaceutical company’s chief executive, Pascal Soriot, with more than a third of…
View More AstraZeneca CEO’s £18.7m pay approved despite shareholder rebellionWorld’s coal power capacity rises despite climate warnings
The world’s coal power capacity grew for the first time since 2019 last year, despite warnings that coal plants need to close at a rate…
View More World’s coal power capacity rises despite climate warningsFailure to insulate UK homes costing thousands of lives a year, says report
The government’s failure to insulate the UK’s cold and leaky homes is costing thousands of lives a year, according to analysis. The report from…
View More Failure to insulate UK homes costing thousands of lives a year, says report