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Free up fertiliser supplies to avert global food crisis, Yvette Cooper urges

admin — Mon, 18 May 2026 23:01:00 +0000

UK foreign secretary says urgent pressure needed to get strait of Hormuz reopened and fertiliser and fuel moving

Global fertiliser supplies must be freed up within weeks to avoid disaster, with harvests suffering and food prices rising, the UK’s foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, has said.

Trump officials plan to repeal limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water

admin — Mon, 18 May 2026 20:19:34 +0000

EPA outlines effort to kill Biden-era rules as critics condemn RFK Jr and Lee Zeldin’s ‘hocus pocus’

The Trump administration has announced a plan to kill Biden-era drinking water limits on four Pfas “forever chemicals”, and to delay the implementation of standards for two other compounds.

Signs of ‘feeding’ ritual at dingo burial site shed new light on bond between First Nations people and canines

admin — Mon, 18 May 2026 14:01:49 +0000

Never documented archaeologically before, evidence points to First Nations people caring for and nursing the animal

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Trump cuts to weather data could make forecasts less reliable, warn experts

admin — Mon, 18 May 2026 12:00:46 +0000

Use of AI is a valuable tool for weather prediction but only when it’s trained with ample data, experts say

As the US prepares for hurricane season and a summer of record-breaking heat, experts fear the Trump administration’s cuts to climate and weather data programming could make the federal government’s weather forecasts less reliable when they are needed most.

For sale: one cute baby gibbon – mother probably killed by poachers

admin — Mon, 18 May 2026 10:00:54 +0000

Rising demand for exotic pets is pushing many gibbon species to extinction, with their strong family bonds making them especially vulnerable to the brutal trade

It is a cool morning in Thailand’s hilly north, and a wildlife officer sits on the veranda of Omkoi wildlife sanctuary’s office. On her lap is a wide-eyed infant primate dressed in baby clothes. Not unlike a human baby, he kicks and waves excitedly. Most of his dark skin is covered in dense white fur, except for his face and the palms of his hands.

“We call him Chokdee,” the officer says. “It means ‘good luck’.”

The Iran war reminds us: we’ll never be energy-independent with fossil fuels | Lloyd Doggett and Michael Shank

admin — Mon, 18 May 2026 10:00:54 +0000

Energy security comes from using local, renewable resources to power, heat and cool communities, as Ukraine is doing

Donald Trump’s unjustified war on Iran and the resulting global fuel crisis is a continuing reminder that true energy security and independence will continue to elude us so long as we remain dependent on fossil fuels.

More than 100 UK datacentres plan to burn gas to generate electricity

admin — Mon, 18 May 2026 04:00:59 +0000

Requests for gas connections by operators amount to more than 15 terawatt hours per year, endangering climate targets

More than 100 new datacentres in the UK plan to burn gas to generate electricity, some potentially doing so permanently.

British officials say this is an inevitable consequence of a years-long wait to connect to the National Grid, and raises an “interesting question” about the UK’s climate targets.

Sizing blue carbon risks and benefits from bivalve aquaculture

admin — Mon, 18 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000

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Sizing blue carbon risks and benefits from bivalve aquaculture

Australia’s ‘green Wall Street’ is failing to launch. Threatened species deserve better than the nature repair market | Euan Ritchie and Yung En Chee

admin — Mon, 18 May 2026 02:24:31 +0000

One must ask why Labor is so comfortable continuing to ignore the wishes of the vast majority of voters

Minnesota deploys national guard to help fight wildfires in northern region

admin — Sun, 17 May 2026 21:10:28 +0000

Tim Walz, the state’s governor, calls blazes ‘unpredictable and fast-moving’ as dry, windy weather fuels them

Minnesota’s national guard has been activated to help battle wildfires burning in the northern part of the state after the department of natural resources requested additional support.