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UK election debates must make climate crisis a key issue, say green groups

admin — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 06:00:27 +0000

Campaigners have written to broadcasters expressing concern that climate is not a more prominent discussion topic

The climate crisis must be discussed as a key priority in the TV debates between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer, say green groups.

A number of NGOs have written to the TV networks expected to host the live debates, the first of which is on Tuesday at 9pm on ITV.

Debt payments by countries most vulnerable to climate crisis soar

admin — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 04:00:22 +0000

Exclusive: level at highest in more than 30 years, say campaigners, who want ‘rapid and effective’ relief scheme

Debt payments by the 50 countries most vulnerable to the climate crisis have doubled since the start of the coronavirus pandemic and now stand at their highest level in more than three decades, campaigners have warned.

The Debt Justice charity said countries at the highest risk of being affected by global heating were paying 15.5% of government revenues to external creditors – up from less than 8% before Covid-19 and 4% at their lowest recent point in 2010.

Notorious seed-stealing koala caught in brazen daylight robbery in northern NSW – video

admin — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 02:44:10 +0000

Claude the koala was caught eating 4,050 food tree seedlings at Eastern Forest Nursery near Lismore in 2023. The bandit has been captured returning for a meal at the nursery, as workers look on. Conservationists say Claude's behaviour is part of a bigger problem as heavy land clearing has meant that there isn't enough food in the local area for koalas to eat

Leaf thief: viral sensation Claude the koala returns to nursery to munch on seedlings in broad daylight

admin — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 02:30:05 +0000

Koala became online hit after sampling wares at NSW nursery, but conservationists say increasingly brazen behaviour highlights serious issue

Simon Armitage: Poets can fight climate crisis by making us spellbound by nature

admin — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 16:48:45 +0000

Writer tells Hay festival about his new book, Blossomise, and his hopes to inspire people to preserve the natural world

Poets can help fight climate breakdown by making us “spellbound, full of wonder and beguiled” by nature, the poet laureate has said.

Rescue worker dies amid flooding in southern Germany

admin — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 15:03:45 +0000

Heavy rain that trapped people in their homes and reportedly caused a train derailment is forecast to continue

A volunteer firefighter died during a rescue operation during heavy rain and flooding in the south of Germany, local police said on Sunday.

Four emergency workers were attempting to reach people trapped by the flood waters near Pfaffenhofen in the region of Bavaria when their boat capsized.

Are the climate wars really over, or has a new era of greenwashing just begun? | Joëlle Gergis

admin — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 15:00:09 +0000

In a new Quarterly Essay, Joëlle Gergis says that while Rome wasn’t built in a day, the Albanese government’s lack of action on climate change does not reflect the urgency of the crisis

My Climate View: online tool allows Australian farmers to project changes out to 2070

admin — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 15:00:07 +0000

Program developed by the CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology allows farmers to better understand the risks of the climate crisis, study found

A supreme court case about fisherman is flying under the radar, but could soon ‘create chaos’

admin — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 13:00:05 +0000

For decades, the Chevron deference doctrine has given broad powers to federal agencies. Now it could be overturned – with major consequences

The US supreme court is poised to decide the fate of a decades-old legal framework that has helped determine how the federal government regulates everything from pollution to financial markets.

A supreme court case about fishermen could throw government into chaos

admin — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 13:00:04 +0000

For decades, the Chevron deference doctrine has given broad powers to federal agencies. Now it could be overturned – with major consequences

The US supreme court is poised to decide the fate of a decades-old legal framework that has helped determine how the federal government regulates everything from pollution to financial markets.