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Politicians and media can’t imagine a fossil-fuel free world - and it’s holding Australians back from huge EV savings | Adam Morton

admin — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:00:41 +0000

Australia is well behind other countries in embracing clean cars – it’s past time we kicked into gear on going electric

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Inside a jubilant DC conference where ‘the climate deniers are in charge now’

admin — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:00:57 +0000

Trump’s EPA chief Lee Zeldin’s presence shows how much influence climate deniers now have, experts say

As scientists confirmed that March was the United States’ most abnormally hot month in recorded history, dozens of climate deniers gathered to promote misinformation and tout their newfound influence on federal policy.

America’s hiking culture is built on ego

admin — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:00:56 +0000

From peak-bagging to thru-hiking, Americans have turned traversing land into personal milestones. This wilderness ranger and Indigenous writer has witnessed it firsthand

Këmituxwe Éhènta Wehikiyànkw

You are walking in our old homeland

‘Nothing but tree skeletons’: record-breaking wildfires devastate US cattle country

admin — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:00:55 +0000

Rising temperatures and extreme drought are driving more destructive spring fires across the Great Plains. This year, forces aligned to create the perfect storm in Nebraska

In a normal year, the vast grasslands that roll across the American Great Plains would be starting to green. But at the center of the US, where most of the nation’s beef producers graze their herds, this spring brought fire instead of moisture, leaving more than a million acres black and barren.

BP’s new boss to reset company structure after failed green foray

admin — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:13:25 +0000

Meg O’Neill to return to upstream and downstream divisions after oil major’s costly foray into green energy

BP’s new boss has set out plans to reinstate the company structure the fossil fuel supermajor ditched six years ago as part of its failed attempt to reorganise the business to pursue a green agenda.

‘Suddenly, boom, it’s completely warm’: summers are getting longer – especially in Sydney, study finds

admin — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:11:58 +0000

Researchers examined trends in 10 global cities, with Sydney’s summer growing at two-and-a-half times the average

Scientist Ted Scott could feel that summers in his home state of Minnesota were not what they used to be.

With the climate crisis accelerating, Scott could feel and see the seasons changing from their usual patterns – especially summer – and he wanted to know what the data said.

Surrounded by windfarms but out of work: the reality of the green jobs boom on England’s east coast

admin — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:00:03 +0000

The government hails the ‘green revolution’ as a solution to economic decline, but some young jobseekers say the rhetoric does not match their experience

On paper, Jake Snell, 19, sounds like the perfect candidate for a role in the UK’s burgeoning green energy sector. He has high grades in maths and physics A-level, a distinction in BTec engineering and another distinction in an extended engineering diploma. He has also done work experience at an engineering company.

‘These flowers have witnessed horrific things’: Steve McQueen’s bountiful Grenada – in pictures

admin — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:01:01 +0000

The artist and film-maker spent a summer on the island making poetic images of the local flora – and exploring their connections to Grenada’s historical trauma

Giant echidnas weighing 15kg roamed Victoria – and the evidence was hiding in plain sight

admin — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 05:30:19 +0000

A skull fragment found in a tray of unsorted fossils collected more than a century ago leads to discovery

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MSPs not told about collapse of funding deal for Scottish nature restoration

admin — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000

Exclusive: Ministers accused of trying to keep investment firm’s withdrawal from partnership with NatureScot under wraps

A funding deal to raise £100m from private investors for urgently needed nature restoration in Scotland has fallen through without the Scottish parliament being told.