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First Asian elephant vaccinated in fight against deadly herpes virus

admin — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 07:00:12 +0000

Tess, a 40-year-old female at Houston zoo, has been given a trial mRNA vaccine to help combat the virus, a leading killer of calves in captivity

An Asian elephant at Houston zoo in the US has received the first mRNA vaccine against herpes, which is the leading killer of Asian elephants calves in captivity.

Ed Miliband to lead UK negotiations at Cop29 climate summit

admin — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 05:00:10 +0000

Senior climate figures welcome move after Conservative government largely left the role to junior ministers

Ed Miliband is to take personal control of the UK’s negotiations at vital international climate talks, in stark contrast to his Tory predecessors.

Climate plans of Australian companies would be exempt from private litigation for three years under proposal

admin — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 00:30:04 +0000

Bill praised for targeting corporate climate responsibility but lawyers say it could allow polluters to avoid public scrutiny for longer

Record-breaking heatwave shifts east as millions of Americans under heat alert

admin — Sun, 14 Jul 2024 13:53:51 +0000

Over 245 million Americans are expected to experience 90F temperatures early this week, with some as high as 105F

A heatwave that impacted the US west coast over the past week is now moving east into the midwest and south-east, as millions of Americans have been under a heat alert at some point in the past week.

Raging, radical and ready for change: France’s angry green women are an inspiration to us all

admin — Sun, 14 Jul 2024 13:00:50 +0000

From Marine Tondelier to Mélanie Vogel, they are whip-smart, articulate and unafraid to show emotion. It’s astonishing to feel so inspired by politicians

‘I really like these angry green women,” a French friend said recently, as the assembly elections approached. It’s a funny phrase, redolent of She-Hulk, but I knew exactly what – and whom – she meant.

‘Forever chemicals’ used in lithium ion batteries threaten environment, research finds

admin — Sun, 14 Jul 2024 11:00:48 +0000

A subclass of PFAS has been found near manufacturing plants and landfills, and in remote regions of the world

Toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” used in lithium ion batteries essential to the clean energy transition present a dangerous source of chemical pollution that new research finds threatens the environment and human health as the nascent industry scales up.

Chicken industry must halt expansion to stop ‘environmental scandal’ in River Severn

admin — Sun, 14 Jul 2024 05:00:41 +0000

Campaigners warn of same ‘tragic events’ as in River Wye if planners ignore pollution risks of intensive production

The chicken industry is facing calls to halt the expansion of intensive production in the River Severn catchment, with campaigners warning that the river is at risk from the same pollution that has blighted the River Wye.

Adani’s Queensland coalmine a threat to important wetland, Indigenous groups and scientists say

admin — Sat, 13 Jul 2024 20:00:30 +0000

Letter urges environment minister to investigate alleged breaches at Doongmabulla Springs

Labour’s ‘rooftop revolution’ to deliver solar power to millions of UK homes

admin — Sat, 13 Jul 2024 18:14:20 +0000

Ed Miliband sets new rules on solar panels and approves three giant solar farms as Labour seeks to end years of Tory inaction

Keir Starmer’s Labour government unveils plans for a “rooftop revolution” today that will see millions more homes fitted with solar panels in order to bring down domestic energy bills and tackle the climate crisis.

The energy secretary, Ed Miliband, also took the hugely controversial decision this weekend to approve three massive solar farms in the east of England that had been blocked by Tory ministers.

Artist punches holes in UN climate report six hours a day for Dutch installation

admin — Sat, 13 Jul 2024 14:28:28 +0000

Johannes-Harm Hovinga has to take painkillers to complete 20-day artistic protest at Museum Arnhem

Every day for the last two weeks, Johannes-Harm Hovinga has sat at a raised table in Museum Arnhem, using a two-hole page puncher to systematically perforate the 7,705-page sixth assessment report produced by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

He has printed it out on coloured paper and the result is a vibrant heap piling up at the artist’s feet.