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Why small farmers can’t fix our hunger problem | Cassandra Loftlin

admin — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 18:00:25 +0000

Big farmers grab the lion’s share of US government support, and recent cuts have chipped away at small growers’ markets and margins

The most significant food system failure since the pandemic was not a natural disaster: in October, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap) was temporarily suspended for the month of November due to the government shutdown

A diving prince, sunken treasure and snared by the Titanic: Joe MacInnis on his ‘rip-roaring’ life as an ocean adventurer

admin — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 14:00:21 +0000

At 88, the Canadian reflects on a golden era of underwater discovery and how shipwrecks and the cruel sea are the ‘greatest of all teachers’

Joe MacInnis admits there are simply too many places to begin telling the story of life in the ocean depths. At 88, the famed Canadian undersea explorer, has many decades to draw on. There was the time he and a Russian explorer and deep-water pilot, Anatoly Sagalevich, were snagged by a telephone wire strung from the pilot house of the Titanic, trapping the pair two and a half miles below the surface.

Water plant that caused Tunbridge Wells supply failure was given risk notice in 2024

admin — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:55:02 +0000

Watchdog investigating South East Water contamination issue had previously warned of potential health danger

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Households face higher energy bills as £28bn grid upgrade gets go-ahead

admin — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 08:26:25 +0000

Plan to improve gas networks and rewire electricity systems across Great Britain likely to add £30 to average annual bill

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Households face higher energy bills after network companies were given the green light to spend £28bn on Great Britain’s gas and electricity grids.

High levels of ‘forever chemical’ found in cereal products across Europe – study

admin — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 06:00:07 +0000

Pesticide Action Network Europe study finds average concentrations 100 times higher than in tap water

High levels of a toxic “forever chemical” have been found in cereal products across Europe because of its presence in pesticides.

The most contaminated food is breakfast cereal, according to a study by Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN), with average concentrations 100 times higher than in tap water.

New England warming faster than most places on Earth, study finds

admin — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 05:01:04 +0000

Pace of area’s temperature rise, outpaced in US only by Alaskan Arctic, apparently increased in past five years

The US region called New England is widely known for its colonial history, maple syrup and frigid, snow-bound winters. Many of these norms are in the process of being upended, however, by a rapidly altering climate, with new research finding the area is heating up faster than almost anywhere else on Earth.

How an invasion of purple flowers made Iceland an Instagram paradise – and caused a biodiversity crisis

admin — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 05:00:05 +0000

Nootka lupins, introduced in the 1940s to repair damaged soil, are rampaging across the island, threatening its native species

It was only when huge areas of Iceland started turning purple that authorities realised they had made a mistake. By then, it was too late. The Nootka lupin, native to Alaska, had coated the sides of fjords, sent tendrils across mountain tops and covered lava fields, grasslands and protected areas.

Reply to: “Comment to ‘Rethinking maritime security from the bottom up: four principles to broaden perspectives and centre humans and ecosystems’”

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npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 04 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s44183-025-00155-0

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UK farmers lose £800m after heat and drought cause one of worst harvests on record

admin — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:01:58 +0000

Many now concerned about ability to make living in fast-changing climate after one of worst grain harvests recorded

Record heat and drought cost Britain’s arable farmers more than £800m in lost production in 2025 in one of the worst harvests recorded, analysis has estimated.

Trump says he will repeal Biden-era fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks

admin — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 22:04:09 +0000

Move marks president’s latest effort to dismantle pollution regulations and support for cleaner-running vehicles

Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he is repealing the Biden-era federal fuel economy standards, significantly weakening fuel efficiency requirements for tens of millions of new gasoline-powered cars and light trucks.