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‘Forever chemicals’ in school uniforms could be banned under proposed law

admin — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 05:00:21 +0000

Amendments to children’s wellbeing and schools bill call for ban on Pfas and synthetic fibres over health concerns

The volume of microplastics and potentially harmful “forever chemicals” in school uniforms should be restricted, experts have said, as they urge peers to back two amendments to a crucial bill.

Met police accused of ‘assault on right to protest’ after tenfold rise in nuisance law arrests

admin — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 05:00:21 +0000

FoI requests also reveal that since 2019 less than 3% of those held under law in London were prosecuted

Police in London have been accused of abusing their powers to curb protest after research found that less than 3% of arrests for conspiracy to cause a public nuisance in the past five years resulted in a prosecution.

The research also found an almost tenfold rise in the number of arrests in the capital for the offence, most commonly used to target activists, since 2019 when Extinction Rebellion set off a wave of climate activism.

Air pollution linked to lung cancer-driving DNA mutations, study finds

admin — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 15:00:04 +0000

Research finds that the higher the levels of air pollution in a region, the more cancer-promoting mutations are present

Air pollution has been linked to a swathe of lung cancer-driving DNA mutations, in a study of people diagnosed with the disease despite never having smoked tobacco.

‘It makes water wetter’: How Wimbledon keeps grass green in soaring temperatures

admin — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:12:27 +0000

Special soil spray is used to increase amount of water grass can absorb to prevent courts from drying out

A special chemical is being used at Wimbledon to make “water wetter” to try to reduce water bills and tackle rising temperatures.

As the championship welcomed rain on Wednesday after opening with scorching temperatures, Neil Stubley, Wimbledon’s head of courts and horticulture, said the tournament uses a soil spray to adjust the amount of water a plant root system can absorb.

The Bezos wedding was a study in disingenuous billionaire behavior | Katrina vanden Heuvel

admin — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:00:02 +0000

The event of the oligarchical season showcased the carelessness of a couple who claim to care about the climate

Europe’s heatwave moves east as row erupts in France over air conditioning

admin — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 13:58:59 +0000

French far-right leader’s ‘grand plan’ to expand AC comes under attack, while Germany braces for possible record heat

The European heatwave has moved east, threatening record temperatures in Germany, as a political row broke out in France over air conditioning.

The French far-right leader Marine Le Pen seized a canvassing opportunity before the 2027 presidential election, announcing she would launch a “grand plan for air conditioning” for the nation if she won power.

Droughts worldwide pushing tens of millions towards starvation, says report

admin — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 12:30:00 +0000

Water shortages hitting crops, energy and health as crisis gathers pace amid climate breakdown

Drought is pushing tens of millions of people to the edge of starvation around the world, in a foretaste of a global crisis that is rapidly deepening with climate breakdown.

Spanish police investigate Catalan wildfire deaths as extreme temperatures grip Europe – as it happened

admin — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 10:13:08 +0000

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In other high stake talks, EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič will be in Washington today in another attempt to strike a tariff deal with the US before the 9 July deadline next week.

US vet uses cod skin to save bald eagle in time for Fourth of July

admin — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 10:00:02 +0000

Adult raptor was found with one of its legs ripped open from knee to ankle and appearing severely underweight

A veterinarian saved the life of a badly injured American bald eagle using a pioneering fish skin graft procedure more commonly used for human wound, releasing the bird back into the wild in a symbolic act ahead of the Fourth of July holiday.

How Mamdani connects climate policy to his affordability agenda as he runs for New York mayor

admin — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 10:00:02 +0000

Many of the democratic socialist’s policies aim to slash carbon emissions and boost environmental justice

As she canvassed for Zohran Mamdani in New York City on Tuesday last week, Batul Hassan should have been elated. The mayoral candidate – a 33-year-old state assemblymember – was surging in the polls and would within hours soundly defeat Andrew Cuomo on first preference votes in the Democratic primary election.