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As household bills soar, is it time for a ‘working-class climate agenda’?

admin — Tue, 05 May 2026 11:30:38 +0000

Proposal from group that worked with AOC and Bernie Sanders seeks to counter claim that climate policy is politically toxic

Americans do not care about the climate crisis, only economic issues: that’s the message some wonks have put forth in the past year, as the Trump administration has dismantled environmental protections. But the shift away from climate is misguided, an influential group of progressives is arguing.

‘It’s a special tree’: campaign to save mother of beloved bramley apple for nation

admin — Tue, 05 May 2026 10:51:48 +0000

Appeal launched to buy Nottinghamshire cottage, where tree was planted in 19th century, and turn it into heritage centre

Campaigners have launched an appeal to try to save for the nation the mother tree of perhaps the most popular cooking apple in the world.

UK electric car sales leap ‘could be hit by Iran war inflation and energy price rises’

admin — Tue, 05 May 2026 10:36:24 +0000

BEV sales jumped nearly 60% in April, taking total electric car registrations to more than 2m, says SMMT

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A recent jump in electric car sales in the UK is likely to be “tempered” by worries over rising inflation and energy prices caused by the Iran war, a leading industry body has warned.

‘The whale was not treated with the respect it deserved’: recriminations after carcass towed to Wollongong tip

admin — Tue, 05 May 2026 06:08:08 +0000

Tugboat tows carcass of ‘leviathan proportions’ 20km from Era beach to Bellambi boat ramp, attracting sharks, says councillor demanding inquiry

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Norwegian fish farms polluting fjords with waste likened to ‘raw sewage of millions of people’

admin — Mon, 04 May 2026 22:01:34 +0000

Exclusive: ‘Fish sludge’ in coastal waters now has nutrient levels equivalent to those in untreated effluent of country the size of Australia, report finds

Norwegian fish farms are filling fjords and other coastal waters with nutrient pollution equivalent to the raw sewage of tens of millions of people each year, a report has found.

The Guardian view on the green transition: politicians should speed it up – and households too | Editorial

admin — Mon, 04 May 2026 17:31:05 +0000

Party divisions over energy have deepened, but the need to move beyond fossil fuels has never been clearer

Uncontained wildfire burns hundreds of hectares across rural Arizona – video

admin — Mon, 04 May 2026 16:13:18 +0000

Firefighters continued to battle the Hazen fire burning near Buckeye, Arizona, on Monday. The fire began on Saturday afternoon and, as of Sunday evening, was estimated to have covered about 400 hectares (1,000 acres) and was '0% contained'. Local media reported that no evacuations had taken place and there were no reports of damage to homes

Reform government could cause Truss-style chaos, says renewables industry

admin — Mon, 04 May 2026 13:00:23 +0000

Lobbyist Tara Singh says stripping projects of subsidy contracts would undermine investor confidence in UK

Britain could be beset by levels of economic chaos last seen under Liz Truss if a Reform UK government were to fulfil its promise to strip renewable energy projects of subsidy contracts, according to the industry’s chief lobbyist.

Saplings in prisons and bogs on military ranges: Labour’s plans for nature-friendly state land

admin — Mon, 04 May 2026 11:09:31 +0000

Exclusive: Minister says proposals show government’s ambition, as it faces unprecedented pressure from Greens

Tree nurseries could be built at prisons, and military ranges could be turned into heathland or peat bogs as part of an ambitious plan to make government land more nature-friendly, the environment secretary has said.

‘Point of no return’: New Orleans relocation must start now due to sea level, study finds

admin — Mon, 04 May 2026 09:00:19 +0000

Louisiana’s cultural hotspot could be surrounded by Gulf of Mexico before end of this century, authors say

The process of relocating people from New Orleans should start immediately, as the city has reached a “point of no return” that will see it surrounded by the ocean within decades due to the climate crisis, a stark new study has concluded.