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Search for single-tusked elephant after 22 killed in India rampage

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 07:07:05 +0000

Eastern region on high alert as authorities try to track animal tearing through villages in Jharkand after apparently becoming separated from herd

Forest officials in India are on the hunt for an elephant that has killed more 20 people in a days-long rampage through the eastern state of Jharkand.

Since the beginning of January, 22 people have been killed by a single-tusked elephant that has been tearing through forests and villages in West Singhbhum district of Jharkand.

He invented mini saunas for frogs – now this biologist has big plans to save hundreds of species

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 05:00:26 +0000

A deadly fungus has already wiped out 90 species and threatens 500 more but Anthony Waddle is hoping gene replacement could be their salvation

Standing ankle-deep in water between two bare cottonwood trees on a hot spring day, eight-year-old Anthony Waddle was in his element. His attention was entirely absorbed by the attempt to net tadpoles swimming in a reservoir in the vast Mojave desert.

It was “one of the perfect moments in my childhood”, he says.

Berry nice to meet you: bumper fruit crop could lead to huge mating season for NZ’s endangered kākāpō

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 04:21:36 +0000

After a four-year wait, the abundant fruiting of the rimu tree could inspire the world’s heaviest parrots to boost their population

It has been four long years, but the world’s heaviest parrots, the kākāpō, are finally about to get it on again. The mass fruiting of a native New Zealand tree has triggered breeding season – a rare event conservationists hope will lead to a record number of chicks for the critically endangered bird.

Coal power generation falls in China and India for first time since 1970s

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:01:19 +0000

‘Historic’ moment in biggest coal-consuming countries could bring decline in global emissions, analysis says

Coal power generation fell in China and India for the first time since the 1970s last year, in a “historic” moment that could bring a decline in global emissions, according to analysis.

The simultaneous fall in coal-powered electricity in the world’s biggest coal-consuming countries had not happened since 1973, according to analysts at the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, and was driven by a record roll-out of clean energy projects.

Wildlife targets will be missed in England and Northern Ireland, watchdog says

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:01:18 +0000

Seven out of 10 targets have little likelihood of being met by 2030, Office for Environmental Protection says

The government will not meet its targets to save wildlife in England and Northern Ireland and is failing on almost all environmental measures, the Office for Environmental Protection watchdog has said.

In a damning report, the OEP has found that seven of the 10 targets set in the Environment Act 2021 have little likelihood of being met by 2030, which is the deadline set in law.

More than 500 structures destroyed in Victoria’s bushfires as 12 major blazes continue to burn

admin — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 23:55:00 +0000

Conditions ease, with no emergency warnings in place for first time since Thursday, but communities urged to remain alert

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US judge lets Danish firm resume Rhode Island offshore wind project halted by Trump

admin — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 22:29:58 +0000

Ørsted and other wind developers have faced repeated disruptions to multibillion dollar projects under Trump

A federal judge on Monday cleared Danish offshore wind developer Ørsted to resume work on its nearly finished Revolution Wind project, which Donald Trump’s administration halted along with four other projects last month.

US plan to exploit Venezuela’s oil could eat up 13% of carbon budget to keep 1.5C limit

admin — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 16:54:21 +0000

Exclusive: ClimatePartner analysis shows how move would risk plunging Earth further into climate catastrophe

US plans to exploit Venezuela’s oil reserves could by 2050 consume more than a tenth of the world’s remaining carbon budget to limit global heating to 1.5C, according to an exclusive analysis.

The calculation highlights how any moves to further exploit the South American nation’s oil reserves – the largest in the world, at least on paper – would put increasing pressure on climate goals, and risk plunging the Earth further into climate catastrophe.

Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce use Gina Rinehart’s private jet to visit flooded parts of Queensland

admin — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:00:08 +0000

Joyce says the pair were saving taxpayers’ money and ‘I’ve got no problems with that at all’

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Major incident declared as 30,000 homes left without water in Kent and Sussex

admin — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:45:25 +0000

South East Water blames cold weather and Storm Goretti for problems, with schools and libraries closed for day

A major incident has been declared after 30,000 homes in Kent and Sussex were left without water.

People in areas including Tunbridge Wells, Canterbury and Maidstone have been without water for as long as five days.