Village solar system model shows planets and stars
How a Kent village created a scale model of the solar system to help people understand space.
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Despite oil spills in Nigeria’s mangrove forests, Shell continued operations, documents show
Global oil giant Shell continued operating a compromised pipeline in Nigeria’s Niger Delta despite knowing it posed a pollution risk in the surrounding coastal wetland environment, newly disclosed internal company communications reveal. The emails and memos, reviewed by Mongabay, show…
Federal agency to open tens of thousands of acres of Colorado wilderness to oil drilling
A federal agency will offer tens of thousands of acres in northwestern Colorado that the nation’s largest elk herd relies upon for migration, foraging, and winter habitat to oil and gas companies for lease in the state’s biggest such sale in modern history. More…
Grave in Norfolk of 119 sailors may be exhumed due to coastal erosion threat
Bodies were buried in Happisburgh after HMS Invincible sank in 1801 on way to join Nelson at Battle of Copenhagen A mass grave for 119 sailors who drowned more than 200 years ago could be exhumed to avoid their remains…
UK urged not to further weaken EV rules as CO2 impact revealed
British vehicles will emit extra 17m tonnes of CO2 by 2030 due to loophole allowing sale of more PHEVs, data suggests Campaigners have urged the government to resist calls to further water down electric car sale rules, as an analysis…
Montana Officials Warn of Elevated Wildfire Risk From Increasing Drought, Heat and Wind
Volunteer departments, often the first to respond to blazes, face recruiting challenges, and federal firefighting agencies are in flux. By Mosabber Hossain Montana officials are warning that the 2026 wildfire season could bring above-normal fire risk to parts of the…
A New DC ‘Museum’ Raises Awareness About the Looming Consequences of Extreme Weather
At the Museum of Unnatural Disasters, members of Congress, disaster survivors and activists are bringing their worries about preparedness to the seat of power. By Gabriel Matias Castilho If you knew a major storm or fire was heading toward your…
Canada’s watchdog post vacant as overseas mining complaints mount
Leoncia Ramos has lived her 65 years in the lush Dominican Republic town of La Piñita, but now says she is fearful for her health and wants to leave. She’s among 450 families asking the government and the company behind…
How trade bans and local conservation helped save a dazzling blue gecko
Beauty is a curse — at least for the turquoise dwarf gecko of central Tanzania. Between December 2004 and July 2009, demand for this gecko from collectors in Europe boomed, leading to the capture and export of an estimated 40,000…
Mountain path repairs ‘first big work’ since 1980s
A helicopter is used to transport more than 100 tonnes of stone to the site at Helvellyn.