Housing secretary says ‘job on the line’ over 1.5m housing target
Housing secretary tells BBC Panorama widespread scepticism will make hitting target “all the sweeter”.
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More Thai rivers and downstream communities at risk from Myanmar’s rare earth mines
BANGKOK — New satellite data identified 513 sites of rare-earth mining that have cropped up across at least six key tributaries of the Mekong, Salween and Irrawaddy rivers in Myanmar over the past 10 years. These include 40 believed to have…
From Hollywood to horticulture: Cate Blanchett on a mission to save seeds
The Hollywood actor teams up with Kew’s Millenium Seed Bank as it celebrates its 25th anniversary.
Dead fish found on River Thet where large stretch of white foam appeared
Environment Agency says pollutant in Norfolk river is ‘an unknown substance’ and is investigating Dead fish have been found on a river in Norfolk where a large stretch of white foam appeared, the Environment Agency has confirmed. Images shared by…
NSW government rejected expert advice before failed koala reintroduction that left more than half dead
Exclusive: Documents reveal state environment department had ‘reckless indifference’ to fate of individual koalas, Greens spokesperson Sue Higginson says Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The New South Wales government rejected advice from an expert…
Story of Indigenous activist’s murder takes top prize at London film festival
Jury says documentary about killing of Argentinian campaigner Javier Chocobar brings ‘a measure of the justice’ denied by the courts A documentary about the murder of the Indigenous activist Javier Chocobar has taken the top prize at the London film…
FEMA has denied or not advanced most Kerr County aid applications after deadly July 4 flood
Only about one-fifth of applicants for federal disaster assistance from Texas’ Kerr County have been deemed eligible to get financial help so far, leaving hundreds without governmental aid more than three months after deadly floods ravaged the county on July…
How the west can stop the global south being strangled by debt | Heather Stewart
Labour would do well to remember its manifesto promise to revive Britain’s global leadership on development With borrowing costs rising and western governments including the UK cutting their aid budgets, unsustainable debts are driving a development crisis across the global…
Bonobos transformed how we think about animal societies. Can we save the last of the ‘hippy apes’?
They are peaceful, female-led and use sex in everyday interactions. Now a new conservation scheme could offer a lifeline to our critically endangered close relatives living on the Congo river A few dozen large nests appear in the mist of…
Three Women in Alaska Collaborate on an Exhibit About Climate Change
Paintings, poems and science are on display at the Museum of the North in Fairbanks, illustrating the shared impact when carbon is released from the permafrost.