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‘Fragmented’ policies leading councils to prioritise approval of housebuilding over parks, researchers find Children in cities across Britain face barriers to playing outside because urban planners are prioritising housebuilding over parks, a study has found. The research, published in the…
Amazon Rainforest Day, first celebrated in 2008, aims to raise awareness about the importance of Earth’s largest rainforest. There is a place where the Amazon meets the Andes, where forests climb the lower slopes of mountains before giving way to…
Kokichi Akuzawa climbed with 70-year-old daughter to break record for oldest person to make ascent – a second time Kokichi Akuzawa has become the oldest person to climb to the top of Mount Fuji at the age of 102 –…
Temperatures climb above 40C, while a powerful hailstorm in the US lashes Kansas and Oklahoma A spate of extremely hot weather in British Columbia has broken Canada’s national maximum temperature record for September. On Tuesday, it reached 40C (104F) in…
Survey of eight countries finds 82% of people support 30×30 biodiversity target, as progress stalls on protected areas Much of the world favours protecting 30% of the world’s land and water for nature by 2030, according to new research that…
The Trump administration wants to switch off and possibly destroy the climate-monitoring technology.
Activists are hoping to recreate the magic of 1970’s Earth Day — at a moment when the movement’s future is cloudier than ever.
The city’s mayoral race has justifiably been about housing and affordability. But flood protection, building decarbonization and air pollution will still be challenges for New York’s next mayor. By Lauren Dalban The city’s precarious position in the face of multiple…
He promised that 1 percent of the city’s budget would go to the Parks Department. He did not deliver. By Lauren Dalban New York City’s parks and natural areas are crucial to resilience against the many climate change-related pressures that…
A 26-year-old employee at McBride Operating in Waskom, Texas, was killed when a valve blew off a pump last year. Another worker had sued the company two years earlier after being injured on the job. By Martha Pskowski By the…