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The spectacular nonsense of the Coalition’s internal brawl over the 2050 net zero emissions target | Clear air
The spectacular nonsense of the Coalition’s internal brawl over the 2050 net zero emissions target | Clear air
The public stoush is really about whether the party will drop the charade or maintain it while shuffling some words
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November 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The spectacular nonsense of the Coalition’s internal brawl over the 2050 net zero emissions target | Clear air
‘These weird crocs were all over the place’: Australia’s oldest crocodile eggshells unearthed in Queensland back yard
‘These weird crocs were all over the place’: Australia’s oldest crocodile eggshells unearthed in Queensland back yard
New research suggests 55m-year-old eggshells likely belong to extinct mekosuchine crocodiles, nicknamed ‘drop crocs’ for theory they climbed trees to hunt
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November 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
‘These weird crocs were all over the place’: Australia’s oldest crocodile eggshells unearthed in Queensland back yard
Why ‘mob grazing’ may help protect drought-hit Senegal’s vast grasslands
Why ‘mob grazing’ may help protect drought-hit Senegal’s vast grasslands
A regenerative scheme has shown early promise, with herders hopeful it can restore degraded pastures
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November 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Why ‘mob grazing’ may help protect drought-hit Senegal’s vast grasslands
Cop30 live: negotiations begin after agenda agreed
Cop30 live: negotiations begin after agenda agreed
Tuesday’s thematic day covers a gamut of topics ranging from adaptation and the bioeconomy to cities and infrastructure. But for the bigger topics of emissions and finance, nations are still setting out their positions.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Cop30 live: negotiations begin after agenda agreed
Waiting for the tsunami: its big waves are loved by surfers – but this Canadian town is braced for disaster
Waiting for the tsunami: its big waves are loved by surfers – but this Canadian town is braced for disaster
How do you plan for an event whose timing is unknown? For residents of Tofino on Vancouver Island the threat is distant but signs of preparedness are everywhere
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November 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Waiting for the tsunami: its big waves are loved by surfers – but this Canadian town is braced for disaster
‘She rang me to say there was water coming into the house’ – This is climate breakdown
‘She rang me to say there was water coming into the house’ – This is climate breakdown
His mother had lived in the same house for 83 years. When the floods came, no one was ready. This is Paul Gilbert’s story
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November 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
‘She rang me to say there was water coming into the house’ – This is climate breakdown
Wessex Water must pay £11m over wastewater failures, says regulator
Wessex Water must pay £11m over wastewater failures, says regulator
Company failed to effectively operate, maintain and upgrade its wastewater assets, Ofwat finds
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November 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Wessex Water must pay £11m over wastewater failures, says regulator
Violent reprisals after DRC whistleblowers discover profiteering in protected land
Violent reprisals after DRC whistleblowers discover profiteering in protected land
Environmentalists seeking to end logging, smuggling and pollution in DRC’s Mangrove Marine park faced threats, violence and rape
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November 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Violent reprisals after DRC whistleblowers discover profiteering in protected land
Advance launches last-minute lobbying campaign pressuring Liberal MPs to dump net zero target
Advance launches last-minute lobbying campaign pressuring Liberal MPs to dump net zero target
Rightwing lobby group’s email blitz targets party ahead of Liberal shadow ministry meeting at 9am on Thursday
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November 11, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Advance launches last-minute lobbying campaign pressuring Liberal MPs to dump net zero target
Bee-elzebub: new horned ‘Lucifer’ bee discovered in Western Australia
Bee-elzebub: new horned ‘Lucifer’ bee discovered in Western Australia
Australian expert stumbled across new species when surveying a critically endangered wildflower in 2019
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November 11, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Bee-elzebub: new horned ‘Lucifer’ bee discovered in Western Australia
Country diary: A streak of lemon on a drab moorland day | Ed Douglas
Country diary: A streak of lemon on a drab moorland day | Ed Douglas
Blacka Moor, South Yorkshire: Even among the yellowing birch leaves the goldcrest stood out, a slight creature with a mighty presence
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November 11, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Country diary: A streak of lemon on a drab moorland day | Ed Douglas
‘I can’t breathe in this city’: inaction over Delhi’s suffocating pollution sparks rare protest
‘I can’t breathe in this city’: inaction over Delhi’s suffocating pollution sparks rare protest
The failure by state governments to do anything about pollution means it has often been met with apathy. But at a rare protest anger and frustration were rife
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November 11, 2025 at 3:43 AM
‘I can’t breathe in this city’: inaction over Delhi’s suffocating pollution sparks rare protest
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
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November 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
Data centers meet resistance over environmental concerns as AI boom spreads in Latin America
Data centers meet resistance over environmental concerns as AI boom spreads in Latin America
An expert describes how communities in some of the world’s driest areas are demanding transparency as secretive governments court billions in foreign investment
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November 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Data centers meet resistance over environmental concerns as AI boom spreads in Latin America
Jailed climate activist wins appeal against deportation from UK
Jailed climate activist wins appeal against deportation from UK
Marcus Decker was served with deportation order while in prison for unveiling Just Stop Oil banner over Dartford Crossing
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November 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Jailed climate activist wins appeal against deportation from UK
‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster
‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster
Faltering governments will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and face stagnation and inflation at home, says climate chief at start of Cop30
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November 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster
‘The glacier is slowly melting, it’s clearly visible’ – This is climate breakdown
‘The glacier is slowly melting, it’s clearly visible’ – This is climate breakdown
The mountains have always been part of our lives. But now they pose a new threat and we need to take action. This is Saúl’s story
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November 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
‘The glacier is slowly melting, it’s clearly visible’ – This is climate breakdown
‘They didn’t realise how pissed off we would be’: Sussan Ley risks losing MPs regardless of where net zero debate lands
‘They didn’t realise how pissed off we would be’: Sussan Ley risks losing MPs regardless of where net zero debate lands
As the Liberal party prepares to take a position on the contentious climate target, the risk of resignations doesn’t just rest on one outcome
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November 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
‘They didn’t realise how pissed off we would be’: Sussan Ley risks losing MPs regardless of where net zero debate lands
Trump officials set to approve ‘forever chemical’ as pesticide ingredient
Trump officials set to approve ‘forever chemical’ as pesticide ingredient
Critics say that fifth Pfas Trump’s EPA has proposed for approval this year would put food and water supply at risk
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November 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Trump officials set to approve ‘forever chemical’ as pesticide ingredient
Frankie the missing flamingo ‘spotted’ 100 miles from Cornwall in Brittany
Frankie the missing flamingo ‘spotted’ 100 miles from Cornwall in Brittany
Sightings on French coast raise hopes it could be female flamingo that escaped from wildlife sanctuary near Hayle
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November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Frankie the missing flamingo ‘spotted’ 100 miles from Cornwall in Brittany
Jailed climate activist facing deportation from UK fights ‘crazy double punishment’
Jailed climate activist facing deportation from UK fights ‘crazy double punishment’
Marcus Decker is supported by climate experts, religious leaders and celebrities as he fights being first person in UK to be ‘deported for peaceful protest’
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November 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Jailed climate activist facing deportation from UK fights ‘crazy double punishment’
‘I would give all my life for my brother to come back for one second’ – This is climate breakdown
‘I would give all my life for my brother to come back for one second’ – This is climate breakdown
Ari loved his community and set up a volunteer group to fight wildfires. One day his brother Bilal received the phone call he had long dreaded. This is Bilal’s story
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November 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
‘I would give all my life for my brother to come back for one second’ – This is climate breakdown
My father, Ken Saro-Wiwa, died fighting for a clean Nigeria. Thirty years on it’s time to stop sucking on the dirty teat of the oil cash cow | Noo Saro-Wiwa
My father, Ken Saro-Wiwa, died fighting for a clean Nigeria. Thirty years on it’s time to stop sucking on the dirty teat of the oil cash cow | Noo Saro-Wiwa
In 1995, as one of the Ogoni Nine, he was hanged after protesting against Shell’s oil pollution. With education and a move towards renewable energy, we can honour his legacy
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November 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
My father, Ken Saro-Wiwa, died fighting for a clean Nigeria. Thirty years on it’s time to stop sucking on the dirty teat of the oil cash cow | Noo Saro-Wiwa
Charging an electric car at home: what kit do you need and what is the cost?
Charging an electric car at home: what kit do you need and what is the cost?
Installing a dedicated charger is good option – so too is switching to an EV tariff and charging at night or smartly
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November 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Charging an electric car at home: what kit do you need and what is the cost?
Cop30 live: crucial climate talks begin in Brazil as hosts insist summit must lead to ‘implementation’
Cop30 live: crucial climate talks begin in Brazil as hosts insist summit must lead to ‘implementation’
Ministers and high-ranking officials from nearly 200 countries have gathered in the Amazonian city of Belem, with Brazil insisting this will be “the Cop of implementation”.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Cop30 live: crucial climate talks begin in Brazil as hosts insist summit must lead to ‘implementation’