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Louisiana reports five deaths from flesh-eating bacterium in coastal waters

admin — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 18:34:30 +0000

Officials say deaths from Vibrio vulnificus exceeding average amid warning over climate-linked case increase

Five people in Louisiana have died in 2025 from a flesh-eating bacterium found in warm coastal waters, substantially exceeding the annual average on such deaths, state officials have said.

Labor has good reason to sweat over its 2035 climate target – but the dishevelled Coalition response rings hollow | Tom McIlroy

admin — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:00:48 +0000

The scale of the government’s ambition heightens the stakes for all sides of politics and will probably determine how Albanese’s second term plays out

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Red squirrel population thriving on Isle of Wight and could almost double, study finds

admin — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 12:00:50 +0000

Researchers mapping how red squirrels would fare under climate breakdown scenarios found ‘a natural ability to adapt’

Red squirrels are thriving on the Isle of Wight where they have enough food and a suitable habitat to support a population that could almost double, a study has found.

Ministers tell Environment Agency to wave planning applications through

admin — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 10:30:12 +0000

Exclusive: Officials say they have been told to do as little as legally possible to prevent approvals for housebuilding

The Environment Agency has been told by ministers to wave through planning applications with minimal resistance as part of a regulatory shakeup designed to increase economic growth and plug the government’s financial hole.

Officials at the agency say they have been told to do as little as legally possible to prevent housing applications from being approved and the government has drafted in senior advisers from the housing department to speed up the process.

Kenya’s Turkana people genetically adapted to live in harsh environment, study suggests

admin — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 09:21:37 +0000

Research which began with conversations round a campfire and went on to examine 7m gene variants shows how people survive with little water and a meat-rich diet

A collaboration between African and American researchers and a community living in one of the most hostile landscapes of northern Kenya has uncovered key genetic adaptations that explain how pastoralist people have been able to thrive in the region.

Sussan Ley says she ‘misspoke’ after comments that Coalition doesn’t believe in setting climate targets

admin — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 07:28:53 +0000

Liberal leader later clarifies she doesn’t support setting targets while in opposition

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Ten new wild swimming locations should be created in London, report says

admin — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 05:00:36 +0000

London assembly committee says move will increase cleanliness of waterways and offer more access to outdoors

Ten new wild swimming locations should be created in London, a report from the London assembly has said, to boost cleanliness of the capital’s waterways and increase access to the outdoors.

Week in wildlife: a flying teddy, a fishy shipwreck and a globe-trotting sea slug

admin — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 05:00:36 +0000

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

Revealed: ‘Corporate capture’ of UN aviation body by industry

admin — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 05:00:34 +0000

Exclusive: Industry delegates outnumbered climate experts by 14 to one at recent ICAO meeting, thinktank says

The UN aviation organisation has been captured by the industry, a report has concluded, leading to the urgent action required to tackle the sector’s high carbon emissions being blocked.

Industry delegates outnumbered climate experts by 14 to one at the recent “environmental protection” meeting of the UN International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the report found. The ICAO is the forum where nations agree the rules governing international aviation.

TfL says persistent offenders owe more than £700m in Ulez fines

admin — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 04:01:33 +0000

Transport body promises to crack down on the small minority of people with four or more penalty notices

Transport for London is promising to crack down on drivers who flout its ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) after revealing that 94% of the £790m owed in fines has been racked up by persistent offenders.

Non-payers have been fined up to £17,000 this year, including one driver whose car was seized and sold at auction after he ignored 130 warning letters and 14 visits by enforcement officers.