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‘It’s not sustainable’: US farmers reeling as Iran war pushes fertilizer costs up

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 11:00:35 +0000

Closure of strait of Hormuz – a key fertilizer production and transportation route – has squeezed farmers as prices jump

Rodney Bushmeyer has been farming as long as he can remember. Bushmeyer’s father was a farmer, as was his grandfather.

The family-run Bushmeyer Farms in Illinois dates back more than 100 years, when his ancestors came to the US from Germany. They acquired the first 80 acres cost-free as homesteaders, cleared the land, and worked it.

UK letting US use its bases is ‘participation in aggression’, Iran’s foreign minister tells Yvette Cooper – UK politics live

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:20:01 +0000

Abbas Araghchi says decision to allow use of RAF Fairford and Diego Garcia will be ‘recorded in the history of relations’ between Iran and UK

Week in wildlife: wild boar babies, fenland ponies and a slug with strange genitalia

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:00:13 +0000

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

Week in wildlife: wild boar babies, fenland ponies and a slug with strange genitalia

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:00:13 +0000

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

‘Like lighting a cigarette while trying to quit’: Australia approves new coal seam gas expansion

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 07:05:31 +0000

The expansion in Queensland, which has been approved until 2081, will contribute about 120m tonnes of carbon emissions over its lifetime

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A major coal seam gas expansion, contributing about 120m tonnes of carbon emissions over its lifetime, has been approved by the federal government until 2081.

Heatwave scorching US west ‘virtually impossible’ without climate crisis, say scientists

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 07:01:11 +0000

Unseasonably warm and even dangerous temperatures this week were up to 30F above average for the time of year

The record-breaking heatwave scorching the US west this week would have been “virtually impossible” if not for the climate crisis, a team of scientists has determined.

Millions of Americans from the Pacific coast to the Rockies baked under unseasonably warm and even dangerous temperatures this week, with temperatures up to 30F (17C) above average for the time of year.

Work from home and slow down on the road: world’s energy watchdog advises emergency measures as oil prices rise

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 06:20:40 +0000

IEA makes 10 recommendations to help households and businesses prepare for a drawn-out disruption to energy markets

The world’s energy watchdog has advised governments to reduce highway speeds and encouraged workers to carpool or, ideally, work from home to combat soaring oil prices and impending fuel shortages caused by the Middle East conflict.

It has also recommended countries consider limiting car access to designated zones in large cities, by giving vehicles with odd-numbered plates access on different weekdays to those with even-numbered plates.

More than 70 UK councils failed to issue single fine for littering last year

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 06:00:12 +0000

Exclusive: Lack of enforcement is allowing people to drop rubbish with complete impunity, says Clean Up Britain

Scores of councils across the UK have in effect ended enforcement of fines for littering, while others are letting litterers off lightly and many more are neglecting to enforce fines for fly-tipping.

At least 71 councils failed to issue a single fine for littering last year, while a further 67 issued fewer than 10, according to data from the Clean Up Britain campaign.

People in North Yorkshire town found to have ‘alarming’ levels of toxic Pfas chemicals in blood

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 06:00:11 +0000

Exclusive: Testing in Bentham, home to UK’s highest recorded Pfas levels, finds one in four have blood levels in greatest risk category

Alarming levels of toxic forever chemicals have been found in the blood of people living in a town previously revealed to be contaminated with the UK’s highest recorded level of Pfas.

NSW will continue to greenlight coalmine expansions – ignoring a warning from its own climate agency

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 01:00:04 +0000

Minns Labor government criticised over strategy as no new mines have been proposed for several years

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