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Alarm as once-eradicated flesh-eating parasite found in calf in Texas

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:54:31 +0000

USDA confirms first case of New World screwworm in cattle in six decades, posing threat to livestock industry

A flesh-eating parasite rarely seen in the US in six decades has been found in a calf in Texas, agriculture officials said, in an alarming development for the country’s cattle industry.

UK car sales hit post-Covid high for May as Chinese EV makers gain ground

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:28:04 +0000

Registrations up 7% in the month, with battery EVs recording fastest growth and Tesla jumping 45% as motorists look to cut fuel bills

British car sales rose in May to their strongest level for the month since before the Covid pandemic, driven in part by strong growth from the Chinese manufacturers BYD and Chery.

Car registrations rose by 7% to 160,662 during the month, according to figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), a lobby group.

England’s poorest areas face deepest cuts to green space under planning law changes, report finds

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:22:18 +0000

Exclusive: New loopholes for developers will exacerbate extreme disparities across country, charity coalition warns

The poorest and most nature-deprived communities in England will be further left behind in their access to green spaces if proposed changes to planning laws go ahead, a report finds.

More than 7.4 million people in England live in areas completely devoid of immediate biodiversity, including 1.4 million children under 15, the report commissioned by a number of wildlife and environmental NGOs says.

‘To them a power line is a line of trees’: Costa Rica moves to protect howler monkeys from electrocution

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:00:03 +0000

Electric shock is one of the biggest causes of death among wildlife in the country but a court ruling is a first step to making power lines safe

Peque, a small black howler monkey, scratches her head as she sits on a thick wooden branch in a wired enclosure with seven other orphaned baby howler monkeys at a rescue centre in Nosara, on Costa Rica’s Pacific coast.

Protesters clash with police in Albania over Jared Kushner-backed luxury resort – video

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:24:03 +0000

Protests in Albania over a proposed luxury resort backed by Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, are expected to intensify after opponents rejected an offer from the country’s prime minister 'to discuss solutions'. Footage showed police firing water cannon at protesters as thousands of people took to the streets of Tirana for a third day on Wednesday, some of them holding inflatable flamingos to symbolise the environmental damage they fear the project could cause, amid growing calls for it to be blocked.

‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survival

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 06:00:28 +0000

Global report provides an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism and economic tensions

• ‘Happiness is not just about GDP’: ambitious plan or utopia?

Humanity can raise living standards, reduce inequality and keep global heating within a 2C rise, according to a sweeping vision for planetary survival.

A good life for the 99% isn’t a pipe dream: it can be done. Here’s how

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 06:00:27 +0000

Our plan is radical – but by transforming how we live on a finite planet, nearly everyone gains

‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survival

Ecosystemism: harnessing biological and 3D new design technologies to regenerate reef functions

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000

npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 04 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s44183-026-00211-3

Ecosystemism: harnessing biological and 3D new design technologies to regenerate reef functions

In first, California city overwhelmingly votes to permanently ban datacenters

admin — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:40:36 +0000

While many US city councils have passed moratoriums, Monterey Park is first where residents have voted on a ban

Australia’s GDP figures are meaningless when the boom in datacentres means destroying jobs and the climate | Greg Jericho

admin — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:00:09 +0000

In the March quarter Australia’s economy grew 0.3%. But the real issue is what drove that growth

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