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BP braces for investor rebellion at first AGM since climate strategy U-turn

admin — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 09:04:20 +0000

Oil company’s chair, Helge Lund, may bear brunt of shareholder anger after presiding over rapid drop in value

BP is braced for an investor rebellion on Thursday as the oil company prepares to face its shareholders for the first time since abandoning its climate strategy.

Its chair, Helge Lund, is expected to be voted out of his job by disgruntled investors at the company’s annual general meeting, which is also likely to be marked by protest from climate campaigners and investors.

I’m obsessed with coastal wildflowers: they look so delicate but thrive in tough conditions

admin — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 07:00:33 +0000

From the rock sea-spurrey, which appears to grow out of solid rock, to the slender centaury that lives on a landslip, these plants exist where they do for good reason

Peter Dutton insists he ‘believes in climate change’ after refusing to say if impacts of global heating worsening

admin — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 06:27:01 +0000

Climate scientists, environmentalists, Labor and Greens condemn opposition leader for comments at Wednesday election debate

Like the Ritz for wildlife: the joy of recreating England’s ancient hedges

admin — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 05:00:31 +0000

Up and down the country, volunteers are coming together to plant more of these nature-rich reserves

The 30-metre ridge runs across the moor near Yar Tor on Dartmoor, one of several faint lines that crisscross the land like aeroplane contrails. Although the open moorland looks wild, we are standing on some of the UK’s oldest farmland. These ridges, called reaves, are the ghosts of farming’s most wildlife-rich legacy: hedges.

Nothing to see here, Press Council says after News Corp tabloids’ front-page undisclosed advertorial gassing up fossil fuel | Weekly Beast

admin — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 04:03:09 +0000

No breach, self-regulatory Australian Press Council rules; plus BBC embarks on big bureau expansion

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When is an undisclosed advertorial, paid for by the fossil fuel industry and splashed across the front pages of all the Murdoch tabloids, not a breach of press standards?

'I'm not a scientist': Dutton responds to climate change question in ABC leaders' debate – video

admin — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:33:26 +0000

When asked if he accepts we are already seeing the impacts of climate change, the opposition leader responded 'there's an impact', but said the real question is what Australia can do about it. Pressed further, Dutton said 'I don't know' and 'I'm not a scientist' when asked if he was willing to say 'this is climate change happening right now'

Cut back your roses? Berkeley sets new rules for its most wildfire-prone areas

admin — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 20:22:33 +0000

Residents of California city’s high-risk areas will be required to remove plants within 5ft of homes under fire safety rules

The city of Berkeley has a new message for residents of its most fire-prone neighborhoods: it’s time to cut back your gardens.

People living in the most high-fire-risk areas of the California city will be required to remove plants and other flammable materials close to their homes as part of strict new wildfire safety rules the city moved to adopt this week.

Cut back your roses? Berkeley sets new rules for its most wildfire-prone areas

admin — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 20:22:33 +0000

Residents of California city’s high-risk areas will be required to remove plants within 5ft of homes under fire safety rules

The city of Berkeley has a new message for residents of its most fire-prone neighborhoods: it’s time to cut back your gardens.

Experiment in floodplain forest: Using tree mortality to support oak regeneration

admin — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 17:53:55 +0000

The pedunculate oaks typical of Leipzig's floodplain forest and other German oak forests are struggling to regenerate in the understorey due to a lack of light. One reason for this is the absence of flooding in floodplain forests. In a two-year oak experiment in Leipzig's floodplain forest, researchers found that the current tree dieback -- caused by drought and pest outbreaks -- combined with the thinning of certain understorey species, can actually support oak regeneration.

Live colossal squid captured on video in wild for first time ever – video

admin — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 17:13:45 +0000

The colossal squid, the heaviest invertebrate in the world, has been filmed alive in the wild for the first time since it was identified a century ago. The individual – captured on film near the South Sandwich Islands in the south Atlantic Ocean – is a baby, at just 11.8in (30cm) in length

Live colossal squid captured on video in wild for first time ever