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Eco Environment News feeds
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UK fifth-worst country in Europe for loss of green space to development
Exclusive: 1,680 football pitches of protected natural land in England, Wales and Northern Ireland lost in five years
‘Desecration of landscape’: the fight over development in areas of outstanding natural beauty
Revealed: Europe losing 600 football pitches of nature and crop land a day
Nature and farmland equivalent in size to that of the New Forest – 604 sq km – was lost to concrete and bricks and mortar in the UK between 2018 and 2023, according to an investigation by the Guardian and European partners.
In the same period the loss of some of the most protected and special natural areas in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, known as national landscapes, reached 12 sq km; equivalent to 1,680 football pitches worth of natural land.
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Senior Tories dismayed at Badenoch’s ‘catastrophic’ vow to repeal Climate Change Act
Theresa May, Alok Sharma, business and church leaders say plan would harm UK and not even Margaret Thatcher would have countenanced it
The former prime minister Theresa May has condemned a promise made by Kemi Badenoch to repeal the Climate Change Act if the Tories win the next general election, calling the plans a “catastrophic mistake”.
She joined other leading Tories, business groups, scientists and the Church of England in attacking the Conservative leader’s announcement, which would remove the requirement for governments to set “carbon budgets” laying out how far greenhouse gas emissions will be cut every five years, up to 2050.
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BrewDog sells Scottish ‘rewilding’ estate it bought only five years ago
Latest disposal by ‘punk’ beer company follows £37m loss and closure of 10 pubs
BrewDog has sold a Highlands rewilding estate it bought with great fanfare in 2020 after posting losses last year of £37m on its beer businesses.
The company paid £8.8m for Kinrara near Aviemore and pledged it would plant millions of trees on 50 sq km of land, initially telling customers the project would be partly funded by sales of its Lost Forest beer.
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Dame Jane Goodall obituary
Pioneering scientist whose breakthrough studies of chimpanzees changed how the animals were perceived and led to greater protection
During the final months of 1960, in what is now Gombe national park, Tanzania, Jane Goodall, then 26 years old, made two discoveries that established her name and reputation as a field scientist studying wild apes. First, she observed chimpanzees eating red meat. Before that moment, the scientific consensus, based on virtually no direct observation, was that chimpanzees were vegetarians.
Then she witnessed an even more unexpected behaviour: a chimpanzee male, crouched next to a high earthen tower built by termites, studiously modifying a long stalk of grass until it became a useful probe. The chimp then inserted the probe into a narrow tunnel that descended deep into the mound. As Goodall soon came to understand, members of the insect species’ soldier caste inside the mound instinctively lock their powerful mandibles on to any intruding object – and thus they became, once the probe was carefully drawn back out, victims of a crafty ape. The termites, potentially a significant source of nutrition, were tasty enough to serve as food for several species of monkey in that part of east Africa. Only chimpanzees, however, had developed the cultural tradition of “fishing” for them.
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Lifting the ‘constant black cloud’: how a smog-bound city cut dangerous levels of air pollution
A 30-year effort driven by long-term policies is finally paying off in Santiago in Chile – but the challenge is far from over
In Santiago, this winter was different. The mountains surrounding the city – the same ones that usually trap smog and turn it into a “pressure cooker” – were visible more days than usual.
For nearly 30 years Chile’s capital has been experimenting in how to reduce air pollution; in the last few years the work has at last begun paying dividends and 2025 was the third best year in terms of fewest hours of critical pollution episodes since the first atmospheric prevention and decontamination plan in 1997. Over the last decade, hours of exposure to high levels of pollution fell by 66%, which, according to the environment minister, Maisa Rojas, means the 7.5 million residents of the metropolitan region “are breathing cleaner air”.
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Jem Cresswell’s striking whale images – in pictures
Photographer Jem Cresswell spent five years documenting the southern hemisphere’s humpback whales in the waters surrounding the Tonga Trench for his new book Giants, out now
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Scientists to attempt to rear swallowtail butterflies from eggs frozen in nitrogen
If successful, method could be used to support long-term conservation of species vulnerable to extinction
Researchers are to attempt to rear swallowtail butterflies from eggs frozen in liquid nitrogen in a test to see whether cryopreservation could support the long-term conservation of Britain’s largest native species.
In a groundbreaking project, researchers will freeze eggs of captive-bred European swallowtails in liquid nitrogen at -196C and attempt to rear butterflies from the unfrozen eggs, comparing their success with butterflies reared from eggs that have never been frozen.
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‘Everything that is wrong with the human race’: inside Hollywood’s bizarre war on the leaf blower
For 18 years, Cate Blanchett has railed against the hated garden gadget – and she’s not alone. From Hugh Grant to Danny DeVito, the backpack blower has united stars in unlikely, furious contempt
Consider the great Hollywood feud. Perhaps Bette Davis and Joan Crawford’s mutual loathing comes to mind? Or Marlon Brando’s 40-year-old beef with Burt Reynolds? Maybe the more recent tensions between Olivia Wilde and Florence Pugh? Well, let me tell you: these are absolutely nothing compared to Cate Blanchett and her indefatigable animus towards … the leaf blower. Seemingly every single leaf blower.
Truly, this is one of the greatest celebrity animosities of this century. The earliest extant Blanchett-rant on the subject is a W Magazine interview, way back in 2007, when she ambiguously characterised leaf blowers – a lot of fence-sitting here – as “everything that is wrong with the human race”.
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‘Desecration of landscape’: the fight over development in areas of outstanding natural beauty
Residents of Woodgate estate in West Sussex enjoy its open spaces and wildlife but conservationists say it has set worrying precedent
UK fifth-worst country in Europe for loss of green space to development
Revealed: Europe losing 600 football pitches of nature and crop land a day
A flock of goldfinches circle before settling on a rooftop as Sue takes her morning walk around the Woodgate estate in Pease Pottage, West Sussex. Rounding a corner, she reaches a large wildlife pond where eight cygnets and a swan are feeding. Dragonflies circle overhead.
For the last three years, the estate a few miles south of Crawley built within the High Weald area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB) has been Sue’s home. Her son and daughter-in-law also live on the estate, where the 600 homes range from shared ownership flats to £1.4m luxury detached houses.
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Appliances were once built to last – now they’re built to break. How do we fix it?
Calls echo Productivity Commission report that says mandatory labelling would facilitate repairs and help consumers make better decisions
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Sometimes the smallest things get in the way of repairing a broken appliance.
“There might be one screw that the company owns the copyright to, so you can’t buy it anywhere,” says Rowan Barr.
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Eco Health News feeds
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Heart surgeon's failures contributed to multiple deaths
Karen Booth carried out operations she wasn’t skilled enough to perform, an investigation found.
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Every GP practice now has to offer online booking
Move comes despite opposition from union, with ministers saying NHS needs to embrace digital tech.
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Mum's anti-chemo views influenced daughter's death
Paloma Shemirani died after refusing chemotherapy despite a diagnosis of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
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Inquiry into why man was given cancer treatment for 16 years
Jonathan Jones says he was given chemotherapy tablets for 16 years, contrary to NHS guidelines.
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New guidance on doctors' sexual misconduct cases
It follows criticism that the body which determines whether doctors are fit to practise in the UK was being too lenient.
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'Buy one, get one free' deals for unhealthy food banned
Crisps, sweets, chocolate and fizzy drinks will be covered by restrictions starting in England.
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I went undercover as a cleaner at a failing care home. Here's what I witnessed
Catriona MacPhee worked in a Highland care home for seven weeks as part of BBC Disclosure investigation.
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Covid cases rising with new variants Nimbus and Stratus
Unwell with a bad throat and temperature? You may have one of the new Covid strains circulating this autumn.
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British veterans with hearing loss start legal battle over 'faulty' earplugs
Lawyers say the earplugs were used in operations, including in Afghanistan, from 2003 onwards.
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Surgeon offered womb removals in 'minutes' without proper examination, women say
Only "good fortune" prevented ex-gynaecologist Daniel Hay from causing more harm to women, a report says.
Eco Nature News feeds
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‘A profound loss’: Conservation world mourns Jane Goodall
“Jane Goodall forever changed how people think about, interact with and care for the natural world,” said Daniela Raik, interim CEO of Conservation International.
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Conservation International expert earns global recognition on TIME100 Next
Conservation International’s Neil Vora was selected for TIME’s Next 100 list — alongside other rising leaders reshaping culture, science and society.
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What on Earth is ‘coral bleaching’?
Climate change is happening. And it’s placing the world’s reefs in peril. What can be done?
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Landmark high seas treaty crosses finish line
After decades of negotiation, the high seas treaty is finally reality. The historic agreement will pave the way to protect international waters which face numerous threats.
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News spotlight: Deforestation linked to dramatic decline in Amazon rainfall
The Amazon rainforest, known for lush green canopies and an abundance of freshwater, is drying out — and deforestation is largely to blame.
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5 ways the ocean keeps our climate in check
The ocean is engine of all life on Earth, but human-driven climate change is pushing it past its limits. Here are five ways the ocean keeps our climate in check — and what can be done to help.
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Off Mexico’s coast, divers nab biggest ‘ghost’ yet
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Protect wildlife: Buy a print
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Can these fishermen save a 3,000-year tradition?
In a fishing community in Peru, a small group of fishermen carry on a tradition that dates back to the Incas. But an environmental disaster and modern fishing practices threaten this way of life.
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Axolotls are on the brink. Can we bring them back?
A project from Conservation International and a Mexican university offers a glimmer of hope for the critically endangered axolotl.