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Exclusive: Friends of the Earth tells Keir Starmer any major green cuts by Rachel Reeves will be challenged
If the decisions the UK government makes in its upcoming spending review are not in line with the net zero climate target it risks being taken to court again, campaigners have said.
Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, will set out her spending review for the rest of this parliament on Wednesday. Amid continuing economic uncertainty and Labour’s promise to boost defence spending, many departments are facing deep cuts to dearly held commitments.
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Conservationists warn that losing Lodge Hill in Kent to housing could be a catastrophe for one of Britain’s most at-risk birds
• MPs poised to rebel over planning bill
• Ten jewels of nature at risk from development
Nightingales don’t sing much during the daytime. So when their clear, pure voices rang out from some brambles in Kent on a late spring morning, it felt as if they were campaigning for their home.
Their music has charmed writers from Keats to Oscar Wilde. But over the decades, the little brown bird has had its habitat gradually hacked away because the thick brambles it likes to nest in have little use for humans.
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Sanctions, including for Thames Water CEO, announced as part of new government powers under Water Act
Bonuses for 10 water company executives in England, including the boss of Thames Water, will be banned with immediate effect over serious sewage pollution, as part of new powers brought in by the Labour government.
The top executives of six water companies who have overseen the most serious pollution events will not receive performance rewards this year, the environment secretary, Steve Reed, said.
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Cutting off the animals’ horns more effective than traditional protection methods such as rangers and costs less, say experts
Cutting the horns off rhinos causes a large reduction in poaching, according to a new study, which raises questions about the effectiveness of expensive anti-poaching techniques used to protect the African mammals.
Poaching for horn is a significant threat to the world’s five rhino species. The substance, which is similar to human fingernails, is commonly used for traditional medicine in China, Vietnam and other Asian countries. Dealers in the hidden market will pay tens of thousands of dollars for the horns, which are falsely believed to be effective at treating fevers, pain and a low sex drive in traditional medicine.
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The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world
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West Woodhay, Berkshire: Known for their suggestive appearance, cuckoo pints produce considerable light and heat in the service of procreation
After brief, sharp storms, the fields are exhaling waist-high mist at sunset. A lone, aged tractor is making silage and rowing up cut grass into damp lines. It seems odd timing, after rain at dusk, and the farmer is working with the lights off. I can’t help thinking of the leverets, ground-nesting skylarks and grey partridges in the mower’s path.
I walk into the wood, where other lamps are lit. There I find a line of cowled candles – cuckoo-pint. About the height of a hurricane lamp, it has a ribald sniggery of names, prompted by its suggestive appearance. “Pint” itself is a euphemistic shortening of pintle, for penis. It has a pale green hood, or spathe, which conceals the dark, club-like spadix and what goes on below. Were you to take a penknife to it, the cross-section would reveal an interior like a separated pineapple.
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Region is experiencing an unusually warm spring, raising concerns of fierce wildfire season amid limited resources
Unusually warm springtime temperatures have contributed to rapid reductions in snowpacks across the western US that rival the fastest rates on record, increasing concerns around wildfire season.
The rapid snowmelt, in addition to reduced staffing and budget constraints initiated by the Trump administration, has set the stage for a particularly dangerous season across the west, according to an analysis of publicly available data by the Guardian and interviews with experts in the region.
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Usually alive with colour and fish, Ningaloo reef and the Rowley Shoals now look as though they are ‘painted white’ as temperatures rise
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The Rowley Shoals are on many a diver’s bucket list. The three coral atolls, hundreds of kilometres off the Western Australian coastline, are teeming with pristine coral gardens that for a long time, unlike many of the world’s reefs, had escaped the ravages of global heating.
“I’ve seen a fair bit of death and destruction, but Rowley Shoals was always the place that was still standing,” says Dr James Gilmour, a research scientist at the Australian Institute of Marine Science.
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From acknowledgingbig emotions to finding ways to make climate action fun, it’s important to start where your kids are
Change by Degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household’s carbon footprint
Got a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at changebydegrees@theguardian.com
Although it’s unfair, it’s young people (and the generations to come) who will have to deal with fallout from the climate crisis. So how do you talk to young people about living sustainably and raise knowledgeable kids who care about the future of the planet?
Here are some tips for engaging the next generation on the environment meaningfully.
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A little-known provision would open thousands of nearby acres to a foreign mining company, risking acid drainage
The story is co-published with Public Domain, an investigative newsroom that covers public lands, wildlife and government
A little-known provision of Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” would open thousands of acres of public lands at the edge of Minnesota’s Boundary Waters wilderness to a foreign-owned mining company.
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Lijek dapagliflozin, inhibitor SGLT-2, koji se široko koristi za liječenje dijabetesa tipa 2, također dovodi do poboljšanja stanja kod pacijenata s progresivnom bolešću jetre, pokazalo je novo kliničko ispitivanje.
Novo istraživanje otkriva kako tragovi metala kojima su majke izložene tijekom trudnoće mogu oblikovati crijevne bakterije njihova djeteta, metaboličke putove, pa čak i otpornost na antibiotike, što potencijalno utječe na cjeloživotno zdravlje.
Gotovo trećina ljudi koji su usvojili i pridržavali se zdrave prehrane nije izgubila na tjelesnoj težini, ali je ipak ostvarila mnoge zdravstvene prednosti, pokazala je nova studija. Neovisno o smanjenju tjelesne težine, sudionici studije pokazali su značajna poboljšanja kardiometaboličkih markera, uključujući viši HDL kolesterol, niže razine leptina i manje visceralne masnoće.
Prema rezultatima novog istraživanja postoji jasna veza između poremećaja pozornosti s hiperaktivnošću (ADHD) i sindroma iritabilnog crijeva (IBS), što sugerira da bi zdravlje crijeva moglo biti ključni čimbenik u razumijevanju i upravljanju simptomima ADHD-a.
Novo istraživanje pokazuje da rani prelazak na lijek kamizestrant na temelju detekcije mutacija ESR1 u ctDNA može dulje držati rak dojke s mutacijom estrogenskog receptora 1 (ESR1) pod kontrolom, pružajući nadu pacijenticama koje se suočavaju s otpornošću na standardne tretmane.
Znanstvenici su otkrili neinvazivnu metodu za poboljšanje prirodnog sustava odvodnje otpada u mozgu - otkriće koje bi moglo otvoriti nove putove za rješavanje neuroloških poremećaja povezanih sa starenjem.
Povodom Mjeseca ponosa i važnosti borbe protiv homofobije, transfobije i bifobije Klinka za psihijatriju Sveti Ivan organizirala je danas Dan otvorenih vrata pod nazivom "Bolnica Otvorena JEdnakima" (BOJE). Prigodnim edukativnim programom istaknula se važnost brige za mentalno zdravlje LGBTQIA+ osoba koje su zbog svoje seksualne orijentacije ili rodnog identiteta često izložene većem izvoru stresa.
Strukturirani programi vježbanja započeti ubrzo nakon kemoterapije značajno su poboljšali preživljavanje bez bolesti i ukupno preživljavanje kod pacijenata s rakom debelog crijeva, ukazuje nova studija.
Novo istraživanje iz Japana dovodi u pitanje globalne pretpostavke da djeca rođena carskim rezom imaju veću vjerojatnost da će razviti alergije od one rođene vaginalno. Naime, ona nije uspjela utvrditi nikakvu povezanost između carskog reza i rizika od alergija u djetinjstvu kod japanske djece.
Rezultati nove studije sugeriraju da redovito konzumiranje graha može ponuditi mjerljive koristi za zdravlje srca i metabolizma. Uključivanje graha u svakodnevnu prehranu moglo bi poslužiti kao jednostavan i isplativ način smanjenja rizika od kroničnih bolesti.
