Environment from The Guardian
- What is ‘nature’? Dictionaries urged to include humans in definition July 27, 2024Defining nature as separate from people perpetuates troubled relationship with the natural world, say campaigners It was last year, during a conference at the Eden Project, the botanic garden and conservation centre in Cornwall, that Frieda Gormley first heard the dictionary definition of nature.The businesswoman and environmental activist was answering questions about her plans to […]Damien Gayle
- ‘A real pioneer’: King Charles seeks to embody green values in royal estate July 27, 2024Changes include converting Bentleys to run on biofuels but helicopter use shows difficulties in balancing prioritiesA pair of gas-guzzling Bentleys are not the most obvious candidates to burnish the monarch’s green credentials. But news that King Charles is converting his chauffeur-driven luxury vehicles to run on biofuels was this week billed as a small step […]Harriet Sherwood
- ‘People would abuse me’: how a ‘climate capitalist’ learned to sell solar in Victoria’s coal country July 26, 2024Andy McCarthy went from town pariah – being spat on and having his shop vandalised – to employing hundreds of peopleGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWhen Andy McCarthy moved to the heart of Victoria’s coal country in 2010 to start selling rooftop solar panels he was greeted with […]Peter Hannam
- Your food is more expensive – are US corporate profits to blame? July 26, 2024Many companies such as Chipotle and McDonald’s are seeing profits jump as they continue raising prices, an analysis findsAs inflation shot to its peak around mid-2022, Chipotle’s prices also rose, pushing up what customers paid for burritos and bowls by as much as several dollars. Since then, the fast casual restaurant’s costs have broadly fallen. […]Tom Perkins
- Ed Miliband: people must be persuaded of need for pylons near homes July 26, 2024Communities affected by construction of renewable energy infrastructure ‘have the right to see the benefits’UK politics live – latest updatesLabour will seek to persuade people living near proposed pylon routes and other renewable energy infrastructure that the developments are critical to bring down bills and tackle carbon emissions, the energy secretary said.Ed Miliband promised to […]Fiona Harvey Environment editor
- Wildlife enthusiasts called on to help record dolphins and whales on UK coast July 26, 2024National Whale and Dolphin Watch organisers say data collected will help with research into marine mammalsHundreds of wildlife enthusiasts are expected to gather along UK coastlines over the next 10 days to count and record whales and dolphins.The National Whale and Dolphin Watch, taking place from 26 July to 4 August, is hosted by the […]Ellen McNally
- Climate hero or villain? Fossil fuel frenzy challenges Norway’s green image July 26, 2024As it rapidly adopts clean technologies while drilling furiously for oil and gas, the Nordic nation is a paradoxThe average Norwegian, better known for loving nature than destroying the planet, is more likely than anyone else to drive to work in an electric car and warm their home with a heat pump. When they turn […]Ajit Niranjan in Oslo
- Backpack-wearing dogs enlisted to rewild urban nature reserve in Lewes July 26, 2024Organisers hope dogs will mimic behaviour of wolves that in past would have helped disperse wildflower seeds Backpack-wearing dogs are being enlisted to “act like wolves” to help rewild an urban nature reserve in the East Sussex town of Lewes.Before wolves were persecuted to extinction in the UK in about 1760, they were known to […]Ellen McNally
- How will we solve the world’s water wars? An ancient Spanish court offers one answer | Roman Krznaric July 26, 2024From Los Angeles to Cairo, the global water crisis is escalating – but Valencia’s Tribunal de les Aigües could inspire a solutionEvery Thursday at noon, outside the west door of Valencia’s cathedral, nine black-cloaked figures – one wearing a banded cap and with a ceremonial harpoon by their side – gather for their weekly meeting, […]Roman Krznaric
- Childhood air pollution directly linked to adult lung health, study says July 26, 2024Connection found between early exposure and bronchitic symptoms in adults without previous lung problemsAir pollution breathed in during childhood is one of the factors in adult lung health, according to a new study.The origins of the study date back to 1992 when researchers began investigating the effects of air pollution on groups of children in […]Gary Fuller
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