The GuardianPolicing Treatment of Cop26 protests will be ‘friendly’, says Police Scotlandverified_publisher The Guardian - Libby Brooks in GlasgowThe policing of protests at the Cop26 climate conference in Glasgow will be “welcoming, friendly and proportionate”, according to senior figures in Police Scotland, as they revealed plans for about 10,000...
The GuardianHabitats ‘Too many loopholes’: NSW inquiry to scrutinise use of environmental offsetsverified_publisher The Guardian - Lisa CoxNew South Wales’ use of environmental offsets to compensate for habitat destruction caused by major developments will be examined by a parliamentary inquiry. The state upper house probe follows a Guardian...
The GuardianNature Spain imposes one-year ban on shooting of at-risk turtle doveverified_publisher The Guardian - Patrick BarkhamNearly 1 million migrating turtle doves will be spared after Spanish authorities agreed a one-year ban on the shooting of the bird. The turtle dove is a globally threatened species and is Britain’s most...
The GuardianBirds Mystery illness strikes down birds across US south and midwestverified_publisher The Guardian - Katharine GammonA mysterious illness is killing birds across several states in the south and midwestern US, and wildlife scientists are rushing to try to find the cause, with many victims suffering from crusty eyes, faces...
The GuardianBritish Columbia ‘War in the woods’: hundreds of anti-logging protesters arrested in Canadaverified_publisher The Guardian - Jesse WinterPolice in western Canada have arrested more than 270 people as a conflict over old growth logging in British Columbia’s ancient rainforests continues to grow. At the protest blockades in the remote woodland,...
The GuardianUnesco Australia and 11 other countries lobby Unesco over Great Barrier Reef decision-makingverified_publisher The Guardian - Graham ReadfearnTwelve international ambassadors to Unesco, including Australia’s, have written to the UN body to “share collective concerns” about its decision making, ahead of a crucial meeting that could see the Great...
The GuardianParanormal Country diary: the secrets of deadly nightshadeverified_publisher The Guardian - Paul EvansA translation of a 17th-century haiku by Bashō is “Fading bells – / now musky blossoms / peal in dusk”. His bells may not refer to the flowers we find in dusky shadows at the wood’s edge, but it fits they...
The GuardianClimate UK policies will not deliver emission cuts pledge, says climate adviserverified_publisher The Guardian - Fiona Harvey Environment correspondentBoris Johnson’s government has set “historic” targets on the climate crisis but has failed so far to come up with the policies needed to reach them, the government’s independent advisers on the climate...
The GuardianSussan Ley Great Barrier Reef: Labor calls on Sussan Ley to back up claim Unesco bowed to political pressureverified_publisher The Guardian - Adam Morton, Graham Readfearn and Daniel HurstLabor has called on the government to justify its claim a UN body bowed to political pressure in recommending the Great Barrier Reef be placed on a world heritage “in danger” list, saying there had been...
The GuardianTipping IPCC steps up warning on climate tipping points in leaked draft reportverified_publisher The Guardian - Fiona Harvey and agenciesClimate scientists are increasingly concerned that global heating will trigger tipping points in Earth’s natural systems, which will lead to widespread and possibly irrevocable disaster, unless action...
The GuardianSewage Environment Agency needs return of £120m grant to protect rivers, says CEOverified_publisher The Guardian - Sandra LavilleThe head of the Environment Agency has called for the government to reinstate a £120m grant to help increase surveillance of water companies and cut pollution in rivers. Sir James Bevan, the chief executive...
