As the country reels from the police killings of black Americans and thousands protest across the…
Day: June 5, 2020
The Guardian view on Brazil and the Amazon: don’t look away | Editorial
A consensus that international cooperation is required to limit the danger from global heating has existed…
The week in wildlife – in pictures
A robin feeds its young fledgling as a lamb wanders past in Dartmoor, UK. The nearby…
Republicans cheer latest unemployment data
“INCREDIBLE. The Great American Comeback is starting!” tweeted House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. | Alex Edelman/Getty…
Tree mapping app blossoms as city-dwellers seek out nature in lockdown
An online mapping tool featuring the location and species of more than 700,000 trees in London…
Mines are hotspots for spread of Covid-19, study finds
Mining sites in Canada, the US and around the world have become hotspots for the spread…
Meat giants selling to UK linked to Brazil farms in deforested Amazon reserve
Three international meat companies have indirectly sourced cattle from farms that deforested a unique, protected Amazon…
Airlines and carmakers benefit from UK Covid relief scheme
Airlines, carmakers and oilfield engineers have benefited by billions from the government’s economic rescue plans, despite…
World Environment Day: Celebrating the UK’s precious biodiversity
The water vole The water vole, Britain’s fastest disappearing mammal, has vanished from over 90% of…
The world must seize this opportunity to meet the climate challenge | Andrew Bailey and others
We are currently in the midst of the most severe macroeconomic shock since the second world…