Top senator says Congress shouldn’t remove Confederate names from bases

Sen. Jim Inhofe. | Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images By CONNOR O’BRIEN 07/24/2020 12:46 PM EDT Updated: 07/24/2020…

The week in wildlife – in pictures

A deer hunts a fox in a harvested wheat field near Chinon, France Photograph: Guillaume Souvant/AFP/Getty…

Congress wants to fix public lands. It’s just a bandage on the wounds Trump caused | Sally Jewell and Ken Salazar

Among mountain trails and city parks in our home states of Colorado and Washington, we have…

‘Sending animals to war zones’: Irish cattle export to Libya may breach laws

Animal welfare groups have warned that an upcoming shipment of young bulls from Ireland to Libya…

‘Meet’ the now officially extinct smooth handfish | First Dog on the Moon

Cartoon by First Dog on the Moon Topics Fish First Dog on the Moon Endangered species…

The Covid-19 recovery is an opportunity for systemic change. Our future hangs in the balance | Rachel Hay and Hannah Ford

In September 2019, people from all walks of life stood together, waving banners and leading chants,…

MPs to check if the government’s green plans are fit for purpose

MPs plan to scrutinise the government’s green economic plans and industrial strategy to test whether they…

Republican infighting leads to embarrassing setback on aid

Senate Republicans and the White House wasted a week at the worst possible time. Amid a…

Democrats: Packets sent to Trump allies are part of foreign plot to damage Biden

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. | Alex Brandon/AP Photo Top congressional…

Cost of preventing next pandemic ‘equal to just 2% of Covid-19 economic damage’

The cost of preventing further pandemics over the next decade by protecting wildlife and forests would…