Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell walks from his office to the Senate floor at the U.S.…
Day: October 19, 2020
How a storm-stricken Scottish village was swallowed by sand
An unlikely feature of the Scottish landscape, a desert of shifting sand, was created by a…
French dairy giant accused of polluting country’s famous rivers for years
France’s largest dairy company has repeatedly polluted the country’s rivers over the past decade, according to…
Democrats prepare sweeping budget plans if they win in November
House Budget Chair John Yarmuth heads to meet with fellow Democrats at the Capitol in Washington.…
Uber pledges GBP5m toward electric vehicle charging points in London
Uber has pledged to invest more than GBP5m in public electric vehicle charging infrastructure in some…
Bottle-fed babies swallow millions of microplastics a day, study finds
Bottle-fed babies are swallowing millions of microplastic particles a day, according to research described as a…
Vast majority of Europe’s key habitats in poor or bad condition – report
The vast majority of protected landscapes across Europe are rated as in poor or bad condition…
Big Oil’s answer to melting Arctic: cooling the ground so it can keep drilling
. The oil company ConocoPhillips had a problem. It wanted to pump 160,000 more barrels of…
Make climate risk reports mandatory for 480 FTSE firms, say investors
An influential group of investors is urging UK regulators to make climate risk reporting mandatory for…
Tree of the week: the beloved Scots Pine that could fall victim to its own success
In the water of Llyn Padarn in Snowdonia stands a pine tree that has captured the…