High levels of firework chemicals recorded despite Covid ban on organised displays With organised firework displays…
Day: November 12, 2020
Top Senate Republicans say Biden should get presidential intel briefings
Senate Republicans still aren’t acknowledging that Donald Trump lost the election. But they’re getting a little…
Congress deadlocked on stimulus as lame duck begins
Prospects for a new stimulus bill this year just about hit rock bottom on Thursday. Democratic…
UK bird flu outbreaks prompt tough new restrictions on farms
Poultry keepers across England, Scotland and Wales are facing tough new lockdown-style measures on their farms…
‘We won’: Indigenous group in Canada scoops up billion dollar seafood firm
Clearwater Seafoods deal gives Mi’kmaq control of lucrative ocean stretch, as tensions remain high over First…
Scorching Tucson bucks US trend to put climate justice at centre of plans
Key goals include powering city buildings on renewables and curbing urban sprawl It was another scorching…
‘We’re not going to stop’: Lawmakers press ahead with Trump-era investigations
Donald Trump will be a private citizen in January. But Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill…
Dry run: the wet farming experiment that could sow seeds for future crops
Cambridgeshire project trials plants that thrive in more extreme weather, including sphagnum moss and bulrush A…
Reaching UK net zero target cheaper than we thought, says climate adviser
Exclusive: Chris Stark says cost is surprisingly low but criticises government for absence of a plan…
Country diary: all thoughts turn to birds in flight
There are wild energies in the air: wraiths of Atlantic weathers twisting and unthreading the sky,…