Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told GOP colleagues in a letter that he will vote to…
Day: February 13, 2021
Digging in: a million trees planted as villages and schools join climate battle
The UK may be in the grip of a winter lockdown but in one village on…
Lawyers strike deal to prevent witness testimony in trial
The lawyers in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial clinched an agreement that would bypass witness testimony, clearing…
Biden’s stimulus gamble: Massive cuts to Medicare, farm aid
The budget gambit Democrats are embracing to fast-track President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic aid plan…
GOP freshmen of color eyeing Dem-dominated minority caucuses
Freshman Rep. Byron Donalds wants to pull off something Washington has never seen: Membership in both…
Bill Gates on the climate crisis: ‘I can’t deny being a rich guy with an opinion’
In an exclusive extract from his new book, the Microsoft founder explains why we need to…
HS2 tunnel protest will be first of many, says activist
Lazer Sandford says subterranean tactics are likely to feature in new wave of climate emergency protests…
Walmart selling beef from firm linked to Amazon deforestation
Exclusive: US chains Walmart, Costco and Kroger selling Brazilian beef produced by JBS linked to destruction…
Weatherwatch: forecasts can protect animals too
Weather forecasts have the potential to be an important conservation tool, say meteorologists When extreme weather…
‘A very dangerous epoch’: historians try to make sense of Covid
Experts say it is not just the pandemic that makes these feel like unusually significant times…