Environmental groups and neighbours condemn plan to release more than 1m tonnes of contaminated water in…
Month: April 2021
‘I’m hopeful’: Jerome Foster, the 18-year-old helping to craft US climate policy
The New York teenager has been included among a group of advisers to the president –…
Can you drink milk and stay ethical? I’m desperate to work out how | Emma Beddington
Should we go for oat milk? Seaweed-fed cows? But then there’s the packaging to worry about…
The knackerman: the toughest job in British farming
Between accidents, disease and bad weather, farm animals are prey to so many disasters that dedicated…
Australia’s ‘black summer’ of severe weather wasn’t just bad luck
The 2019–20 bushfire season led to flooding and polluted drinking water despite moderate rainfall First it…
Purple revolution: India’s farmers turn to lavender to beat drought
Faced with climate change, farmers in Jammu and Kashmir are switching from maize to essential oils…
Legumes research gets flexitarian pulses racing with farming guidance
Plant more bean-like crops in Europe and consider ‘healthy diet transition’ to beat climate crisis, say…
Republicans pray for truce after Trump attacks on McConnell
Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell’s relationship simply can’t go on like this for Senate Republicans. Though…
Democrats dare GOP to filibuster Asian American hate crimes bill
Senate Republicans are weighing whether to mount the first official filibuster of the new Congress —…
Republican congressman vows legal challenge to House metal detectors
A Georgia congressman who was fined for refusing to walk through metal detectors to enter the…