In Ascension parish at a jambalaya cookout, bathed in the afternoon sun, a politician made promises…
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There’s a simple way to make our cities greener – without a wrecking ball | Phineas Harper
This week the highest honour in the architecture world was awarded to a pair of Parisian…
Leaf blowers and beating branches: the fight to stop India’s forest fires
As the flames move fast, snaking quickly upwards in the treacherous terrain of Similipal national park…
Summers could last for half the year by 2100
Our summers are already about 20% longer than they used to be, and if the climate…
Country diary: thatched roofs’ purple secret is revealed
I had seen it so often I almost didn’t pause to look. I was re-ridging a…
Drug pricing, climate, immigration: House Dems eye ‘kitchen sink’ for next big bill
Less than two weeks after President Joe Biden signed into law one of Congress’ most expansive…
‘You can’t escape the smell’: mouse plague grows to biblical proportions across eastern Australia
Drought, fire, the Covid-19 pestilence and an all-consuming plague of mice. Rural New South Wales has…
Week in wildlife – in pictures
A baby barking deer grazes near bar-headed geese inside Kaziranga national park in the Golaghat district…
Rep. Tom Reed, who is eyeing a Cuomo challenge, accused of sexual misconduct on 2017 trip
Rep. Tom Reed speaks to the media Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington.…
Activist dives for global climate strike in first underwater protest for the planet – video
Play Video A climate activist dived in the Indian Ocean as part of the first underwater…