Country diary: these trees have become part of the family

I know these two well. There they stand, side by side, rain or shine – stoic…

Ron Johnson ‘not crying’ over Trump’s firing of State Department watchdog

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Solutions for tracing and making contacts | Letters

Why is it that the government is struggling to recruit contact tracers (Wanted ads posted in…

Is the Covid-19 crisis the catalyst for greening the world’s airlines?

“The political moment is now” to address the climate risks posed by the aviation industry, analysts,…

Labour to plan green economic rescue from coronavirus crisis

Labour is drawing up ambitious proposals to rescue the post-coronavirus economy with a radical green recovery…

Congress nowhere close to a coronavirus deal as unemployment spikes

Americans hoping for the next round of coronavirus relief will probably be waiting for weeks —…

Coal industry will never recover after coronavirus pandemic, say experts

The global coal industry will “never recover” from the Covid-19 pandemic, industry observers predict, because the…

Trump pushes McConnell to embrace ‘Obamagate’

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell. | Alex Wong/Getty Images President Donald Trump is appealing directly…

The end of plastic? New plant-based bottles will degrade in a year

Beer and soft drinks could soon be sipped from “all-plant” bottles under new plans to turn…

Noticing nature is the greatest gift you can get from lockdown | Lucy Jones

I t’s likely that we will all be spending time in our local areas for the…