McConnell turns Senate Republicans against Jan. 6 commission
Mitch McConnell’s opposition to a bipartisan proposal to independently investigate the Capitol insurrection is turning GOP…
Governments achieve target of protecting 17% of land globally
UN report warns that quantity not matched by quality, with many conserved areas poorly protected, as…
Scientists launch tool to detect bleaching of coral reefs in near real time
The world-first system can allow anyone to check if reefs known to be under heat stress…
‘The sewage works reminded us of Sicily’: bleak local spaces readers learned to love
From car parks to the canals beneath Birmingham’s Spaghetti Junction, some truly unlovely locations sparked the…
Liberals to Biden: Ditch the infrastructure talks with Republicans
Progressives are ready to pull the plug on President Joe Biden’s weeks of infrastructure negotiations with…
Climate crisis to put millions of British homes at risk of subsiding
Drier summers mean the ground in vulnerable areas will be more prone to shrink and crack,…
Food giants accused of links to illegal Amazon deforestation
Cargill, Bunge and Cofco sourced beans from companies allegedly supplied by a farmer fined for destroying…
Why are our cities built for 6ft-tall men? The female architects who fought back
Fed up living in a world designed by and for men, 80s design activists Matrix declared…
Country diary: sheltering from a hailstorm took me back in time
Weardale, County Durham: The valley was full of birdsong today, but in the early 20th century,…
Clock ticking on Biden as second GOP infrastructure meeting yields little progress
There’s still no infrastructure deal in sight after Senate Republicans crafted a revised proposal and met…