New EPA chief Michael Regan relishes ‘clean slate’ after chaos of Trump era
Michael Regan has perhaps the most fiendishly challenging job within Joe Biden’s administration. As the head…
Weatherwatch: why Atlantic Portugal has a ‘Mediterranean climate’
Despite not being on the Mediterranean, Portugal has what is termed a Mediterranean climate: warm (sometimes…
Surfers Against Sewage launches long-term plastic waste clean-up
Charity urges public to join Million Mile Beach Clean, created to mark emergence from UK lockdown…
Country diary: sticks, moss and dog hair – the nest-building has begun
A handful of sticks in the fireplace: someone placing kindling, someone casting fortunes, someone marking a…
Manchin sees ‘no circumstance’ for voting to kill filibuster
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) drew a hard line Wednesday on voting to weaken or eliminate the…
Schumer’s filibuster workaround spurs mass confusion
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and his caucus will have to sort out “some parameters.” |…
The Guardian view on dark skies: we need them
Severe light pollution in Britain appears to have fallen, according to the CPRE, the countryside charity.…
Marine species increasingly can’t live at equator due to global heating
Global heating has made the ocean around the equator less rich in wildlife, with conditions likely…
Carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere reach record high
Concentrations of climate-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have hit record highs, despite a dip in…
Trump claims Gaetz ‘never asked me for a pardon’
“The recent false allegations against me are not something I’ve ever discussed with Trump, pardons or…