Hazelwood power station’s eight chimneys demolished in live stream viewed by thousands
Eight chimneys at Victoria’s defunct, coal-fired Hazelwood power station have been demolished. The chimneys, which soared…
Country diary: the wonder of May’s mossy, messy alchemy | Country diary
Above the thick canopy of oak, hazel and sycamore, the spring sun burns brightly, but by…
‘Many will starve’: locusts devour crops and livelihoods in Pakistan
Mir Gul Muhammad, a farmer in Balochistan province, was blunt. “The worst that we have ever…
Film-maker captures dust storm enveloping Western Australia beach – video
Play Video 1:04 Film-maker Chris Lewis has captured a blaze of red dust covering a beach…
Surfers brave monster waves as 10-metre swells lash Sydney’s coastline – in pictures
Surfers ride out the southerly swell as huge waves pound Bronte Beach in Sydney’s east. Photograph:…
Rick Scott says the Bill of Rights trumps all
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) | Alex Brandon/AP Photo By ELEANOR MUELLER 05/24/2020 11:12 AM EDT Updated:…
Britain’s largest solar farm poised to begin development in Kent
Britain’s largest solar farm, capable of generating enough clean electricity to power 91,000 homes, is poised…
Race, wealth and public spaces: US beaches are a new flashpoint of the lockdown
As Florida’s beaches shut down in April, part of the state’s pandemic stay-at-home order, Josh Davis…
Robin Wall Kimmerer: ‘People can’t understand the world as a gift unless someone shows them how’
“This is a time to take a lesson from mosses,” says Robin Wall Kimmerer, celebrated writer…
‘It’s good for the soul’: the mini rewilders restoring UK woodland
Tamara and Steve Davey cannot help but grin at the suggestion they are “miniature rewilders”. Standing…