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Ecological, social and and economic justice. Publishing since 1970.
People kept returning to feed animals, protect wildlife, and care for their beehives despite the danger.
People killed defending nature in Lebanon
Environmental defenders, wildlife rescuers and farmers are paying with their lives as Israeli strikes continue across southern Lebanon.
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The University of Swansea has done a "shameful" u-turn on its commitment to cut ties with fossil fuel companies.
Students horrified by uni oil and arms collab
Swansea University backslides on commitment not to work with the fossil fuel industry
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Environmental defenders, wildlife rescuers and farmers are paying with their lives as Israeli strikes continue across southern Lebanon.
People killed defending nature in Lebanon
Environmental defenders, wildlife rescuers and farmers are paying with their lives as Israeli strikes continue across southern Lebanon.
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Students want to study for a future that will actually exist
Students horrified by uni oil and arms collab
Swansea University backslides on commitment not to work with the fossil fuel industry
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Arctic sea ice acts as a barrier between the relatively warm Arctic Ocean and the much colder winter atmosphere, making it an important bellwether of climate change.
Rapid decline in Arctic sea ice
Arctic winter sea ice back in rapid decline after brief slowdown, say scientists.
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Experts say that redistributing tax revenues could keep the policy equitable.
Food labels 'would help avert climate crisis'
Food labelling combined with higher prices for carbon-intensive foods could help reduce UK greenhouse gases by five per cent.
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'We have fragments of information on how the seabed may once have looked before it was trawled into the ecologically degraded habitat normal today.'
Sea into the future
Is carbon offsetting a Trojan horse for the urgent recovery of seabed biodiversity?
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Climate change is here - and we need to adapt much faster.
An adaptation story
Net zero must be pursued. But the need to adapt to a rapidly changing climate is becoming even more urgent.
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Groundwater declines observed in some Brazilian aquifers resemble patterns documented in heavily stressed groundwater systems in Bangladesh, India, Iran and the US.
Brazil’s groundwater under pressure
Beneath Brazil's forests, farms and cities, a vital water reserve is showing signs of strain.
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The 2020s slowdown in melting now looks like an anomaly in a broader trend.
Rapid decline in Arctic sea ice
Arctic winter sea ice back in rapid decline after brief slowdown, say scientists.
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Cute online pictures are driving animal suffering behind the scenes
Social media driving wild animal pet trade
The trade of wild animals as pets is now playing out on our phones.
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Food labelling combined with higher prices for carbon-intensive foods could help reduce UK greenhouse gases by five per cent.
Food labels 'would help avert climate crisis'
Food labelling combined with higher prices for carbon-intensive foods could help reduce UK greenhouse gases by five per cent.
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The seabed has been fundamentally reshaped by decades of intense human exploitation.
Sea into the future
Is carbon offsetting a Trojan horse for the urgent recovery of seabed biodiversity?
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Campaigners from @fossilfreeldn.bsky.social dressed as firefighters while others poured a black liquid resembling oil over their heads, during a protest outside Shell’s global headquarters this morning. They aimed to take Shell to task for a record-breaking summer of wildfires.
"We must ask ourselves: What kind of world do we want to build?"
A call for unity and awareness
On dehumanisation, division, and a new political imagination.
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Ministers "failed to properly investigate the consequences" of loosening regulations.
Gene editing regulations ruled unlawful
The British Government acted unlawfully when removing some safeguards around gene editing for food.
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Groundwater reserves are increasingly vulnerable to environmental and human pressures
Brazil’s groundwater under pressure
Beneath Brazil's forests, farms and cities, a vital water reserve is showing signs of strain.
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Campaigners call for more 'truly wild' areas accessible to all
Take a walk on the wild side
Call for more ‘truly wild’ areas to show how nature-rich Britain could be.
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Cute content hides a story of animal suffering
Social media driving wild animal pet trade
The trade of wild animals as pets is now playing out on our phones.
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"What looked like a pause in the early 2020s now appears to have been a temporary slowdown within a longer-term decline associated with global warming."
Rapid decline in Arctic sea ice
Arctic winter sea ice back in rapid decline after brief slowdown, say scientists.
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Think tank estimates future costs of heatwaves to 2030 at least £25bn.
Heatwaves will scorch British economy
Think tank estimates future costs of heatwaves to 2030 at least £25bn.
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The British Government’s Warm Homes Plan "set to exacerbate inequalities".
Decarbonising our homes
A special investigation reveals the strategic and structural failings in the British Government's attempts to decarbonise our homes.
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The UK government has been accused of failing to properly investigate the consequences of removing longstanding safeguards relating to transparency, traceability, labelling and regulatory oversight for gene-edited crops and foods.
Gene editing regulations ruled unlawful
The British Government acted unlawfully when removing some safeguards around gene editing for food.
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"[It] was both profoundly joyful, but also really shocking, because you suddenly realised what we’d been missing and hadn’t known we’d been missing.”
Take a walk on the wild side
Call for more ‘truly wild’ areas to show how nature-rich Britain could be.
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Bottom trawlers drag heavy metal gear and nets that can weigh several tonnes across the seafloor, scooping up almost all life in their path.
Porpoises and puffins impacted by bottom trawlers
Bottom trawling bans needed to protect porpoises and puffins as well as seabed: new report.
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The collective choices we make today have the power to change our future.
A call for unity and awareness
On dehumanisation, division, and a new political imagination.
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The strategic and structural failings in the government's approach to climate-proofing our housing.
Decarbonising our homes
A special investigation reveals the strategic and structural failings in the British Government's attempts to decarbonise our homes.
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Ministers accused of playing fast and lose by removing safeguards
Gene editing regulations ruled unlawful
The British Government acted unlawfully when removing some safeguards around gene editing for food.
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Each generation accepts a world with progressively less wildlife as normal. Rewilding projects are looking to reverse course.
Take a walk on the wild side
Call for more ‘truly wild’ areas to show how nature-rich Britain could be.
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Disruption and low productivity caused by extreme heat could cost the British economy billions in the next few years.
Heatwaves will scorch British economy
Think tank estimates future costs of heatwaves to 2030 at least £25bn.
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