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Local authorities say policing government’s new standards on smoke pollution is beyond their meansLocal authorities lack the resources for the crackdown on highly polluting wood burners promised by the environment secretary, Thérèse Coffey, they say.Wo…
Butterfly Conservation report reveals 42% decline in distribution of 58 native species since 1976Butterfly species have vanished from nearly half of the places where they once flew in the UK since 1976, according to a study.The distribution of 58 nativ…
Large volumes of traps, nets and marine debris in sperm whale’s intestinal tract highlight plastic pollution’s threat to wildlifeA sperm whale that washed ashore in Hawaii over the weekend probably died in part because it ate large volumes of fishing t…
The old aircraft carrier, once the navy’s flagship, is packed with asbestos. No country, including Brazil, will let it dock to be dismantled.
Moree Plains company found guilty of knowingly taking water with faulty metering equipment for crops such as cottonSign up for the Rural Network email newsletterJoin the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the communityA Moree Plains irrigato…
The tiny capsule that fell out of a Perth-bound truck captured the world’s attention, but experts say hundreds of radioactive sources go missing each yearFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news email…
Retailer and green groups warn of ‘high environmental cost’ of fish aggregating devices to tuna stocks and other endangered marine lifeThe EU is under pressure to significantly restrict its huge fleet of fishing vessels from using “fish aggregating dev…
Twenty states have enacted laws restricting rights to peaceful protest, as environmentalists are increasingly criminalized The shooting of Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, believed to be the first environmental defender killed in the US, is the culmination o…
National Trust project shows family home of ‘nature’s engineers’ and how they have improved the environment for other wildlifeThey can be seen chugging around their watery domain like small furry tugboats, gnawing away at saplings or nuzzling up to eac…
Government plan to educate owners and encourage fines not enough to effectively tackle air pollution• Study links air pollution to mental ill-healthPoliticians and campaigners have called for an urgent review of wood-burning stoves, which cause large a…