The Sierra Club Tries to Move Past John Muir, George Floyd and #MeToo
After a public reckoning and the departure of its executive director, the nation’s largest environmental organization has tapped Ben Jealous as its new leader.
Environment
‘The kids loved it’: readers on taking part in National Grid energy-saving trial
More than 1m households and businesses have signed up to get paid to cut back on power usageHouseholds were paid to cut back on their electricity use for an hour on Monday evening in the first test of a National Grid scheme aiming to cut energy consump…
Endangered shark sold as flake in South Australia fish and chip shops, study finds
Calls for better food labelling as investigation claims that only around one-third of fish is flake, with served species including rare narrownose smooth-hound Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastFish and chip shop …
Italian bear famous for bakery break-in dies after being hit by car
Juan Carrito described by regional president as ‘most famous and loved Marsican bear in Abruzzo’Italians are mourning the death of a rare brown bear who became famous for his jaunts to small mountain villages in the Abruzzo region.Affectionately known …
Greenpeace accuses Treasury of distorting its stance on biomass burning
Briefing notes obtained by FoI reveal minister meeting with Drax CEO was told Greenpeace supported practiceGreenpeace has accused the government of misrepresenting its stance on burning trees for electricity, giving a minister the impression of public …
Panther sighted in Damavand area of Iran
The environment department in Damavand County, north of the Iranian capital Tehran, has confirmed the rare sighting of a panther in the area.
Revealed: how US transition to electric cars threatens environmental havoc
By 2050 electric vehicles could require huge amounts of lithium for their batteries, causing damaging expansions of miningThe US’s transition to electric vehicles could require three times as much lithium as is currently produced for the entire global …
Thousands of dead carp wash up on South Australia’s beaches
Invasive fish carried in flood waters die in marine environment, as scientists call for herpes virus to be considered in managementFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily ne…
Elephant seal that caused havoc in Victorian seaside town reappears at another beach
Authorities say the 500kg animal is ‘definitely not Henry’, a seal that used to frequent the Mornington Peninsula in the early 2000sFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily n…
System to protect threatened species from development ‘more or less worthless’, study finds
Environment ministers’ decisions spanning 15 years made no difference to amount of habitat destroyed, researchers sayGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastDecisions by environment ministers spanning 15 years to either…