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World’s smallest snake rediscovered in Barbados 20 years after last sighting

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 12:40:48 +0000

Conservationists feared the 10cm threadsnake, as thin as a strand of spaghetti, had become extinct

The world’s smallest snake has been rediscovered in Barbados, 20 years after its last sighting.

The Barbados threadsnake, which had been feared extinct, was rediscovered under a rock in the centre of the island during an ecological survey in March by the nation’s environment ministry and the conservation organisation Re:wild.

White House rescinds $20m for clean water in pesticide-contaminated rural California

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 11:00:13 +0000

EPA said grant to provide clean water was a ‘wasteful DEI program’ as pesticide leaches into residents’ wells

Tesla’s European sales slump as Musk warns of ‘rough quarters’ ahead

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 10:00:30 +0000

Electric carmaker struggles to emerge from sales rut on continent despite updating its bestselling Model Y

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Tesla sales in Europe have collapsed by one-third this year, data shows, after Elon Musk warned the electric carmaker faced “a few rough quarters” ahead.

Why I absolutely love a visit to the dump | Adrian Chiles

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 10:00:12 +0000

Throwing things away is bad. Buying them in the first place was probably bad, too. But the act of disposing of them at the rubbish tip is a glorious moment of relief and release

Trump’s war on windmills started in Scotland. Now he’s taking it global

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 09:00:04 +0000

President’s opposition to offshore wind more than a decade ago now threatens a huge industry in the US and beyond

Donald Trump’s bitter dislike of renewable energy first erupted publicly 14 years ago in a seemingly trivial spat over wind turbines visible from his Scottish golf course. As Trump returns to Scotland this week, though, he is using the US presidency to squash clean power, with major ramifications for the climate crisis and America’s place in the world.

How flood-ravaged Boston took on the climate deniers – and won

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 09:00:03 +0000

As the Trump administration dismisses global heating, the coastal city is getting on with becoming one of the most climate resilient in the world. Here’s how

Australia warned it could face legal action over ‘wrongful’ fossil fuel actions after landmark climate ruling from world’s top court

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 06:10:35 +0000

Vanuatu climate change minister says ICJ opinion gives Pacific island nations ‘much greater leverage’ in dealing with partners such as Australia

I travelled the globe to document how humans became addicted to faking the natural world. Here’s what I found

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 05:00:03 +0000

In his new book, The Anthropocene Illusion, photographer Zed Nelson reflects on the surreal environments created as people destroy nature, yet crave connection to it

‘Significant legal breakthrough’ as NSW court blocks state’s largest coal expansion over emissions

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 04:01:06 +0000

Decision is a significant blow for MACH Energy’s Mount Pleasant coalmine expansion in Muswellbrook in the upper Hunter

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Albanese government plotted to maintain native forest logging in NSW if court battle was lost, documents show

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 00:00:52 +0000

Exclusive: Anthony Albanese sought ‘advice on strategy’ as federal and state governments prepared for ‘potential impacts of an adverse decision’