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After 150 years, a prized box returns to an Indigenous nation in Canada: ‘I felt like royalty traveling with it’

admin — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 12:00:45 +0000

The unlikely return of the bentwood box underscores the challenges facing Indigenous communities working to reclaim items raided from their lands

When the plane took off from Vancouver’s airport, bound north for the Great Bear Rainforest, Q̓íx̌itasu Elroy White felt giddy with excitement.

The plane traced a route along the Pacific Ocean and British Columbia’s coast mountains, still snow-capped in late May.

Finance firms’ claim to be ‘saving the world’ was a mistake, says City veteran

admin — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 11:35:15 +0000

Aberdeen chair says some asset managers may have put themselves at legal risk by exaggerating ESG role

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Pension funds and institutional investors made a “huge mistake” and exaggerated their role in environmental, social and government (ESG) issues to promote their products, the outgoing chair of Aberdeen Group, Douglas Flint, has said.

Severe weather hits the US hard as key forecast offices reel from Trump cuts

admin — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 11:00:34 +0000

This year marks the first time that local NWS offices have stopped round-the-clock operations in the agency’s history

A brutal stretch of severe weather has taxed communities on the eastern fringes of tornado alley this spring and early summer, while harsh staffing cuts and budget restrictions have forced federal meteorologists to attempt to forecast the carnage with less data.

As of 30 June, there have already been more than 1,200 tornadoes nationwide.

Temperature records shatter as heatwave grips Europe and UK records hottest day of year - Europe live

admin — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 08:38:23 +0000

Public health warnings as heatwave raises concerns about impact of climate change

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The French prime minister François Bayrou, who attended a government crisis meeting over the heatwave, was asked about the great difficulty of French schools to handle the heatwave.

Life on landfill: the people who scrape a living from our waste – in pictures

admin — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 06:00:09 +0000

Three leading female photographers – Gulshan Khan, Laura El-Tantawy and Lisl Ponger – explore the complex global entanglements of climate crisis, environmental justice and human survival

‘Even if we stop drinking we will be exposed’: A French region has banned tap water. Is it a warning for the rest of Europe?

admin — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 04:00:04 +0000

Forever chemicals have polluted the water supply of 60,000 people, threatening human health, wildlife and the wider ecosystem. But activists say this is just the tip of the Pfas iceberg

Popular sunscreens accused of greenwashing by ACCC over ‘reef-friendly’ claims

admin — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:08:56 +0000

Consumer regulator claims owner of Hawaiian Tropic and Banana Boat misled consumers but company stands by products

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King Charles to receive £132m next year after crown estate makes £1.1bn profit

admin — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 23:01:48 +0000

Offshore wind power boom helps push profit from land and property to more than double what it was two years ago

King Charles is set to receive official annual income of £132m next year, after his portfolio of land and property made more than £1bn in profits thanks to a boom in the offshore wind sector.

Puerto Rico’s solar-powered village – in pictures

admin — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 14:00:44 +0000

For years, Puerto Ricans have faced high electricity costs and regular blackouts. The town of Adjuntas, in the central mountains, boasts the island’s first community-owned solar microgrid

EPA employees sign ‘declaration of dissent’ over agency moves under Trump

admin — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 13:59:57 +0000

More than 170 EPA employees signed letter, with about 100 more signing anonymously out of fear of retaliation

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