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Indigenous rebels, migrant bravery and joyful dance: New York’s Latin American Foto Festival – in pictures
The Guardian has published a photo gallery showcasing work featured at New York’s Latin American Foto Festival, hosted by the Bronx Documentary Center. The collection brings together documentary photographers from across Latin America, spotlighting Indigenous land movements, environmental struggles, migration and cultural traditions, and it matters as a platform amplifying regional stories of resilience, identity…
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Swift nest reportedly thrown in skip during house renovations in South Tyneside
Conservationists in South Tyneside fear that swift chicks were thrown into a skip during renovation work on council houses in Jarrow, in apparent breach of laws protecting nesting birds. The Northern Swifts Group was alerted to the destruction of at least one nest on Tuesday, and a single dehydrated swiftlet was rescued from a badly…
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‘A lot of red flags’: plans for New Zealand’s first datacentre spark concern as locals demand greater transparency
Plans for New Zealand’s first AI datacentre, a NZ$3.5bn (US$2bn) facility to be built by Singapore-based company Datagrid in Makarewa, north of Invercargill, have prompted concern among local residents who are demanding greater transparency. Their worries centre on the centre’s substantial electricity and water consumption, potential noise and light pollution, and a sense that the…
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Black bear raiding a garbage can at Lake Tahoe garage triggers dramatic wildlife encounter
A California man says a black bear charged at him outside his Lake Tahoe vacation home over the Fourth of July holiday, forcing him to fend off the animal with bear spray in an encounter captured on video. Cortlandt Koerwitz of Sacramento told KCRA 3 that the incident began when his daughter spotted the bear…
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Data Centers Are Quietly Taking Over Texas. The Pollution Could Be Catastrophic
A Floodlight investigation has found that data centres are rapidly proliferating across Texas, often building large fossil-fuel power plants with minimal public scrutiny. The report centres on OpenAI’s flagship “Stargate” data centre in Abilene, whose 360-megawatt on-site gas plant sits just 500 yards from the home of resident Omaira Garcia, who says she learned of…
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Is an Air-Conditioning Revolution Coming to Europe?
As Europe endures increasingly severe heat waves — with June temperatures exceeding 40°C and shoppers in France scrambling for fans and air conditioners — demand for cooling is surging across a continent that is warming faster than any other. This matters because air-conditioning in Europe is shifting from a luxury to a matter of health…
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Rare moth find in town park sparks hopes of others
Conservationists have recorded a rare moth, the six-belted clearwing, for the first time in Telford, Shropshire. The West Midlands Butterfly and Moth Society said it was “delighted” by the sighting at Rough Park nature reserve, and hopes the discovery signals that the species may be present elsewhere in the area. The moth, described as “tiny…
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‘I’m left with a year of nothing’: UK gap year students lose thousands of pounds as tour operator closes
The volunteer travel operator GVI has gone into liquidation, leaving scores of UK school leavers and gap year students who had paid thousands of pounds for overseas conservation placements with cancelled trips and no refunds. The company continued advertising and taking bookings until it removed its website and ceased trading on 1 July, informing customers…
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Water firm CEO’s £660k payment ‘hard to accept’, says surfer
People criticise a £660,000 extra payment to Yorkshire Water’s boss amid rising bills and pollution.