-
The Trump Administration Wants to Change Public Engagement Rules for Polluters
The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency is considering a rule change that would let individual US states decide how much public input is required before permits are granted for smaller polluting facilities, including gas plants and diesel generators increasingly used to power data centres. Campaigners warn this could strip away opportunities for communities to learn…
-
Environmental group within Labor pushing for industry to pay more tax for using fossil fuels in a move that would send household bills soaring
A faction within Australia’s Labor Party linked to environmental concerns is reportedly pushing for fossil fuel industries to pay higher taxes, in a move that critics warn could push household energy bills up significantly. The push appears to relate to changes to fuel tax credits, a scheme that currently reduces the tax fossil fuel-reliant industries…
-
When can you see the Perseid meteor shower?
This BBC News video explains when viewers in the UK can expect to see the Perseid meteor shower, one of the most anticipated astronomical events of the year. The shower is regarded as one of the brightest and most reliable annual displays, making it a popular highlight for stargazers and casual observers alike. The clip…
-
‘Ted Lasso’ Star Toheeb Jimoh & ‘Snow White’s Dujonna Gift Leading BBC’s ‘Open Water’ Adaptation
The BBC has cast Toheeb Jimoh, best known as Emmy-nominated Sam in Apple TV’s Ted Lasso, and Dujonna Gift, who appeared in Disney’s 2025 Snow White, to lead its television adaptation of Caleb Azumah Nelson’s debut novel Open Water. Jimoh plays Marcus, a retail worker pursuing photography, opposite Gift’s Effie, a dance student in Dublin;…
-
“It’s like something genius: a treasure lost and found”: The 18-year-long story behind Slipknot’s Radiohead-inspired detour, Look Outside Your Window
Slipknot have finally released “Look Outside Your Window,” a long-rumoured side project album recorded during the sessions for their 2008 record “All Hope Is Gone,” which came out on Record Store Day, 18 April 2026. The album marks a striking departure from the band’s usual aggressive metal sound, offering slower, more experimental material, and its…
-
Carmakers lobbied UK to revoke ban on petrol and diesel cars after 2035
Major carmakers including BMW, Ford, Nissan and Toyota, along with parts supplier Bosch, privately lobbied the UK government to revoke the planned 2035 ban on new petrol and diesel car sales, according to documents obtained via a freedom of information request. This is significant because the ban is a cornerstone of the UK’s decarbonisation strategy,…
-
River levels approach all-time low as drought announcement looms
River levels across Wales are approaching all-time lows, with an “environmental drought” announcement expected imminently for parts of the country following weeks of extreme dry weather. Wales has received only around 5% of its average July rainfall after successive heatwaves and a drier-than-usual spring, prompting warnings from rivers trusts about wildlife deaths and from farming…
-
Butterfly city blooms in shadow of office blocks
A “mini meadow” left to grow wild in Hull city centre, on Land Registry land near St Stephen’s Shopping Centre, has attracted ten species of butterfly, according to the wildlife group Hull Butterfly City. Volunteer Sean Clough said the presence of breeding small skipper butterflies is particularly notable, calling it “rare for a city”, as…
-
Besieged by lobbyists, will UK ministers protect our ecosystems? No, they’ll chicken out | George Monbiot
George Monbiot argues that successive UK environment secretaries have prioritised industrial poultry lobbyists over environmental protection, with rivers suffering as a result. He singles out outgoing secretary Emma Reynolds, who used her final weeks in post to push for weaker planning rules that would make it easier to build more large-scale chicken factories, despite the…
-
Border K9 sniffs out 99 pounds of prohibited meat, plants and monitor lizard in suitcase from Thailand
A US Customs and Border Protection detector dog helped uncover nearly 100 pounds of prohibited meat, plants and wildlife products hidden inside a suitcase arriving from Thailand. The discovery, made by K9 Maisy at a border checkpoint, highlights the ongoing role of agriculture detection dogs in intercepting items that could introduce foreign pests, diseases or…