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Trump EPA wrongly canceled $20B in climate funds, appeals court rules
A US federal appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration acted unlawfully when it terminated and attempted to claw back $20 billion in climate funding that had already been paid out to nonprofit organisations. The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found that the Environmental Protection Agency, under Administrator Lee Zeldin,…
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Former Pokémon Exec Accused of Hiding Video Cameras in Office Bathroom to Record Women and Girls
The Pokémon Company’s former director of engineering at its Bellevue, Washington headquarters is now the subject of a class-action lawsuit, after the discovery of a hidden camera concealed in one of the building’s bathrooms.
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Barry Manilow Delays Lexington Performance Minutes Before Showtime
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – JULY 12: Singer Barry Manilow performs onstage during the “Manilow: The Last Seattle Concert” at Climate Pledge Arena on July 12, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Mat Hayward/Getty Images) Barry Manilow left fans stunned after postponing his Lexington concert minutes before it was set to begin. The post Barry Manilow Delays…
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Dawn Richard Announces New Album Creole Culture: Hear “Enough”
R&B artist Dawn Richard has announced her new album Creole Culture, out 9 October on Merge Records, continuing the exploration of her Black and Native American New Orleans heritage that has defined earlier records such as 2019’s New Breed and 2021’s Second Line. The announcement matters as the culmination of a loose trilogy in which…
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Eclipse a ‘once or twice in a lifetime’ event
A Guernsey astronomer has urged residents of the Channel Islands to make the most of an upcoming partial solar eclipse, describing it as a “once or twice in a lifetime” event for any single location, since the next total eclipse visible from Guernsey will not occur until 2081. Dr Jean Dean, of La Société Guernesiaise’s…
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Green’s Zack Polanski claims ‘climate crisis is biggest threat to Britain since World War Two’ – as he appears with BBC’s Chris Packham who ‘fantasises’ about climate denial being a crime
Green Party leader Zack Polanski has described the climate crisis as the greatest threat facing Britain since the Second World War, making the claim during an appearance alongside BBC naturalist Chris Packham. The comments come as Polanski continues to position climate action as central to his leadership of the Greens, while Packham has separately drawn…
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Farm to become ‘beacon of hope’ nature reserve
A former dairy farm near Wick St Lawrence in North Somerset is to be transformed into a “climate resilient” wetlands and nature reserve after being bought by the Avon Wildlife Trust. The purchase follows a £5m grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, and the trust has described the project as the largest initiative it…
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What can scientists learn from a stray SpaceX rocket hitting the Moon?
A discarded upper stage from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is believed to have struck the Moon near the Einstein crater on Wednesday, creating an accidental impact that scientists are treating as a valuable research opportunity. Because researchers already know the object’s exact size, speed and point of impact, the collision effectively becomes a controlled…
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Saudi Aramco backs India’s Mitti Labs to make Asia’s rice farming more water-resilient
Mitti Labs, a climate-tech startup based in New York and Bengaluru, has raised $9.5 million in a Series A round led by Aramco Ventures, Saudi Aramco’s venture investment arm, to expand its water- and methane-reduction platform for rice farming across Asia. The investment matters because rice is a staple for more than half the world’s…
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Cougars Lower the Risks of Car Crashes by Hunting Deer
A study published in the journal Current Biology has found that car accidents involving deer in the US could fall by as much as 76% in areas with healthy cougar populations, as the big cats’ presence deters deer from foraging near roads and forest edges. This matters because deer-vehicle collisions have risen steadily since the…