#environment

#environment

We have long advocated for one national standard that upholds customer choice and provides the auto industry long-term stability.

But now the anti-racism charity Hope Not Hate has asked 11,000 people who said they were going to vote for Reform why that is and the answers may surprise you. The Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty says the results suggest an unwieldy coalition of voters who could be won back by other parties. He tells Helen Pidd that a lot of Reform voters want quite fundamental things from the party in terms of workers' rights and the environment, for instance.

This year I couldn't narrow it down to 15, so you get 20 recommendations. Call it literary inflation. Also, after last year's list was published, I got an email from a reader who decried that I had so few titles by female authors on my list (fair enough). This time I made a special effort to include a majority of books written by women.

Some days, I wonder what sort of country we live in. A London woman is threatened with a 150 fine for pouring some coffee dregs down a drain, with the suggestion that this amounted to polluting the waterways (Report, 22 October), yet water companies regularly dump countless millions of gallons of raw sewage with impunity.

Donald Trump was not yet two minutes into his first speech to the UN General Assembly of his second term when he credited himself for having single-handedly forged a world "that was prosperous and at peace". He was, of course, referring to his first term, which led into a screed about how the president who both followed and preceded him, Joe Biden, squandered it all - largely by not being him.

To 2049 by American poet Jorie Graham is one of my favourite collections of recent times and rereading it recently was incredibly rewarding. Filled with slippery and existentially evocative lines such as Years pulled their / lengths through us like long wet strings, it had me pointing at some of the pages gasping: I wish I wrote this! (a condition I frequently suffer from, known as poem-envy).

A man dressed as a 1940s police officer controls traffic during the Lytham 1940s Weekend in Lancashire.

Heat health alerts have been extended for much of the country as forecasters predict a hot and sunny weekend, with the summer's fourth heatwave set to continue.

Lake Alice, a 26-acre gem in Minnesota, was drained due to a stuck valve meant to control its water levels, leaving only a stream and dead fish.

Esteve Fernández, the region's health secretary, has made it clear he wants a national law that bans smoking on the beach, full stop. He's hoping Spain's new tobacco law will stamp out cigarettes on every stretch of sand as well.

The Monitor Point development plans to build a mixed-use high-rise with 1,150 apartments and public spaces on MTA-owned land at 40 Quay St.

Cycling to work has drastically improved my fitness while also allowing me to contribute positively to the environment, all in my own pace.

The magnificent cedar tree from Lebanon, dating back to the 1720s, starred in The Beatles' 1966 music video for 'Rain', where the Fab Four filmed sitting on its branches.

Sudden Branch Drop Syndrome has no known cause, but heatwaves and changes in tree moisture are believed to contribute to incidents of falling branches.

The MethaneSAT satellite lost contact with controllers on June 20, after being launched in March 2024 for measuring methane emissions. It is likely not recoverable.

"Just as a play cannot exist without an audience, a landscape exists through the eyes of those who look at it. This signifies the dynamic interaction between observers and their surroundings."

Energy-saving initiatives in Britain have shown lukewarm results, with citizens not fully engaging in measures to reduce energy consumption despite rising bills.

A fragile sapling now taking root in Green-Wood Cemetery's Chestnut Path is part of an ambitious new effort to bring back a tree that once dominated northeastern forests.

This year's roster of ruminant athletes includes returning favorites like Romeo (a total snugglebug) and Mallomar (quiet but mighty) as well as flashy newcomer Butterball.

The Klamath River is our highway. It is also our food source. And it takes care of us. And so it's our job, our inherent right, to take care of the Klamath Basin and its river.

"There were a lot more crabs in the '90s. There are more predators in the bay, notably the blue catfish... And, the climate's changing," Scerbo adds.

The Environment Agency emphasizes that deleting old emails can contribute to conserving water amidst England's looming water shortage crisis, demonstrating the interconnectedness of digital storage and environmental sustainability.

London's transport authority has fined Lime and Forest a total of £33,000 as part of a new campaign to address the issue of abandoned e-bikes across the city, showcasing their commitment to maintaining a cleaner and safer urban environment.

Fifteen Labour MPs rebelled against the government on Monday night to back an amendment by Labour's Chris Hinchliff to the planning and infrastructure bill that would have imposed new environmental obligations.

This "sustainable and simple yet powerful practice not only conserves water and reduces one's footprint, but also helps protect nature and secure the future," says Chandrima Debi.