Ageing orca Lolita is set to be returned to the Pacific Ocean after more than 50 years of captivity – and to potentially reunite with her mother. The 57-year-old killer whale has amassed huge numbers of visitors since she began performing at The Miami Seaquarium in 1970. Taken from...
The UK government’s revamped net zero strategy will miss its 2030 emission cuts target, it has conceded. The new energy plan was released on Thursday to strong criticism from environmental groups. It comes nine months after the High Court ruled that an earlier version breached legally...
The climate and nature crises have thrown European countries into a new kind of healthy rivalry with each other. In the race to reach net zero emissions and restore depleted ecosystems, any nation’s win is a victory for all of us. But looking to the most positive examples on the continent...
Australia has passed tough new laws capping oil and gas emissions. The breakthrough legislation – passed late on Thursday night local time – requires coal mines and oil refineries to curb their emissions by about five per cent each year. The centre-left Labor government behind...
French President Emmanuel Macron has unveiled a water crisis plan aimed at conserving this resource in the face of persistent drought. On Thursday (30 March) he revealed some 50 measures to share, reuse and save water. It was the first major announcement after weeks focused on the pension...
