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No welcome mat for thirsty, energy-hungry data centres

Priority treatment will be afforded to water- and energy-conscious data centres, though some critics want stricter rules on technology companies.

AAP

‘She gave her life to protect the richness of Congo’: inside the deadly assault on Upemba wildlife park

Survivors describe how rangers and staff were targeted by an armed group during a raid on DRC’s national park earlier this month

The Guardian - UK

Removing 'forever chemicals' from drinking water comes at a cost to French consumers

Since the beginning of this year, testing for 20 PFAS – or "forever chemicals" – has become mandatory in France under a European directive. But detecting and removing micro-pollutants from water is a challenge, and consumers could end up footing the bill.

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Free midday power just the start for energy equity

Zero-cost daytime energy is about capitalising on Australia's solar success story but more could be done to ensure renters and apartment occupants benefit.

AAP

Could a little beetle threaten Australia's foodbowl?

Voracious wood-boring beetles continue to rapidly destroy the snow gum forests of the Australian Alps as climate change creates perfect conditions for them.

AAP

Cities can improve air quality ‘quite rapidly’ with political will

Air pollution is the leading environmental risk to human health, causing respiratory and cardiovascular disease as well as cancer in millions of people every year. Yet some cities are already managing to cut pollution significantly, new analysis by the environmental network Breathe Cities shows.

Radio France Internationale

‘It was our little idyll – until the solar farm landed’: the battle raging in the heart of the British countryside

In one corner, clean energy champion Ed Miliband. In the other, residents – and Reform politicians – outraged at plans for more large-scale solar farms in Lincolnshire than anywhere else in the UK

The Guardian - UK

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‘A toad is a perfect tenner’: experts recommend wild candidates for new banknotes

Animals will feature on £5, £10, £20 and £50 notes, the Bank of England says, but which creatures should make the cut?

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: The weeds in my garden aren’t disposable – they’re edible

Cranbrook, Kent: Fat hen, chickweed and stinging nettles often end up in the compost heap, but they deserve a try in the kitchen

The Guardian - UK

Weather tracker: Unseasonal storms hit parts of Pakistan and India

Karachi particularly badly affected with 18 people killed, more than 50mm of rain and winds gusting up to 60mph

The Guardian - UK

‘Hybrid organ’: how a union of trees and fungi could revolutionise forest management

A US startup supplies spray for fast-growing loblolly pines with the hope of increasing biodiversity – and reducing the need for artificial fertiliser

The Guardian - UK

‘Like lighting a cigarette while trying to quit’: Australia approves new coal seam gas expansion

The expansion in Queensland, which has been approved until 2081, will contribute about 120m tonnes of carbon emissions over its lifetime

The Guardian - AU

From black rain to marine pollution, the war in Iran is an environmental disaster

In this week’s newsletter: with US-Israeli strikes hitting oil refineries, military bases and nuclear facilities, monitors are warning that the conflict will have devastating effects

The Guardian - UK

More than 70 UK councils failed to issue single fine for littering last year

Lack of enforcement is allowing people to drop rubbish with complete impunity, says Clean Up Britain

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People in North Yorkshire town found to have ‘alarming’ levels of toxic Pfas chemicals in blood

Exclusive: Testing in Bentham, home to UK’s highest recorded Pfas levels, finds one in four have blood levels in greatest risk category

The Guardian - UK

‘Smokeless’ fuels produce more ultrafine particles that get embedded in lungs, study shows

The tiny size of the particles means they can become deposited deep in people’s lungs, causing a health risk

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: The messy chaos of nesting herons

Stranmillis University College, Belfast: There’s a fuss going on high up in the trees, as these early breeders have already got going with this year’s brood

The Guardian - UK

Rightwing narrative fuelling false belief UK public oppose net zero, study finds

Reform, Tory and some media rhetoric runs contrary to poll showing far more voters for net zero than against it

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US states sue Trump EPA over decision to repeal bedrock climate finding

Lawsuit says rescission of endangerment finding – which ruled greenhouse gases threaten public health – was illegal

The Guardian - UK

Stop mowing the lawn – and five more ways to save Britain’s ‘charming’ and ‘polite’ gatekeeper butterflies

Conservation can be hard work. But not when it comes to helping these little orange and brown beauties

The Guardian - UK

UK to cut climate aid to developing countries by 14% to £2bn a year in ‘refocus’

Move will put national security and lives overseas at risk, critics say, as overall UK aid budget is slashed to 0.3% of gross national income

The Guardian - UK

Stopping gas dictating UK energy price could cut bills by £200, thinktank says

Iran war has increased gas price, with effects on UK energy bills that could be avoided, Common Wealth says

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: Daffodils and chiffchaffs are here, the wet months behind us

St Dominic, Tamar Valley: Our wooded enclave is alive again with bursting magnolia and questing bumblebees, while primroses amass on the lanes

The Guardian - UK

Mehr Fardoonji obituary

Other lives: Organic farmer whose four acres in Cheshire were among the first to be registered by the Soil Association

Reason

Your Steak Isn't Killing the Planet

Some climate activists want a meat-free future. The science says otherwise.

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