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Are we heading for ‘managed retreat’? Everything you need to know about floods

silverguide.site – Thousands of people are killed each year by floods – and climate breakdown is making them more likely…
Are we heading for ‘managed retreat’? Everything you need to know about floods
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Inside RFK Jr’s conflicted attempt to rid America of junk food

silverguide.site – ‘Maha’ promised to tackle ultra-processed foods – but is it hijacking the food movement instead?…
Inside RFK Jr’s conflicted attempt to rid America of junk food
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‘Could become a death spiral’: scientists discover what’s driving record die-offs of US honeybees

silverguide.site – Experts scrambling to understand losses in hives across the country are finally identifying the culprits. And the damage to farmed bees is a sign of trouble for wild bees too…
‘Could become a death spiral’: scientists discover what’s driving record die-offs of US honeybees
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Tiny fungus farming beetle from WA could wreak havoc on Sydney’s heritage trees

silverguide.site – Invasive shot-hole borer only found in Perth in Australia, but as WA moves from eradication to management of pest, risk of spread is ‘heightened’…
Tiny fungus farming beetle from WA could wreak havoc on Sydney’s heritage trees
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Country diary: As I cycle along, it feels as if each yellowhammer is handing me on to the next | Ed Douglas

silverguide.site – Kelso, Roxburghshire: It’s rare I hear this delightful bunting at home, but here in the Borders their numbers suggest farmers are doing the right things…
Country diary: As I cycle along, it feels as if each yellowhammer is handing me on to the next | Ed Douglas
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Melting glaciers and ice caps could unleash wave of volcanic eruptions, study says

silverguide.site – Research in Chile suggests climate crisis makes eruptions more likely and explosive, and warns of Antarctica risk…
Melting glaciers and ice caps could unleash wave of volcanic eruptions, study says
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Tony McNally obituary

silverguide.site – Other lives: One of the organisers of ‘green shows’ in Birmingham in the 1990s…
Tony McNally obituary
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Millions of tonnes of toxic sewage sludge spread on UK farmland every year

silverguide.site – Exclusive: Experts call for stricter regulation as current rules set in 1989 require testing for only a few heavy metals…
Millions of tonnes of toxic sewage sludge spread on UK farmland every year
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‘A Trojan horse’: how toxic sewage sludge became a threat to the future of British farming

silverguide.site – Sludge used as fertiliser on farmland contains harmful chemicals that scientists suspect are entering food chain…
‘A Trojan horse’: how toxic sewage sludge became a threat to the future of British farming
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Brics summit in Brazil tries to reinvent collective approach to world’s problems | Jonathan Watts

silverguide.site – President Lula rebukes wealthy countries for retreating on climate and trade but bloc is divided and unbalanced…
Brics summit in Brazil tries to reinvent collective approach to world’s problems | Jonathan Watts
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‘We’re told we won’t amount to anything’: is it possible to change the fortunes of young people living in England’s coastal towns?

silverguide.site – Young people living by the sea are often in some of the most deprived areas of the country, but they say they want the chance to thrive. The Guardian is embarking on a year-long series to tell their stories…
‘We’re told we won’t amount to anything’: is it possible to change the fortunes of young people living in England’s coastal towns?
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Weather tracker: supercharged storms hit Texas’s ‘Flash Flood Alley’

silverguide.site – Storms that led to deadly flash floods were heightened by moisture from the remnants of Tropical Storm Barry…
Weather tracker: supercharged storms hit Texas’s ‘Flash Flood Alley’
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Country diary: Bird cherries, caterpillar silk and a beautiful dead hedge | Susie White

silverguide.site – Allendale, Northumberland: How better to use a reluctantly felled tree than to turn it into a wind-filtering wildlife habitat, practical barrier and cost-free fence?…
Country diary: Bird cherries, caterpillar silk and a beautiful dead hedge | Susie White
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Young people in England’s coastal towns three times more likely to have a mental health condition

silverguide.site – They are suffering disproportionately and without help, say researchers, and unless they are given a voice, problems will continue to mount up…
Young people in England’s coastal towns three times more likely to have a mental health condition
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South Australia ‘helpless’ in face of deadly marine algal bloom spreading to Adelaide beaches

silverguide.site – State’s environment minister warns bloom unlikely to disappear any time soon as testing for toxic algae continues at 14 Adelaide sites…
South Australia ‘helpless’ in face of deadly marine algal bloom spreading to Adelaide beaches
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Businesses and charities call for UK to scrap VAT on refurbished electronics

silverguide.site – Exclusive: Letter to government says lower prices for repaired goods would cut waste, create jobs and help households save money…
Businesses and charities call for UK to scrap VAT on refurbished electronics
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Weedkiller ingredient widely used in US can damage organs and gut bacteria, research shows

silverguide.site – Diquat is banned in the UK, EU, China and other countries. The US has resisted calls to regulate it…
Weedkiller ingredient widely used in US can damage organs and gut bacteria, research shows
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How a £1.5bn ‘wildlife-boosting’ bypass became an environmental disaster

silverguide.site – A14 in Cambridgeshire promised biodiversity net gain of 11.5%, but most of the 860,000 trees planted are dead. What went wrong?…
How a £1.5bn ‘wildlife-boosting’ bypass became an environmental disaster
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Country diary: The sense of emptiness in these driven-grouse moors stirs a deep melancholy | Mark Cocker

silverguide.site – Combs Moss, Derbyshire: For 50 years, I have been coming here to see breeding waders, now gone or much diminished. We must find a way to arrest this decline…
Country diary: The sense of emptiness in these driven-grouse moors stirs a deep melancholy | Mark Cocker
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Wild kangaroo harvests are labelled ‘needlessly cruel’ by US lawmakers – but backed by Australian conservationists

silverguide.site – The campaign to ban kangaroo products is ‘muddled’ and not based on knowledge, wildlife experts say…
Wild kangaroo harvests are labelled ‘needlessly cruel’ by US lawmakers – but backed by Australian conservationists
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