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It’s all down to an expansion of New York City’s organic waste collection program which started last year. In it, yard waste and food scraps are collected curbside and brought to a central composting facility before being turned into rich fertilizer. www.goodnewsnetwork.org/6m-pounds-of...
6 Million Pounds of Compost Given to NYC Gardeners in 2025 in Ongoing Organic Waste Collection Effort
6 million pounds of free fertilizer has been given away by NYC authorities after the first year of lawn waste/food scraps collection.
www.goodnewsnetwork.org
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Why are producers turning to Liberia?.The Ivory Coast is the world's largest exporter of cacao beans,but dependence on the industry have disrupted the environment.Massive deforestation and chemical fertilisers have weakened the soil,pushing producers to go elsewhere www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
How cocoa production is driving ‘colossal’ deforestation in Liberia
Cocoa production is fueling illegal deforestation in Liberia, new investigation reveals.
www.euronews.com
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The passing of the Hauraki Gulf Tīkapa Moana Marine Protection Bill has been hailed as a “huge milestone” for one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most ecologically significant marine regions, nearly tripling marine protection across the area. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/hauraki...
Hauraki Gulf Protection Act ushers in 'bold new era for marine life' - Oceanographic
The Hauraki Gulf Marine Protection Bill has been hailed a "huge milestone" for New Zealand’s most ecologically significant marine regions.
oceanographicmagazine.com
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Scientists have identified a new anti-ageing drug class that works by acting on a key gut bacteria process, an advance that may lead to ways to prolong lifespan in humans. www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
Whole new class of anti-ageing drug found to work at cell level
Findings help explain how nutrition and gut microbes influence ageing
www.independent.co.uk
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Archaeologists have confirmed that Easter Island’s iconic Moai statues were “walked” to their platforms using rope by “remarkably few” of the island’s indigenous Rapa Nui people, solving a decades-long mystery. www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
Study confirms how Moai statues were erected on Easter Island
Roads made by villagers stabilised statue, researchers say
www.independent.co.uk
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Amnesty has called on New Zealand home to the world’s largest Pacific diaspora to urgently reform its policies to provide “rights-based approach to climate-related displacement”.
“This would include offering a dedicated humanitarian visa,” the report said. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
‘Humanitarian’ visa must be created for Pacific Islanders displaced by climate crisis, experts say
Calls for reform to allow people across the Pacific threatened by climate crisis to more easily migrate, particularly to New Zealand
www.theguardian.com
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It’s becoming better understood that food systems are a major driver of the climate crisis. Scientists can examine deforestation for agriculture, or the methane emissions from livestock. But the environmental impact of ultra-processed foods www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The hidden cost of ultra-processed foods on the environment: ‘The whole industry should pay’
Industrially made foods involve several ingredients and processes to put together, making it difficult to examine their true cost
www.theguardian.com
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A South African farm worker has described to a court how he was forced by his boss to feed the bodies of two black women to pigs in an attempt to hide evidence after they were shot. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
South African farm worker tells court women fed to pigs to 'dispose evidence'
Adrian De Wet tells the South African court that
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A new study published in the journal Science of the naked mole rat shows that they have a life span of nearly 40 years,resistant to cancer,deterioration of the brain and spinal cord,and arthritis,so many scientists want to understand more about how their bodies work. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Naked mole rats reveal genetic secret to long life
The bald, subterranean rats are the world's longest-lived rodent.
www.bbc.co.uk
jonbright.bsky.social
A South African farm worker has described to a court how he was forced by his boss to feed the bodies of two black women to pigs in an attempt to hide evidence after they were shot. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
South African farm worker tells court women fed to pigs to 'dispose evidence'
Adrian De Wet tells the South African court that
www.bbc.co.uk
jonbright.bsky.social
A new study published in the journal Science of the naked mole rat shows that they have a life span of nearly 40 years,resistant to cancer,deterioration of the brain and spinal cord,and arthritis,so many scientists want to understand more about how their bodies work. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Naked mole rats reveal genetic secret to long life
The bald, subterranean rats are the world's longest-lived rodent.
www.bbc.co.uk
jonbright.bsky.social
Marine conservationists from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and nature charity Groundwork released 20 specialised oyster reef cubes, made from six tonnes of sea water-resistant concrete alternative, called Marine Crete, off the coast of Tyne and Wear. www.standard.co.uk/news/environ...
Huge concrete-like cubes deployed in North Sea to protect oysters from storms
The efforts are part of a five-year restoration and conservation project for the Tyne and Wear area.
www.standard.co.uk
jonbright.bsky.social
The passing of the Hauraki Gulf Tīkapa Moana Marine Protection Bill has been hailed as a “huge milestone” for one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most ecologically significant marine regions, nearly tripling marine protection across the area. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/hauraki...
Hauraki Gulf Protection Act ushers in 'bold new era for marine life' - Oceanographic
The Hauraki Gulf Marine Protection Bill has been hailed a "huge milestone" for New Zealand’s most ecologically significant marine regions.
oceanographicmagazine.com
jonbright.bsky.social
Why are producers turning to Liberia?.The Ivory Coast is the world's largest exporter of cacao beans,but dependence on the industry have disrupted the environment.Massive deforestation and chemical fertilisers have weakened the soil,pushing producers to go elsewhere www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
How cocoa production is driving ‘colossal’ deforestation in Liberia
Cocoa production is fueling illegal deforestation in Liberia, new investigation reveals.
www.euronews.com
jonbright.bsky.social
It’s all down to an expansion of New York City’s organic waste collection program which started last year. In it, yard waste and food scraps are collected curbside and brought to a central composting facility before being turned into rich fertilizer. www.goodnewsnetwork.org/6m-pounds-of...
6 Million Pounds of Compost Given to NYC Gardeners in 2025 in Ongoing Organic Waste Collection Effort
6 million pounds of free fertilizer has been given away by NYC authorities after the first year of lawn waste/food scraps collection.
www.goodnewsnetwork.org
jonbright.bsky.social
It’s becoming better understood that food systems are a major driver of the climate crisis. Scientists can examine deforestation for agriculture, or the methane emissions from livestock. But the environmental impact of ultra-processed foods www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The hidden cost of ultra-processed foods on the environment: ‘The whole industry should pay’
Industrially made foods involve several ingredients and processes to put together, making it difficult to examine their true cost
www.theguardian.com
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Data analysed by a US group campaigning to halt plastic pollution,showed that the increase in UK exports in the first half of 2025 was mainly to Indonesia (24,006 tonnes in 2025,up from 525 tonnes in 2024)and Malaysia (28,667 tonnes,up from 18,872 tonnes in 2024). www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK plastic waste exports to developing countries rose 84% in a year, data shows
Campaigners say increase in exports mostly to Malaysia and Indonesia is ‘unethical and irresponsible waste imperialism’
www.theguardian.com
jonbright.bsky.social
Amnesty has called on New Zealand home to the world’s largest Pacific diaspora to urgently reform its policies to provide “rights-based approach to climate-related displacement”.
“This would include offering a dedicated humanitarian visa,” the report said. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
‘Humanitarian’ visa must be created for Pacific Islanders displaced by climate crisis, experts say
Calls for reform to allow people across the Pacific threatened by climate crisis to more easily migrate, particularly to New Zealand
www.theguardian.com
jonbright.bsky.social
Archaeologists have confirmed that Easter Island’s iconic Moai statues were “walked” to their platforms using rope by “remarkably few” of the island’s indigenous Rapa Nui people, solving a decades-long mystery. www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
Study confirms how Moai statues were erected on Easter Island
Roads made by villagers stabilised statue, researchers say
www.independent.co.uk