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Edinburgh residents fume after plant havens dug up by council and filled with resin

Locals in Marchmont planted dozens of environmentally-friendly plants in the vacant patches of earth after the council planted rows of trees on Warrender Park Road and the surrounding area at the end of last year

Edinburgh Live · May 28, 2022

God bless the Elizabeth line - heaven for nerds of the built environment

What better way to celebrate the jubilee than the new underground route and stone pyramids in the Pennines

The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2022

With Balbir Singh Seechewal known as 'Eco Baba' for Rajya Sabha, more efforts expected against water contamination

BATHINDA: With Aam Aadmi Party nominating environmentalist Balbir Singh Seechewal more known as 'Eco Baba', for Rajya Sabha, the environmentalists are happy that now more concerted efforts could be made for water conservation and contamination in water stressed Punjab.

The Times of India · May 28, 2022

The Guardian view on Australia’s election: Labor needs to go bigger on climate

Editorial: Labor won by offering modest environmental policies. It will have to go further in office to deal with the climate emergency

The Guardian - UK · May 27, 2022

Mangroves are disappearing – we read 200 scientific papers to find out why

Mangrove forests look much like the coastal cousins of inland forests, but you cannot miss their tangled prop roots that help them thrive in harsh coastal environments where the tide flows in and out and there is little oxygen in the soil. They cover much of the tropical and sub-tropical…

The Conversation · May 27, 2022

Prehistoric Planet: TV show asked us to explore what weather the dinosaurs lived through

When conjuring up images of when dinosaurs ruled the planet we often think of hot and humid landscapes in a world very different from our own. However, the new TV series Prehistoric Planet, narrated by Sir David Attenborough, shows dinosaurs living and indeed thriving in many types of environments, including…

The Conversation · May 27, 2022

National Farmers Union funding legal challenges to curbs on river pollution

Exclusive: Environmental groups criticise NFU for helping companies to fight Defra rules on nitrates in waterways

The Guardian - UK · May 27, 2022

Shocking footage shows raw sewage running into River Clyde while kayaker passes nearby

The River Clyde Environment Group captured the video in Rutherglen, near Glasgow, at the weekend.

Daily Record · May 27, 2022

Lizards or snakes? The stark game of survival playing out in Ibiza

The growing trend for imported olive trees has brought hoards of invasive snakes to the Spanish island, threatening the future of its wall lizard

The Guardian - UK · May 27, 2022

Glasgow's River Clyde polluted by raw sewage as video shared of filth flowing into water

Glasgow's River Clyde Environment Group has reported the issue to The Scottish Environment Protection Agency, who are working with Scottish Water to resolve the problem.

Glasgow Live · May 27, 2022