UNCOVERED: 76 - The Untold Story

'Elvis of birds': clue found in hunt for elusive parrot

Researchers are racing against time to find and protect a critically endangered parrot after a decade-long search led to audio of the rare bird's call.

AAP · Apr 23

Country diary: A tree can define a landscape – even when it has fallen

The Marches, Shropshire: Recently I had wondered how long this great lime would stay standing. The next day, I had my answer

The Guardian - UK · Apr 23

Oily orange water result of mine pollution, court told

A rural community group alleges rivers, ponds, dams and water tanks have been contaminated by pollution from one of Australia's largest gold and copper mines.

AAP · Apr 23

Why chicken farms’ reliance on cheap imported soya bean is risky business

Letter: Ruth Tanner sets out the wider environmental and economic ramifications of factory-farmed poultry in response to a letter on chicken feed

The Guardian - UK · Apr 22

There is no justification for the expansion of North Sea gas

Letters: Responding to an article by Nils Pratley, Simon Oldridge writes that the climate risk would outweigh paltry returns from new licensing, while Alex Chapman says Britain’s projected demand is often overstated

The Guardian - UK · Apr 22

When the AI Cloud Comes for Texas Water

Legislators are (sort of) beginning to grapple with the grim costs that come with the state’s data center boom.

Texas Observer · Apr 22

Governments failed to deliver $160m of river improvements including for now-parched NSW wetlands, report finds

NSW and Queensland governments ‘severely underdelivered’ on promised infrastructure to improve water flows, independent review finds

The Guardian - AU · Apr 22

Window to tackle Europe’s global heating deaths closing, experts warn

Heat killed 62,000 people across Europe in 2024, and deaths related to extreme temperatures rose in nearly every part of the continent over the past decade, a new report has found.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 22

EU plans to cut electricity taxes to shield households from Iran war energy crisis

Brussels will relax state aid rules to allow member countries to offer ‘targeted and temporary’ support

The Guardian - UK · Apr 22

Stern warning: one man’s mission to clear the rotting boats poisoning Cornwall’s creeks

Unwanted vessels left to decay release fibreglass shards into the water, harming marine life. Steve Green – with his trusty van Cecil – is determined to clean things up

The Guardian - UK · Apr 22