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'Great Australian': veteran TV news anchor farewelled

Former ABC broadcaster Richard Morecroft has been remembered as a passionate environmentalist and great Australian.

AAP · Oct 6

Maryland manure-lagoon overflow kills nearly 11,000 fish across 25 species, officials say

A tragic incident has unfolded at Basin Run, where nearly 11,000 fish have succumbed to the consequences of a manure lagoon overflow from Kilby Farms. The Maryland Department of the Environment has traced the source of this discharge back to a series of ongoing pollution violations. Local residents, frustrated with…

The Times of India · Oct 6

Google told to halt work on datacentres in Finland over environmental concerns

Order on two construction sites comes after Google failed to carry out environmental impact assessments

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6

Jeff McKissack built Houston’s Orange Show from salvaged materials in 1968

Jeff McKissack dedicated decades to creating the Orange Show, showcasing salvaged materials in a unique environment. James Harithas, director of the Contemporary Arts Museum, supported the Orange Show after his first visit in 1975. He believed it could attract significant interest from art collectors, potential buyers, and visitors alike. The…

The Times of India · Oct 6

Germany is turning abandoned coal mines into 23 lakes and a wetland landscape

In eastern Germany, enormous pits carved into the landscape by decades of lignite mining are being transformed into a vast network of lakes, wetlands and restored land. The Lusatian Lakeland, spread across Brandenburg and Saxony between Berlin and Dresden, is being created by flooding former open-cast mines and reshaping their…

The Times of India · Oct 6

Trump urges supporters to vote by mail, reversing years of attacks on practice

President Trump shifted his stance to encourage voting by mail ahead of the midterm elections. He stated that supporters can vote by mail or in-person on November 3rd. This change follows his previous claims of fraud regarding mail-in voting. Recent polls indicate a challenging political environment for Republicans as Trump's…

The Economic Times · Oct 6

Rolling Loud Was Already Crazy Before Hollywood Showed Up: Inside the Festival That Became a Movie and the Chaos It Created- INTERVIEW

Rolling Loud has never exactly been a controlled environment. There are tens of thousands of fans, mosh pits, multiple stages and some of hip-hop's biggest stars performing at the same time. For the editions of Rolling Loud used to make *Rolling Loud: The Movie*, organizers had to run a functioning…

Latin Times · Oct 5

Why some Indigenous communities don’t resist oil extraction in their territories

More than half of the Ecuadorian Amazon has been marked for oil drilling, overlapping with Indigenous territories and areas of high biodiversity. The ecological and cultural impacts of oil extraction are well documented, and have fuelled some of Latin America’s most prominent environmental movements. Yet at the local level, extraction…

The Conversation · Oct 5

Snakes, bobcats, mountain lions: the secret animal world beneath the Hollywood sign

An international symbol for the city, the sign is also hallmark of the region’s environmental richness

The Guardian - US · Oct 5

Philip Morris India and Litterati collaborate to address littering through evidence-based solutions

Philip Morris India has launched a 12-month anti-littering initiative in Delhi with Litterati. This project aims to analyze littering patterns using community science and AI technology. Insights will help implement targeted solutions for waste management and behavior change in identified areas. Previous anti-littering efforts included a successful campaign that removed…

The Economic Times · Oct 5