Further essential reads for the first half of February 2024

Why 2024 could be the year the Amazon gets the help it needs For decades, the world’s rainforests have been cleared at a relentless pace, mostly destroyed by humans for agriculture. It is a familiar tale accompanied by images of orangutans confronting loggers and cattle ranchers expanding further into the Earth’s most biodiverse places. But

Essential reads of the past months

The big idea: has organic food passed its sell-by date? Discovered in the deep: the viperfish with fangs too big for its mouth ‘It was a set-up, we were fooled’: the coal mine that ate an Indian village Big oil is behind conspiracy to deceive public, first climate racketeering lawsuit says UK wildlife ‘devastated by

Composted Reads for February 2023

Story of the 1st week of February Anger as Shell makes ‘obscene’ $40bn in profits The good news US renewable energy farms outstrip 99% of coal plants economically – study ‘I use it because it’s better’: why chefs are embracing the electric stove The bad news ‘A serious threat’: calls grow for urgent review of

The Telegraph Frontpage for Wednesday 2023 February 01

By Sam Hall Good morning. Today’s strikes promise to be the most disruptive yet, as teachers join walkouts by hundreds of thousands of other public sector workers. Officials fear that striking teachers will still be paid, despite unions forcing the closure of classrooms at most schools. Teachers who strike could still claim pay More than