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Glencore says it is working with state and federal governments to minimise the impact of flora and fauna in the 680ha area west of MackayHabitat for threatened koalas that are part of a population described by one expert as nationally significant would be bulldozed under plans to extend a Queensland coalmine.The campaign group Lock the Gate used drones with thermal imaging cameras to find 13 koalas in one night in trees earmarked for clearing by mining company Glencore.Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/15/plan-to-extend-queensland-coalmine-would-bulldoze-critical-koala-habitat

Council says measure at Danescourt cemetery in Tettenhall is in response to increase in obesity levels in cityResidents of Wolverhampton have criticised plans for what is being called a “fat tax” on burial plots after a city cemetery imposed a premium on wider graves.Danescourt cemetery in Tettenhall will charge an extra 20% to families whose loved ones need a 6ft-wide plot, as opposed to a standard 5ft grave. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/14/wolverhampton-cemetery-extra-fee-wider-graves-fat-tax Author : Robyn Vinter Publish date : 2025-08-14 12:37:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

President says ‘we’re going to use DC as a very positive example’ as city’s leaders say ‘crime crisis’ White House has cited does not existVladimir Putin will face “very severe consequences” if he does not agree a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine at his summit with Donald Trump in Alaska, the US president said on Wednesday.Speaking after a call with Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European leaders, including Britain’s Keir Starmer, Trump also suggested he would push for a second summit if his meeting with Putin goes well – this time including his Ukrainian counterpart. Continue reading... Source link :

Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah among those to boycott Bendigo Writers festival, saying she cannot appear ‘as a Palestinian’ due to speaker codeA number of authors and academics have withdrawn from this weekend’s Bendigo Writers festival over a speaker code that one says requires “complete self-censorship” over Israel’s war in Gaza.Academic and author Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah, First Nations poet Dr Evelyn Araluen and Wiradjuri writer and poet Jeanine Leane are among those who have withdrawn from the festival over the code. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/14/writers-festival-requires-complete-self-censorship-over-gaza-war-academic-says-as-speakers-withdraw-in-protest Author : Adeshola Ore Community affairs reporter Publish date : 2025-08-14 07:29:00 Copyright for syndicated