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Scientists Bring a GalΓ‘pagos Plant Back From the Brink of Extinction

8 September 2026 at 14:50
Aerial View of Playa Tortuga NegraThe GalΓ‘pagos snapdragon, once close to disappearing, is showing encouraging signs of recovery through a long-term partnership between the Charles Darwin Foundation and the GalΓ‘pagos National Park Directorate. For decades, the GalΓ‘pagos snapdragon was known from little more than a specimen pressed into an herbarium collection. It had been gathered near Caleta Tagus in 1962, [...]

Australia’s new environmental protection agency approves coal project, angering climate groups

3 September 2026 at 03:23

Queensland open-cut Saraji mine will be able to keep digging until 2055 as Anthony Albanese denies tensions with Pacific leaders over fossil fuels

Australia’s new national agency for environmental protection has approved its first coal project, allowing a Queensland open-cut mine to keep digging until 2055 while clearing threatened woodland and koala habitat.

The confirmation of the extension of the Saraji mine, which digs and exports coal for steel making, comes after the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, denied this week there was tension over Australia’s fossil fuel exports during talks with Pacific leaders.

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Β© Photograph: Wikimedia/Lock the Gate Alliance

Β© Photograph: Wikimedia/Lock the Gate Alliance

Β© Photograph: Wikimedia/Lock the Gate Alliance

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