22 articles from SATURDAY 5.6.2021
Share vaccines or climate deal will fail, rich countries are told
Call for ‘solidarity’ in Covid fight as Boris Johnson calls on world leaders to help vaccinate global population by end of 2022Progress on climate change could be scuppered by developing nations if they are not given equitable access to vaccines, Boris Johnson has been warned, as rich nations come under new pressure to donate more doses.Figures compiled by the Observer show that the wealthiest...
Biden administration will restore key environmental protections
The administration of President Joe Biden on Friday announced it would restore protections under the Endangered Species Act, a law credited with saving iconic animals like the gray wolf and bald eagle, which were loosened by his predecessor Donald Trump.
Indonesian women take on plastic waste brick by brick
Alarmed by the mountains of plastic waste leaching into Indonesia's waters, two best friends are taking on the environmental menace by turning crisp bags and shampoo packets into paving bricks.
Mine-sniffing rat Magawa ends years of hard work in Cambodia
After five years of sniffing out land mines and unexploded ordnance in Cambodia, Magawa is retiring.
How radar technology is used to discover unmarked graves at former residential schools
Ground-penetrating radar is one of the tools that led to the shocking revelation that there appear to be the remains of 215 children buried at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential...