Country diary: the swan who sits on silence

Sandy, Bedfordshire: In his half-vigil, the male never plays any part in this pointless nest maintenance,…

Mice, floods and the climate crisis: why your insurance won’t cover society-wide catastrophes | Richard Denniss

The best way to keep premiums down is to prevent climate change and the disasters it…

Biden ends infrastructure talks with Senate GOP, starts engaging bipartisan group

Bipartisan infrastructure talks between President Joe Biden and GOP Sen. Shelley Moore Capito are over, and…

With infrastructure talks in overtime, Dems move to keep government funding on track

House Democrats are deploying a crunch-time plan to move forward on the coming year’s budget while…

The island with no water: how foreign mining destroyed Banaba

The Kiribati island survived droughts due to sacred caves that captured rainfall but rampant phosphate extraction…

Senate China bill heads for next steep climb in House

In the Senate, progressives voted for the bill despite some objections and noted the House would…

Aviva might benefit from an agitator but the risk is over-reach | Nils Pratley

Cevian’s call for more capital to be returned is beyond what most City analysts think possible…

UK banks to reveal exposure to climate crisis for first time

Bank of England to examine risks rising temperatures and sea levels could pose for financial system…

Do Norfolk birds speak Punjabi? Mona Arshi, the poet transcribing bird calls

The lawyer-turned-poet spent a year ‘possessed’ by bird sounds – and found some chirped in her…

‘It was sad having to leave’: Climate crisis splits Alaskan town in half

All of Newtok’s 400 residents will have to move to higher ground but funding shortages and…