Diesel price 'deja vu' for grain farmers nearing harvest
ABC News Australiaby Justine Longmore, Petra Oates, and Warwick Long11 Sept 2026
In short: Diesel prices are going up again, on the eve of the fuel-intensive grain harvest across Australia.
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top 96%Diesel Tops $6 A Gallon As Fuel Prices Smash A New Record | Carscoops
Carscoopsby Stephen Rivers11 Sept 2026
- U.S. diesel has crossed $6 per gallon for the first time. - Prices have nearly doubled from their year-ago level. - Tight global supplies and depleted U.S. inventories are driving the surge.
Australian-first water recycling tech switched on in regional NSW
ABC News Australiaby Catherine James11 Sept 2026
In short: An Australian-first wastewater treatment system has been built in regional NSW. Water treatment scientist Troy Warry says his innovation has been successfully trialled in three European...
Best wet season in decades gives life to living medicine cabinet
ABC News Australiaby Em Jensen11 Sept 2026
In short: A new community-made field guide shares cultural knowledge utilised by Barkindji people for thousands of years.
Zoos help to save snail found in only one lake in Wales
BBC Newsby Steffan Messenger11 Sept 2026
- Published A tiny snail found in only one lake in the UK has been dubbed as precious as an Egyptian artefact as conservationists bid to save it.
Country Life: Ōtaki, the small town aiming for carbon neutrality
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa11 Sept 2026
Drew Mackenzie cuts a small figure nestled among the roots of a giant kahikatea growing in remnant ancient forest on the outskirts of Ōtaki.
A federal judge just told Trump there's no ‘emergency' to justify keeping a Michigan coal plant open
Gristby Kate Yoder11 Sept 2026
The Department of Energy overstepped when it ordered an aging coal-fired power plant in Michigan to stay open past its planned retirement date last year, a federal court ruled on Friday.
Microplastics fall across rural Switzerland, adding over 200 tons yearly to land and water
Phys.orgby Manuel Martin11 Sept 2026
Microplastics fall across rural Switzerland, adding over 200 tons yearly to land and water Loose fibers from functional clothing, discarded PET bottles or abandoned packaging: When such plastic...
America’s houseplants come at a steep price for greenhouse workers
Gristby Katie Myers11 Sept 2026
On Tuesday, the day after Labor Day, a small band of activists marched past the gates of a sprawling plant nursery in Leicester, North Carolina, outside of Asheville.
Will Africa's Next Growth Story Start on the Farm?
Timeby Justin Worland11 Sept 2026
Africa needs an agricultural revolution, both to feed the growing population and to power the continent’s economic growth.
10,000 years of wheat and barley selection reveal shared climate-adaptation genes
Phys.orgby INRAE11 Sept 2026
10,000 years of wheat and barley selection reveal shared climate-adaptation genes Research teams from INRAE, the University of Clermont Auvergne and the CNRS have reconstructed 10 ancient genomes...
This water scored a perfect 100. Now it's being served like wine
ABC News Australiaby Kerry Staight11 Sept 2026
Passionate South Australian surfer Damien Smith moved to the rugged western coast of Yorke Peninsula for the waves.
U.S. Diesel Prices Just Surpassed a Record $6 Per Gallon. Here Are Three Ways That Affects You
Timeby Callum Sutherland11 Sept 2026
The U.S.-Iran war has severely disrupted the flow of oil, with the national average of diesel now $6.06 a gallon according to the American Automobile Association, up from $5.85 last week, as...
Pomelo harvest affected by water shortages, typhoons - Taipei Times
Taipei Times12 Sept 2026
Pomelo production in eastern Taiwan is not expected to be much more than 14,000 tonnes this year, 20 percent less than the average of the previous years, due to typhoons and water shortages, the...
Taiwan, Paraguay plan carbon credit project - Taipei Times
Taipei Times12 Sept 2026
Taiwan and Paraguay are to cooperate in environmental governance with a pilot carbon credit project covering five hectares of woodland in Paraguay, the Climate Change Administration said yesterday.
When will your glacier disappear? New website lets users explore risks worldwide
Phys.orgby Free University11 Sept 2026
When will your glacier disappear? New website lets users explore risks worldwide When will the glacier in your valley disappear? Will the glacier you visited as a child still exist in 2050?
Angolan communities return to seasonal migration amid severe drought
Mongabay Globalby Bobbybascomb11 Sept 2026
Several years of severe drought are forcing people to leave their homes in Angola to search for water and food in neighboring Namibia.
A Texas LNG Plant Pumps Out Chronic, Unpermitted Pollution, a Watchdog Finds - Inside Climate News
Inside Climate Newsby By Dylan Baddour11 Sept 2026
A gas export terminal on the Gulf Coast of Texas has routinely violated air pollution permits for years with little consequences from state regulators, according to a report released this week by...
Pack the umbrella as cooler days and showers loom for Qld this weekend
ABC News Australiaby Holly Richardson11 Sept 2026
In short: Rainfall from 2–10 millimetres is expected in parts along the east Queensland coast this weekend.
Himalayan water bomb ticking over Nepal-China ‘Tatopani’ border
New Indian Expressby SV Krishna Chaitanya11 Sept 2026
The road to Nepal’s northern gateway with China is less a highway than a precarious line etched into the mountainside.