Environment
The 30ft-long humpback whale had been unable to feed properly.
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Scientists blame the sharp decline on climate and weather conditions.
A polar bear was hundreds of miles from his natural habitat, roaming around a village in eastern Russia. The exhausted animal reportedly travelled on an ice floe. He was tranquilised and airlifted back home and released back into the wild.
Each year, 1.3 billion tonnes of food goes to waste, that’s about one third of the food produced globally. By 2030, that figure is expected to increase to 2.1 billion tonnes. And yet, in the UK alone, an estimated 8.4 million people are struggling to afford to eat. That’s equivalent to the entire population of London.
He was 400 miles off course.
But the government has refused to declare a national climate emergency.
Emma Thompson joins Extinction Rebellion in their fifth day of climate change protests, saying she was “willing to be arrested”. The Oscar-winning actress urged the government to address climate change to save the planet for our future generations.
As the head of a union of energy workers in traditional industries you might expect me to argue for the status quo, but we want to save the planet as much as anyone
When climate change already disproportionately affects communities of colour, protests like Extinction Rebellion's must prove it's more than a white middle class concern