Environment

Published: 10 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck southern Panama on Friday, sending thousands of frightened residents into the streets, damaging buildings and roads and triggering widespread concern across the country. Although the initial scenes were dramatic and several structures suffered serious damage, Panama appeared to avoid the scale of widespread destruction and loss of life that can follow an earthquake...

Published: 08 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The British public is not being fully informed about the scale of the climate and nature crisis facing the country, according to researchers behind a national emergency briefing that has prompted strong calls for greater public awareness and government action. A survey of 13,000 people who watched the People’s Emergency Briefing found that 93% believed the public was...

Published: 08 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A long-running environmental dispute in Norway has entered a new and potentially more consequential phase after the government granted a mining company permission to continue depositing waste into Førde fjord, despite a Supreme Court ruling that found the original dumping permit unlawful. The decision has reignited anger among residents, environmental campaigners and legal experts in the small west...

Published: 07 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Richard Morecroft was widely recognised as one of Australia’s familiar television news faces, but away from the studio and the seriousness of the evening bulletin, he devoted much of his life to something very different: rescuing vulnerable wildlife. The former ABC presenter, who has died aged 70 after being diagnosed with cancer earlier this year, is being remembered...

Published: 07 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Scientists who place strong faith in technology as the primary answer to the climate crisis may be less likely to take direct action themselves, according to a major international study examining how researchers view climate solutions and personal responsibility. The research suggests that scientists who believe technological progress will largely resolve the problems created by climate change are...

Published: 07 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online New Zealand is facing an increasingly severe climate challenge as greenhouse gas concentrations reach record levels and temperatures continue to rise, raising the prospect of more frequent heatwaves, destructive storms, worsening droughts and potentially catastrophic losses of the country's glaciers. A new government assessment of New Zealand's atmosphere and climate has highlighted mounting pressures across the country's natural...

Published: 06 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Plans for a major datacentre at Drax’s North Yorkshire power station have come under renewed environmental scrutiny after campaigners estimated that the facility could be responsible for around 8.6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions each year if it operates at its proposed scale. The analysis suggests the planned project could generate almost twice the annual carbon emissions...

Published: 06 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Across Argentina, a growing movement of environmental activists, Indigenous communities, workers and human rights campaigners is challenging President Javier Milei’s efforts to loosen restrictions on foreign ownership of land and expand opportunities for international investment in the country’s vast reserves of water, minerals, forests and energy resources. For protesters, the dispute is about far more than property rights....

Published: 06 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The loss of parks, playgrounds and other green spaces around London’s Euston station has emerged as a potentially decisive issue in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection, with residents expressing growing frustration over years of construction, redevelopment and uncertainty about what will replace the land that has disappeared. The constituency is preparing for a closely watched political contest...

Published: 05 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A looming strike by more than 160 offshore oil workers in the North Sea could severely disrupt UK fuel supplies, according to the Unite union, which says industrial action has become unavoidable after pay negotiations with the US-based oil company Apache broke down. The potential dispute comes at an especially sensitive time for British consumers. Fuel prices have...