Peggy Shepard walked into her living room on Tuesday morning when her husband told her Jesse Jackson, the civil rights titan from South Carolina, had died. “Immediately tears started coming,” said Shepard, co-founder and executive director of WE ACT for Environmental Justice, a New York City-based nonprofit. Nearly 40 years...
Would you pay $49 a month to drink recycled wastewater?
One day, you’ll appreciate drinking recycled toilet water. Urban populations are growing as water supplies are dwindling, often due to worsening droughts. In response, some communities are treating wastewater, rendering it perfectly safe for consumption. It is so pure, in fact, that if a treatment facility doesn’t add enough of...
Ask a Climate Therapist: How do I deal with friends and family who won’t stop polluting?
Dear Leslie, How do I deal with the frustration and anger that comes with having family members and friends who continue to fly and pursue other behaviors that worsen the climate crisis? They know better, yet they don’t act differently. — Frustrated Climate Activist Dear Frustrated Climate Activist, Your anger...
USA and Canada to meet in Olympic men’s ice hockey gold medal game
Hughes and Eichel spark US rout of Slovakia MacKinnon scores late to send Canada through Border rivals to meet for men’s hockey gold The United States and Canada men’s ice hockey teams will play for the gold medal on Sunday’s final day of the Milano Cortina Games after both teams...
Constitution Hill could switch to Flat full-time after triumphant debut
Trainer Nicky Henderson shocked by Southwell victory ‘We will have to think long and hard about his future’ The mercurial career of Constitution Hill took a dramatic upward turn on Friday as the 2023 Champion Hurdle winner turned his belated Flat debut into a procession up the Southwell straight, coming...
Charles Leclerc clocks quickest time at final F1 pre-season testing in Bahrain
Lando Norris second fastest; Max Verstappen third Aston Martin completed just six laps after problems Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc took the bragging rights with the quickest time at the final Formula One test before the season proper begins in Australia in just two weeks, while Aston Martin endured a horror show....
Selfies and juggling day jobs: Chatham Town land ‘amazing’ Women’s FA Cup tie
Fourth-tier team, the lowest-ranked left in the competition, and their Cup-winning manager are hoping to stun Birmingham Old-school sweet dispensers stand tall pitchside at the Bauvill Stadium, almost as if watching the action. Behind them, Bobby’s bar is bustling and above the club logo on a wall behind one of...
Winter Olympics showcase golden oldies, fourth-place pain and sliding-doors moments | Lizzy Yarnold
Bravery on display has been inspirational, but behind the glamour and the glory it’s the humanity that captivates us Milano Cortina has been the first Games where I’ve been around town, not just being whisked from the sliding centre to the athletes’ village. It has given me the chance to...
‘I won the league with Liverpool’: Arne Slot responds to Wayne Rooney jibe
Rooney claimed coach lacked ‘aura’ to manage club ‘Jürgen Klopp and me both won the league’ Arne Slot has responded to Wayne Rooney’s claim that the Liverpool head coach does not have the “aura” to manage the club by pointing to his Premier League title success last season. Rooney questioned...
Tudor promises Spurs will avoid relegation but accepts club are in ‘emergency situation’
New coach starts tenure against Arsenal on Sunday Tudor insists ‘we have enormous quality in the squad’ Igor Tudor has said Tottenham are in “an emergency situation” but issued a guarantee that his new team would escape relegation. Tudor is a veteran of short-term appointments and has performed rescue jobs...