River Wye becomes first UK river to gain charter rights

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Red tape is making it “far easier” to cut woodlands down in Wales than to create new ones, a charity has warned. Chris Matts, from the Woodland Trust, said “nature-based systems” are some of the most important tools for tackling climate change, but said bureaucracy was an issue. Government statistics show the number of trees…

Delve, a Y Combinator-backed compliance startup accused of fabricating certifications for its customers, has disabled the “book a demo” feature on its website. The controversy, detailed last week in a Substack post by an anonymous whistleblower known as “DeepDelver,” has also apparently led Insight Partners to scrub an article explaining its $32 million investment in…

A few weeks ago, I locked eyes with Sir Ian McKellen as he told me a story about how I was born, where I grew up, and when I would eventually die. Some of the details were a little off, but others were so unsettlingly on the money that it felt like he really did…