10 richest New York billionaires gained $42 billion in the last year, as ordinary New Yorkers struggled with affordability

New Oxfam America brief shows how raising taxes on New York’s ultra-rich could ease the harmful effects of President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. As New York policymakers consider a range of proposed tax reforms, Oxfam America, part of the global organization fighting inequality to end poverty and injustice, released a new brief today detailing how a modest increase in taxes for New York’s wealthiest residents could raise revenue and restore tax fairness. According to Oxfam America, such proposals could help offset the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s (OBBBA)…

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One year on from first wild release in England, beavers transform dense woodland in Studland to wildlife-rich wetland

One year after beavers were released into the wild at Studland in Dorset, their activity has dramatically reshaped part of the local landscape – turning a previously dense area of woodland into a thriving wetland habitat. These beavers are one of two pairs that the National Trust released into Little Sea lake in March 2025, under the first license of its kind to be granted by Natural England. The Trust recently added to its wild release beaver numbers with a successful reintroduction of several animals on the Holnicote Estate in…

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