Environment
September hottest on record by ‘extraordinary amount’, says WMO
It follows record-breaking temperatures in August and July across the globe.
Sunak ‘removing the alternatives’ to driving, say walkers and cyclists
Newspapers reported that a Plan for Motorists will be unveiled at the upcoming Tory conference in Manchester.
Only 10% think more fossil fuels will cut bills and boost energy security – poll
Just 8 per cent think increasing fossil fuel production is the best way to increase energy security, according to a poll.
Rosebank oil field given the go-ahead
"This is the greatest act of environmental vandalism in my lifetime", Caroline Lucas said on the back of the announcement.
Government ‘may have broken the law over sewage’
The Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs, the Environment Agency and Ofwat may have misinterpreted the law.
More than 5,000 dead and 10,000 missing in flood-hit eastern Libya
"How much death and destruction will it take for world leaders to take climate change seriously?", Jeremy Corbyn has asked.
Police wield guns and ram into climate protesters in Nevada
"I'm gonna take all of you out"
18 bodies found in area of Greece struck by major wildfire
No reports of missing people have been filed so authorities are examining the possibility that the casualties were migrants who entered from Turkey.
Public concern over climate change jumps sharply amid summer of record heat
Concern around the issue now stands at the highest level since the Cop26 conference in Glasgow in November 2021, says Ipsos.