Mass lobby in Westminster is kicked off with giant image on cliffs of Dover stating ‘89% of people want climate action’ More than 5,000 people from across the UK arrived in Westminster on Wednesday to meet their MPs and demand urgent climate action to protect their communities.
Heat caused 2,300 deaths across 12 cities, of which 1,500 were down to climate crisis, scientists say Planet-heating pollution tripled the death toll from the “quietly devastating” heatwave that seared Europe at the end of June, early analysis covering a dozen cities has found,
At least 27 people died at Camp Mystic, but survivors credit coast guard swimmer and young staff with saving lives A US coast guard rescue swimmer on his first rescue mission as well as teenage counselors who helped shepherd cold and wet young campers to safety have been
Fire has brought many of the city’s services to a halt, with all flights cancelled at Marseille airport A fast-moving wildfire on the outskirts of France’s second-largest city, Marseille, has destroyed homes and forced hundreds of people to evacuate, as a heatwave and dangerous
UK ministers should update the public on the outlook for bills as the price of overhauling the system is adding up The government’s decision on zonal pricing for electricity – the issue that divides the energy industry like no other – is due any day. Whichever way ministers
Military Road on island’s south is threatened by erosion, with some parts now less than 5 metres from steep cliffs It is considered one of the most scenic routes in the UK, an 11-mile stretch of road that skirts the coastal cliffs and enjoys sweeping views of the Channel. The
Exclusive: Defra warned three years ago of farmland contamination by water firms’ sewage-derived product Government ministers have ignored Environment Agency pleas to tighten rules on the use of sludge fertiliser for three years, despite the regulator having said that water
The seaside resort has become a byword for coastal deprivation but its youth say there’s a world of creativity bubbling under the surface Photographs by Polly Braden Michael knows exactly how he feels about his home town of Blackpool. “It’s just brilliant,” he says. Walking
‘Maha’ promised to tackle ultra-processed foods – but is it hijacking the food movement instead? Over the space of the last year, Robert F Kennedy Jr. has made the term “ultra-processed foods” something of a household phrase. Once a term only used by nutritionists and food
We all need to be careful about how we get information and reach conclusions – especially now Why exactly so many people drowned in the terrible Independence Day floods that swept through Texas’s Hill Country will probably have multiple explanations that take a while to obtain.
Experts scrambling to understand losses in hives across the country are finally identifying the culprits. And the damage to farmed bees is a sign of trouble for wild bees too Bret Adee is one of the largest beekeepers in the US, with 2 billion bees across 55,000 hives. The
