Public health adviser says higher temperatures caused by climate crisis pose danger for visitors not used to them The climate emergency poses a “real risk” to Spain’s traditional mass tourist model as rising temperatures and more frequent heatwaves hit the country’s most
Energy secretary seeks to reestablish UK as a global leader on the climate crisis with meeting of Cop presidents Labour will honour a pledge of £11.6bn in overseas aid for the climate crisis, the energy secretary, Ed Miliband, told an unusual meeting of Cop presidents past and
More than 120,000 heat-related ER visits were tracked in 2023, as people struggle in record-breaking temperatures In his 40 years in the emergency room, David Sklar can think of three moments in his career when he was terrified. “One of them was when the Aids epidemic hit, the
Danielle Smith and her government’s refusal to combat global heating is said to have made blazes more intense When Danielle Smith, premier of Alberta, began her grim update about the wildfire damage to Jasper, the famed mountain resort in the Canadian Rockies, her voice slipped
‘There will never be mining’ at Northern Territory site, Albanese says as area becomes part of Kakadu national park Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast It’s the decades-long fight over uranium mining that pitted Indigenous owners against
Many companies such as Chipotle and McDonald’s are seeing profits jump as they continue raising prices, an analysis finds As inflation shot to its peak around mid-2022, Chipotle’s prices also rose, pushing up what customers paid for burritos and bowls by as much as several
Planet’s largest blanket bog is first peatland to be designated by Unesco after 40-year campaign The Flow Country, a vast and unspoiled blanket bog that carpets the far north of Scotland, has been made a world heritage site by Unesco. The planet’s largest blanket bog, the Flow
Communities affected by construction of renewable energy infrastructure ‘have the right to see the benefits’ UK politics live – latest updates Labour will seek to persuade people living near proposed pylon routes and other renewable energy infrastructure that the developments
Owner of North Yorkshire power station earned £393m in government subsidies for biomass The owner of the Drax power plant in North Yorkshire will give shareholders a £300m windfall after a sharp rise in taxpayer subsidies boosted its profits for the first half of the year to
National Whale and Dolphin Watch organisers say data collected will help with research into marine mammals Hundreds of wildlife enthusiasts are expected to gather along UK coastlines over the next 10 days to count and record whales and dolphins. The National Whale and Dolphin
Policymakers and funders are being urged to invest in training a workforce to serve the industries of the future A greener economy could bring millions of jobs to some of the largest countries in Africa, according to a new report. Research by the development agency FSD Africa
Organisers hope dogs will mimic behaviour of wolves that in past would have helped disperse wildflower seeds Backpack-wearing dogs are being enlisted to “act like wolves” to help rewild an urban nature reserve in the East Sussex town of Lewes. Before wolves were persecuted to
More than 30 councils relied on reports during development approval process for 135 sites but EPA says no immediate risks to public health identified Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news
From an unexpected glimpse of a silky anteater to a tagged terrapin, here is a selection of this year’s winning, runner-up and commended images from the 2024 Mangrove photography awards , run by the Mangrove Action Project Continue reading...
Connection found between early exposure and bronchitic symptoms in adults without previous lung problems Air pollution breathed in during childhood is one of the factors in adult lung health, according to a new study. The origins of the study date back to 1992 when researchers