The hottest summer in human history – a visual timeline
(date: 29/09/2023)
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Ella Baron on the UK’s decision to go ahead with the Rosebank oil field – cartoon
The decision to extract fossil fuels from a new field in the North Sea has angered environmentalists (date: 28/09/2023)
‘Supercontinent’ could make Earth uninhabitable in 250m years, study predicts
(date: 26/09/2023)
‘Staggering’ green growth gives hope for 1.5C, says global energy head
Positive thoughts (date: 26/09/2023)
Labour to stand firm on net zero policies and attack cost of Tory retreat
Hopefully good news (date: 25/09/2023)
Ben Jennings on Rishi Sunak’s green U-turn – cartoon
The prime minister has aligned himself with rightwing opposition to moves towards net zero (date: 22/09/2023)
Rishi Sunak likely to face legal challenges over net zero U-turn
Tory hard right using net zero as a political football. Shredding UK reputation and hope of a low emissions future. Primed for culture war as the legal challenges come in. Nefarious. (date: 22/09/2023)
Al Gore leads international chorus of disapproval for Sunak’s climate U-turn
‘…Sunak’s move is “obviously profoundly unhelpful at this critical moment”, said Alden Meyer, a climate policy expert at E3G, a Washington DC-based consultancy. “The UK was seen as a leader in its climate commitments and the prime minister has got this exactly wrong. It’s exactly the wrong signal to be sending….’ (date: 21/09/2023)
UK net zero policies: what has Rishi Sunak scrapped?
Absolutely insanity (date: 20/09/2023)
London facing 45C days ‘in foreseeable future’, mayor Sadiq Khan warns
Good work by London (date: 18/09/2023)
What are medicanes? The ‘supercharged’ Mediterranean storms that could become more frequent
(date: 15/09/2023)
Greek PM under attack over handling of Storm Daniel disaster response
Kyriakos Mitsotakis faces biggest crisis yet as residents ask where money for ‘immediate’ flood relief has gone (date: 12/09/2023)
US sets new record for billion-dollar climate disasters in single year
(date: 12/09/2023)
Seven days of 30C heat in September is new UK record – but storms on the way
(date: 11/09/2023)
Rishi Sunak avoiding UN summit after being warned about potential rejection
We’ve been betrayed by this useless government. This is a national embarrassment and really bad for our children. (date: 09/09/2023)
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‘A critical moment’: UN warns world will miss climate targets unless fossil fuels phased out
(date: 09/09/2023)
‘Biggest clean energy disaster in years’: UK auction secures no offshore windfarms
Very depressing news (date: 08/09/2023)
Antarctica warming much faster than models predicted in ‘deeply concerning’ sign for sea levels
(date: 08/09/2023)
Martin Rowson on the changes to windfarm planning policy in England – cartoon
The de facto ban on building onshore wind sites has been lifted, but experts say they remain at the whims of “quixotic decisions by local councils” (date: 07/09/2023)
Raac crisis: who knew what and when about crumbling concrete in England
An analogy to climate change inaction? (date: 05/09/2023)
ULEZ will hopefully succeed. Of the others I love this quote: ‘What was it Groucho Marx said? “These are my principles, and if you don’t like them … well, I have others.”’ (date: 04/09/2023)
UK could quit ‘climate-wrecking’ treaty, minister announces
(date: 01/09/2023)
Efra Group statement on new oil and gas licenses | Public and Commercial Services Union
(date: 31/08/2023)
Greece wildfire declared largest ever recorded in EU
Eleven planes and helicopter from bloc sent to tackle fire that has burned more than 300 sq miles of land (date: 31/08/2023)
Hurricane Idalia batters south-eastern US causing storm surges and power outages
(date: 31/08/2023)
Shortage of experts and low pay ‘major barriers to UK’s net zero future’
Fabulous to see Andy and fellow Unison members fighting for fair pay this year. The points about lack of capacity on climate change are hugely important (as I well know). (date: 16/08/2023)
“…This is a crucial moment for Labour. Starmer needs to define his leadership as a crusade to protect the future. And he needs to hammer the Tories for their errors on climate breakdown and make them pay for years to come. The climate crisis should be for the Conservative party what the winter of discontent was for Labour: a decades long sign that the party is unfit to govern…” (date: 16/08/2023)
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Heat deaths surge in the US’s hottest city as governor declares statewide ‘heat emergency’
(date: 14/08/2023)
Prospectors hit the gas in the hunt for ‘white hydrogen’
Sceptical about whether this is more than a short term distraction. (date: 14/08/2023)
(date: 12/08/2023)
Global heating likely to hit world food supply before 1.5C, says UN expert
(date: 12/08/2023)
The richest 1% responsible for 23% carbon emissions - this needs to be hammered home! (date: 11/08/2023)
Cancelling Greenpeace contradicts Tory free-speech pledge but suits anti-Labour campaign
Political games: Tory government has been asking for this - their appalling action >>> prompting a protest >>> they then want to weaponise in their eco-culture war with Labour. All the Will Big Oil and the very rich are laughing. (date: 11/08/2023)
Urban cooling by trees and green spaces - research findings | Policy and insight
New research for 5 English cities shows that trees and green spaces cool some neighbourhoods by up to 5 degrees. This research document includes heat maps for these cities, alongside a description of the cooling provided and the research methodology used. (date: 07/08/2023)
New North Sea oil and gas licences will send ‘wrecking ball’ through climate commitments
(date: 31/07/2023)
‘Something weird is going on’: search for answers as Antarctic sea ice stays at historic lows
(date: 29/07/2023)
Biden announces new measures to protect Americans from extreme heat
(date: 28/07/2023)
‘Project 2025’: plan to dismantle US climate policy for next Republican president
Bad people to remember (date: 27/07/2023)
‘Era of global boiling has arrived,’ says UN chief as July set to be hottest month on record
Head of World Meteorological Organization also warns “climate action is not a luxury but a must” as temperatures soar (date: 27/07/2023)
Rishi Sunak signals he could abandon green policies that cost consumers
(date: 25/07/2023)
Leaked UK government plan to protect against climate heat ‘very weak’
(date: 25/07/2023)
Deadly global heatwaves undeniably result of climate crisis, scientists show
“…In today’s hotter climate, these heatwaves are expected about every five years in China, every 10 years in Europe and 15 years in the US, but will happen ever more frequently as emissions continue to rise. The growing El Niño, a natural climate phenomenon, probably added a little heat to the heatwaves, the scientists said, but global heating from burning fossil fuels was the main reason for their severity. …” (date: 25/07/2023)
With our food systems on the verge of collapse, it’s the plutocrats v life on Earth | George Monbiot
(date: 24/07/2023)
As my home city of Athens burns, I can only watch in amazement as sunseekers fly in | Helena Smith
(date: 23/07/2023)
Why aren’t we more scared of the climate crisis? It’s complicated
(date: 22/07/2023)
What is supercharging the global heat? – video explainer
(date: 19/07/2023)
Technocratic tinkering and cautious managerialism can’t begin to address the crisis, says Caroline Lucas, the Green MP for Brighton Pavilion (date: 19/07/2023)
Extreme temperatures recorded across northern hemisphere
(date: 18/07/2023)
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UK installations of heat pumps 10 times lower than in France, report finds
(date: 17/07/2023)
Southern Europe braces for second heat storm in a week
(date: 16/07/2023)
UK poised to drop plans to replace home gas boilers with hydrogen alternatives
Should have been decided 10 years ago. Also hydrogen home heating is not a good idea. (date: 14/07/2023)
(date: 13/07/2023)
Ancient windcatchers in Iran give architects cooling inspiration
(date: 13/07/2023)
‘Heaviest rain ever’ causes deadly floods and landslides in Japan
(date: 11/07/2023)
New North Sea oil and gas fields ‘will not meet UK’s energy needs’
Plans would only supply Britain with fossil fuels for an additional three weeks a year, analysis finds (date: 11/07/2023)
‘Double agents’: how US cities, tech firms and universities use fossil fuel lobbyists
Exclusive: a new database spotlights the work of 1,500 fossil fuel lobbyists for other clients including a range of institutions, groups and businesses (date: 05/07/2023)
Last shreds of our international climate leadership going up in smoke. (date: 04/07/2023)
‘It was an accident’: the scientists who have turned humid air into renewable power
(date: 03/07/2023)
Goldsmith says Sunak is apathetic about the environment. It’s hard to disagree
(date: 30/06/2023)
‘It burns wild and free up there’: Canada fires force US crews to shift strategy
Different strategies in fighting wildfires have prompted new questions about best practices in the face of a global challenge (date: 29/06/2023)
Drought likely in Cumbria and Lake District, government committee told
(date: 29/06/2023)
Heatwave in south and wildfire smoke in north buffet US from both sides
(date: 28/06/2023)
UK has made ‘no progress’ on climate plan, say government’s own advisers
Very depressing news. (date: 28/06/2023)
Another excellent article from Nesrine. Not about climate change specifically but the this stories like this hog media attention, push culture wars, and stop society dealing with serious issues. (date: 27/06/2023)
‘It’s absolutely guaranteed’: the best and worst case scenarios for sea level rise
Since the 1880s, mean sea level globally has already risen by 16cm to 21cm (6-8in). Half of that rise has happened over the past three decades. (date: 26/06/2023)
Beijing records hottest June day since weather records began as heatwave hits China
(date: 23/06/2023)
C of E divests of fossil fuels as oil and gas firms ditch climate pledges
(date: 22/06/2023)
Senate examines role of ‘dark money’ in delaying climate action
(date: 22/06/2023)
India heatwave: nearly 100 dead amid warnings to stay indoors
(date: 19/06/2023)
The hard right and climate catastrophe are intimately linked. This is how | George Monbiot
“… In the rich world we still have choices: we can greatly limit the damage caused by environmental breakdown, for which our nations and citizens are primarily responsible. But these choices are being deliberately and systematically shut down. Culture war entrepreneurs, often funded by billionaires and commercial enterprises, cast even the most innocent attempts to reduce our impacts as a conspiracy to curtail our freedoms. Everything becomes contested: low-traffic neighbourhoods, 15-minute cities, heat pumps, even induction hobs. You cannot propose even the mildest change without a hundred professionally outraged influencers leaping up to announce: “They’re coming for your ...” …” (date: 15/06/2023)
Fears of hottest year on record as global temperatures spike
(date: 15/06/2023)
River in ‘wettest place in England’ in Lake District almost completely dry
(date: 14/06/2023)
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