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UN chief urges wealthy countries to beat fossil fuel ‘addiction’ amid expansions

admin — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 16:43:36 +0000

Secretary general said wealthiest countries are ‘signing away our future’ with more production and called for phase-out of fossil fuels

The world’s wealthiest countries are “signing away our future” by leading a “flood” of expansion in fossil fuel activity that threatens worsening heatwaves and other climate impacts that imperil billions of people, the head of the United Nations has warned.

Canadian Rockies town Jasper badly damaged by fast-moving wildfire

admin — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 14:32:39 +0000

More than 25,000 residents and tourists evacuated from national park region as firefighters forced into a retreat

A fast-moving wildfire has destroyed parts of Jasper, the old mountain town in the Canadian Rockies, with the mayor warning the damage was “beyond description and comprehension”. The blaze had forced more than 25,000 thousand people to flee earlier this week.

Starmer to take on Labour councils that block pylons delivering clean energy

admin — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 12:48:04 +0000

At formal launch of state-run GB Energy, PM sets out plan to build enough offshore wind facilities to power 20m homes

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Keir Starmer has pledged to take on Labour MPs and councils that try to block pylon networks delivering a planned new generation of clean electricity, as he promised the government’s plans would lower people’s bills in this parliament.

‘They are so handsome’: the unusual day in the life of a pangolin carer

admin — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 12:00:20 +0000

At a wildlife centre in Mozambique, trafficked animals are fed, nursed, taken for walks and eventually released back to the wild. Vet Mércia Ângela describes what it’s like to bond with these rare and charismatic mammals

I had never seen a pangolin before I started working with them in Mozambique’s Gorongosa national park. They are the only mammal in the world covered with scales. I think they are so handsome – just seeing them makes me fall in love.

Life at 115F: a sweltering summer pushes Las Vegas to the brink

admin — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 11:00:19 +0000

Record heat is killing hundreds in Clark county. But one of America’s fastest-growing metro areas just keeps getting bigger

Hot air wafted through the heavy, gold-lined doors of a Las Vegas casino as they opened, offering a reminder of a disaster quietly unfolding outside. Even though the sun had just set on an evening in mid-July, temperatures were yet to dip below 100F (37C).

Spawned from a paved-over oasis in the Mojave, this desert metropolis has always been hot. But a string of brutal heatwaves this summer has pushed Sin City to a deadly simmer.

Flights hit at Frankfurt and Oslo airports as climate protests continue

admin — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 10:48:21 +0000

Service at Germany’s busiest airport gradually resuming as ‘oil kills’ protests spread from Europe to North America

Climate activists have disrupted flights at Frankfurt and Oslo airports on the second day of coordinated “oil kills” protests across Europe and North America.

Demanding an end to fossil fuels by 2030, supporters of Letzte Generation (Last Generation) briefly suspended flights at Frankfurt airport on Thursday morning. The activists said they had cut a wire fence, entered on bicycles and skateboards and glued themselves to the tarmac.

Typhoon Gaemi makes landfall in Taiwan and brings floods to Manila – video

admin — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 10:01:18 +0000

The storm has made landfall in Taiwan, unleashing torrential rain and strong gusts that have claimed at least three lives. Typhoon Gaemi also exacerbated rains in the Philippines, flooding the capital, Manila, and nearby cities, forcing authorities to shut schools, offices and declare a state of calamity

Typhoon Gaemi: oil tanker and cargo ship sink amid stormy seas

Brazilian rancher ordered to pay $50m for damage to Amazon

admin — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 09:48:26 +0000

Brazil court freezes assets of Dirceu Kruger to pay climate compensation for illegal deforestation

A Brazilian cattle rancher has been ordered to pay more than $50m (£39m) for destroying part of the Amazon rainforest and ordered to restore the precious carbon sink.

Deafening concerts have turned Madrid stadium into ‘torture-drome’, say residents

admin — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 09:00:42 +0000

People living next to Santiago Bernabéu venue say gigs – including those by Taylor Swift – are ruining their lives and are taking action

When Delphine de Pontevès opens the window of her first-floor flat in Madrid a little before 10pm on a Tuesday night, more spills into the living room than the unforgivingly hot night air.

The voices and shouts of the crowds below give way to cheers, then to bass-heavy beats and music that will last until midnight and further stretch the patience of those who, like De Pontevès, live next door to the Santiago Bernabéu stadium.

Starmer says Labour finding ‘more mess’ from Tories every day as he launches Great British Energy plan – as it happened

admin — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 08:48:13 +0000

Prime minister says energy plans will bring down bills and help planet as he accuses Tories of shortsightedness

The former Lib Dem leader Vince Cable is testifying at the inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal today. My colleague Mark Sweney will be sharing updates on that in the live blog here:

“The days of government ministers waging culture wars against civil servants are over,” chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, Pat McFadden, has said.