Requiring key sectors to switch to clean energy by specific times could trigger benevolent cascades, report claims In the terminology of the climate and ecological crises the phrase “tipping point” is loaded with dreadful implications. It evokes a climate breakdown supercharged by the mass escape of methane locked in Siberian permafrost, or the great currents … Read more
The Hollywood actor and activist backs Harris for president as she warns of climate emergency and talks Taylor Swift Young people’s understandable unhappiness with the Biden administration’s record on oil and gas drilling and the war in Gaza should not deter them from voting to block Donald Trump from again becoming president of the United … Read more
Unbearable heat and worsening storms prompt residents of states such as Florida to move elsewhere As a Rust belt town of 65,000 people in eastern Indiana, Muncie may not be the most exciting place in the world. It doesn’t have beaches, year-round warm weather or much in the way of cosmopolitanism. But for Laura Rivas, … Read more
The Rev Sue Parfitt has lost right to conduct religious ceremonies after her arrest at a Just Stop Oil demonstration An 82-year-old retired priest has spoken of her pain at losing her right to conduct religious ceremonies because of her participation in Just Stop Oil protests. The Rev Sue Parfitt was arrested in May after … Read more
Cal Fire says Robert Hernandez ignited blazes while off duty in forest land in north of state A California department of forestry and fire protection employee was arrested on Friday on suspicion of starting five brush fires in northern California in recent weeks, officials said. Robert Hernandez, 38, was arrested at the Howard forest fire … Read more
The Middle East crisis, wildfires in Portugal, floods in Poland and London fashion week: the last seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists Continue reading…
Firefighters have been rescuing people stranded on their balconies and rooftops after Storm Boris triggered flooding and landslides in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna. Two people were reported missing in Traversara, a hamlet in Ravenna province, and about 1,000 people have been evacuated from their homes. Storm Boris has battered parts of Italy after … Read more
Firefighters and police in Rondônia battle fires intensified by both the climate crisis and a criminal assault on the rainforest The occupants of the vinyl-coated military tents at this remote jungle camp in Brazil’s wild west compare the hellscape surrounding them to catastrophes old and new: the extinction of the dinosaurs, the bombardment of Gaza, … Read more
Since last week, wildfires have been raging in central and northern Portugal. At least seven people have died and 50 have been injured. More than 5,000 firefighters have been mobilised to battle the blazes Continue reading…
Energy minister Chris Bowen says Peter Dutton must explain what happens to national grid over next decade if opposition stops building renewables Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Coalition’s proposal to cap large-scale renewable energy and eventually build nuclear power … Read more