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Heathrow expansion would take thousands of jobs from other UK regions, report finds

admin — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 04:00:29 +0000

Airports in England and Wales are likely to lose millions of passengers if third runway goes ahead, DfT economic paper shows

Expanding Heathrow airport will take thousands of jobs from other regions of the UK, including almost 10,000 from the West Midlands alone, according to an analysis of the government’s own forecasts.

‘Extraordinarily hot’: US heatwave stretches on with millions still under warnings

admin — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:04:47 +0000

Southern and central states from California to Mississippi face heat indexes above 100F amid another heat dome

At least 40 million people were under extreme heat warnings across central and southern parts of the United States on Sunday as high temperatures and severe humidity gripped large swaths of the country for a second straight day.

Ella Baron on the wildfires in France and Spain – cartoon

admin — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 17:51:39 +0000

Every new UK home should have air conditioning, say Liberal Democrats

admin — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 17:09:31 +0000

Exclusive: Party says housing stock ‘woefully unprepared’ for extreme heat and new rules for builders must be set

All new UK homes should be built with air conditioning to cope with the effects of the climate crisis, according to the Liberal Democrats.

The party says British homes are dangerously unsuited to rising temperatures, meaning passive cooling measures such as planting more trees in residential areas are necessary.

Ed Miliband indicates development and climate will be at heart of UK foreign policy

admin — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:00:15 +0000

Exclusive: Foreign secretary to take up World Bank seat and play active role in shaping changes to global lender

Britain’s foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, is to indicate he will put the climate crisis and overseas development at the heart of UK international relations by taking up the country’s seat on the board at the World Bank.

The best way to save giant sequoias may be more fire

admin — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 13:18:59 +0000

Giant sequoias are built to withstand ordinary fires, but recent extreme wildfires killed thousands of trees that had survived for centuries or even millennia. A new analysis of about 26,400 sequoias found that trees in areas treated with prescribed burns were nearly four times more likely to survive. Researchers estimate the controlled fires prevented about 1,900 deaths and could have saved thousands more if used across every grove.

Pedro Sánchez says Spain is suffering effects of climate crisis as firefighters battle wildfires in France

admin — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 12:56:30 +0000

Blazes near Madrid coming under control but efforts to contain huge fire near Bordeaux hampered by windy conditions

Authorities in France battled to contain a huge wildfire near Bordeaux as the forecast of another heatwave threatened to deepen the crisis and the Spanish prime minister, Pédro Saánchez, warned Spain and the Iberian peninsula were suffering the effects of the climate emergency.

Hidden genetic diversity helped inbred brown tree snakes conquer guam

admin — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 07:15:38 +0000

A notorious snake invasion that devastated Guam’s native birds may have succeeded because the reptiles carried hidden genetic advantages. Using advanced long-read DNA sequencing, researchers uncovered more than 19,000 large genetic differences in brown tree snakes, many concentrated in genes tied to immunity and smell. This overlooked diversity may have helped a population founded by only a few snakes survive inbreeding, adapt to a new environment, and multiply to extraordinary densities.

‘Scandalous, irrational and irresponsible’: French beekeepers’ fury at lifting of pesticides ban

admin — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 05:00:03 +0000

Allowing use of two neonicotinoids to combat crop-ruining disease will kill bees and reduce harvests, union says

Beekeepers and environmentalists in France have reacted furiously after parliament approved a bill reauthorising two banned pesticides scientists say can poison bees.

“There are no words to describe the frustration,” said Carolyn Bouguet, a beekeeper in Essonne, greater Paris. “Bee populations have already been badly compromised by climate change, new parasites and loss of habitat. And now this.”

Scorching US heatwave to hit 70 million people with third ‘heat dome’ in month

admin — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 18:34:53 +0000

Temperatures of 95-105F (35-40C) are expected, spanning Gulf of Mexico coast to the Great Plains and the midwest

About 70 million people in the US are set to face excessive heat advisories as dangerously hot temperatures scorch much of the country’s southern and central states.

The third major “heat dome” event to hit the US in the past month is gathering strength over the weekend, spanning a vast swathe of the country, from the Gulf of Mexico coast to the Great Plains and the midwest.