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Renewable energy investment should come from defence budgets, say retired military leaders

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 10:00:39 +0000

Former European officers say spending on low-carbon power would make nations more resilient to threats from potential aggressors

Investment in renewable energy should be counted under defence expenditure, says a group of retired senior military personnel, because the climate crisis represents a threat to national security.

They have called for increased spending on low-carbon power as a way of making the UK and other European countries more resilient to threats from Russia and other potential aggressors.

Thames Water ranked worst supplier in England as firms’ ratings hit record low

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 08:44:51 +0000

Environment Agency rates eight of nine companies as poor and needing improvement

Millions of red crabs migrate across Christmas Island – video

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 05:04:16 +0000

The migration of Christmas Island’s red crabs is in full swing, with roads closed in some places to protect millions of the crustaceans. Every year, the crabs emerge from the forest to travel to the ocean to breed, creating a red tide across the island. The Christmas Island national park said a massive spawning event will take place around 15 and 16 November, with a second spawning in mid-December

Comedy Wildlife Awards 2025 – in pictures

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 05:00:59 +0000

From a red-throated loon landing on water, to good and bad hair days and an airborne squirrel, here is a selection of the finalists in this year’s Nikon Comedy Wildlife awards. A winner will be announced on 9 December

Wildfires have consumed vast chunks of Ukraine. Is Russia deliberately fuelling the flames?

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 04:00:57 +0000

In 2024, nearly a million hectares of Ukraine’s land burned. Heat, mines and shelling contributed, but footage of drones targeting firefighters has raised the question of war crimes

Natalia Pryprosta was tending to her pigs when fire swept into the village of Studenok, near the city of Izium in eastern Ukraine. There was no time. She grabbed her papers, pulled her elderly mother into a friend’s car, and tried to get the animals out of the shed. Smoke and the speed of the blaze made it impossible. She didn’t see the animals burning, but learned of their fate later.

Labor’s environment law revamp in jeopardy as Coalition dubs it ‘handbrake’ on investment

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 03:40:59 +0000

Sussan Ley’s sharp criticism marks a shift for the opposition, which had appeared open to a deal on the bill

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Wood burners linked to 2,500 deaths a year in the UK, analysis finds

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 03:00:55 +0000

Use of wood-burning stoves and fires in homes is mostly unnecessary and their toxic pollution costs the NHS millions

The burning of wood and coal in homes contributes to almost 2,500 deaths a year in the UK, analysis has found. Stopping unnecessary burning would save the NHS more than £54m a year, the experts concluded.

US demands EU reverse new climate rules to allow surge in gas imports

admin — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 19:02:55 +0000

US and Qatar say new rules will hinder imports of LNG, posing ‘existential threat’ to European economies

The US has demanded that the European Union roll back its climate and human rights rules in order to allow greater imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG), as the Trump administration approved a controversial gas export hub along the Gulf of Mexico coast.

Keir Starmer prepares to miss key green target in effort to keep energy bills down

admin — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:53:00 +0000

Exclusive: Promise to remove almost all fossil fuels from UK’s electricity supply by 2030 may be quietly abandoned over cost

Ministers are considering dropping one of their central green pledges in an effort to keep energy bills down, sources have told the Guardian.

Government insiders say Keir Starmer is prepared to miss his own target of removing almost all fossil fuels from the UK’s electricity supply by 2030 if doing so proves much more expensive than building gas power instead.

Heathrow third runway plans to be fast-tracked for ‘full benefits sooner’

admin — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:19:09 +0000

Transport secretary says updated airports national policy statement (ANPS) will be published by next summer

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Heathrow’s third runway plans will be fast-tracked so Britain can “experience the benefits sooner”, ministers said as they launched a key part of the government process required for the airport’s expansion.