Climate Change

Is climate change an emergency? That's what protesters are urging the government to declare.

Extinction Rebellion protesters staged two weeks of disruptive protests about the serious concerns they have about climate change, including air quality and the use of petrochemicals.

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Pollution outflow pipe into river

Government and regulator have broken the law on sewage, watchdog says

Recent flooding in Spain has been blamed by many on climate change

UN climate summit 'no longer fit for purpose', activists say after Cop29 host says oil is 'gift from God'

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Feargal Sharkey and LBC tested the River Colwill

UK's biggest water company fails three environmental tests carried out by Feargal Sharkey and LBC

Keir Starmer gives a press conference at Cop29

Starmer unveils new target to slash UK emissions - but insists he 'won't tell Brits how to live their lives'

Keir Starmer at Cop29

Starmer says he 'won't tell people how to live their lives', as he joins Taliban at Cop29 climate change council

Palma is on lockdown amid warnings of heavy rain

Majorca on lockdown as tourist hotspot faces flooding horror after storm kills more than 200

The UN have said the current plans are only 'only a fraction' of what is 'urgently needed'

Climate plans falling 'miles short' of what is needed to prevent global warming from 'wrecking lives', UN warns

The world is on course for a "catastrophic" 3.1C of warming.

Earth set for 'catastrophic' 3.1C temperature rise as global warming reaches critical levels

Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy gestures while speaking about climate and environment policy at Kew Gardens in London, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool )

Action on climate change will be central to 'all' major policy, promises David Lammy in first big speech as foreign secretary

A worker operates a mobile crane to remove dead fish floating from the Xiria River near Volos, central Greece, on August 28, 2024.

Shocking images show thousands of dead fish blanketing Greek tourist port

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Welsh Water Authority Aims To Reduce Sewage Overflow Incidents

Up to 10,000 hidden sewage pipes could be fuelling fivefold increase in fish deaths

The Government will today unveil plans to build new gas-fired powered stations.

UK faces ‘genuine risk of blackouts’ unless more gas-fired power plants are built, government says

A new ice age covering the northern hemisphere is The Day After Tomorrow's doomsday scenario

Fears Gulf Stream is approaching collapse, causing 'The Day After Tomorrow'-style ice age in Europe

Ed Miliband is expected to back Starmer's green pledge U-turn.

Ed Miliband ‘to support Labour ditching flagship £28bn green pledge’ following speculation he could resign

Earth broke heat records for the eighth straight month in January

World breaches critical 1.5C global warming threshold across entire year for the first time

Leader of the Labour Party, Sir Keir Starmer

Labour to ditch £28bn green investment pledge blaming Tories for 'wrecking the economy'