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UK plans to cut climate finance to poor countries by a fifth despite promising more help

admin — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 17:00:42 +0000

Exclusive: Campaigners say proposed cut from £11.9bn over past five years to £9bn over next five years will cost lives and livelihoods

The UK plans to slash its aid to poor countries stricken by the climate crisis by more than a fifth, the Guardian has learned, despite promises to increase assistance and warnings from campaigners that the move will cost lives and livelihoods.

Airlines should tell UK customers the carbon impact of flights, watchdog says

admin — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:05:00 +0000

CAA’s guidance also including booking sites to enable passengers to make ‘more informed travel decisions’

Airlines and booking firms should give UK customers information about the environmental impact of their flights, the regulator has said.

The Civil Aviation Authority urged booking sites to enable passengers to make “more informed travel decisions” by setting out estimates for carbon emissions for flights landing or taking off from British airports.

Anger over Scottish salmon farm inspections amid 35m unexpected fish deaths

admin — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 13:43:56 +0000

Animal Equality says two surprise inspections in three years suggests ‘embarrassingly poor’ level of scrutiny

Scottish salmon farmers recorded more than 35m unexpected salmon deaths in just under three years but there were only two unannounced inspections of facilities over the same period.

Michigan accuses big oil of being ‘cartel’ that fuels climate crisis and high energy costs

admin — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 13:00:37 +0000

In first-of-its-kind complaint, state accused four fossil fuel majors and US oil lobbying group of climate disinformation

‘Hope and relief’ as seaside town’s last youth centre saved

admin — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 11:00:27 +0000

Charity praises effort to stop Ramsgate’s Pie Factory Music closing but calls for more youth services in coastal towns

The last remaining youth centre in one of England’s most deprived coastal places has been saved from being sold after a long campaign by the charity that has for 13 years called it home.

Fumes, rats and maggots: peer urges Environment Agency to clear illegal dump in Wigan

admin — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 09:13:20 +0000

Shas Sheehan challenges refusal to remove 25,000 tonnes of waste causing ‘grave environmental hazard’ near school

A 25,000-tonne illegal waste dump next to a primary school in Wigan presents “a grave environmental hazard” and should be cleared, the chair of the Lords environment committee has told the government.

‘Everything is quagga mussel now’: can invasive species be stopped? – podcast

admin — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 05:00:20 +0000

On a recent trip to Lake Geneva in Switzerland, biodiversity reporter Phoebe Weston witnessed the impact of one of the planet’s most potent invasive species, the quagga mussel. In just a decade the mollusc, originally from the Ponto-Caspian region of the Black Sea, has caused irreversible change beneath the surface of the picturesque lake. While ecologists believe invasive species play a major role in more than 60% of plant and animal extinctions, stopping them in their tracks is almost impossible.

Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn

admin — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:01:15 +0000

States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points

Flawed economic models mean the accelerating impact of the climate crisis could lead to a global financial crash, experts warn.

Recovery would be far harder than after the 2008 financial crash, they said, as “we can’t bail out the Earth like we did the banks”.

Green energy sector drove more than 90% of China’s investment growth last year, analysis finds

admin — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:01:14 +0000

Industry bigger than all but seven world economies, and accounts for more than third of China’s economic growth

China’s clean energy industries drove more than 90% of the country’s investment growth last year, making the sectors bigger than all but seven of the world’s economies, a new analysis has shown.

Drax insiders privately raised concerns over its sustainability claims, court papers show

admin — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 14:02:26 +0000

Company publicly denied allegations that primary forests were being cut down to fuel UK’s biggest power plant

Senior executives at Drax raised concerns internally about the validity of the energy company’s sustainability claims while it publicly denied allegations that it was cutting down environmentally important forests for fuel, court documents have revealed.