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Record May highs sweep across France as extreme heat hits western Europe

admin — Mon, 25 May 2026 22:06:09 +0000

Mercury in Spain also climbs to well above normal with weather event set to continue for several more days

More than 350 French towns have recorded their highest-ever temperatures for May as France and the UK set national heat records amid an extreme early-summer heat event that could see the mercury rise to 40C in parts of Spain by the end of the week.

Ian McEwan says pessimism ‘a bigger problem than climate change’

admin — Mon, 25 May 2026 20:47:02 +0000

Speaking at Hay festival as UK breaks May heat record, author says optimism is a ‘moral duty’

Pessimism is probably “a bigger problem than climate change”, said the novelist Ian McEwan on Monday afternoon, as temperatures broke May records in the UK.

McEwan “constantly” hears people say that they don’t “expect their children to have as good a life as they did”, but suggested that optimism is a “moral duty”.

Heatwave hell: are soaring temperatures the new normal? - The Latest

admin — Mon, 25 May 2026 16:34:01 +0000

The UK is experiencing record-breaking temperatures in an unprecedented May heatwave, while large parts of Europe are also facing blistering conditions. As the climate crisis makes extreme heat more likely, are we prepared?

Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian reporter Helena Horton.

A Louisiana state senator helped secure Meta’s largest datacenter. Then he sold the land beside it

admin — Mon, 25 May 2026 12:00:25 +0000

Jay Morris denies experts’ claims that he violated ethics rules over land deals near the site of Meta’s Hyperion datacenter

This story is from Floodlight, a non-profit newsroom that investigates the powers stalling climate action

For more than two years, John “Jay” Morris, a Louisiana state senator, helped pave the way for Meta to build one of the world’s largest datacenters, called Hyperion, in Richland Parish.

Why Michigan is emerging as one of America’s worst-hit climate states

admin — Mon, 25 May 2026 11:00:23 +0000

The state saw 33 tornadoes last year and severe flooding as researchers say links to climate change are undeniable

The tornado hit west Ann Arbor at 1.45am on 15 April, passing through Veterans Memorial park, where it knocked several mature oak trees and ripped up baseball field fences before setting its sights on a local ice rink.

“It came up through the parking lot and, in that time, the pressure differential between the tornado and the air inside the rink collapsed the wall,” said Scott Spooner, a manager at Ann Arbor Parks and Recreation.

BHP has made big climate promises – that’s the easy part. Now it must do the real work of slashing emissions | Adam Morton

admin — Mon, 25 May 2026 10:30:24 +0000

Given the scale of its contribution to global heating, the world’s biggest miner has a duty to invest heavily in solutions that could have a global impact

BHP files: leaked memo shows miner backtracking on key climate projects in Australia – video

admin — Mon, 25 May 2026 10:30:23 +0000

The world’s biggest miner has halted or delayed projects to cut vast amounts of emissions and has quietly war-gamed options to stall major climate investments in its Western Australian iron ore operations into the next two decades, according to documents leaked to the Guardian and ABC’s Four Corners. In a statement, BHP said its progress towards net zero emissions was dependent on technological shifts in trucks, trains and dozers, which were not yet ready to be deployed.

Half of UK adults say they spend less than three hours a week outside in nature

admin — Mon, 25 May 2026 05:00:19 +0000

Most people have joyful memories of playing outside as children – and now wildlife charities are urging people to ‘rewild their inner child’

Climbing trees, squelching in mud, paddling in ponds or making dens in the woods – people’s memories of playing outside as children are often vivid and, a new poll has found, overwhelmingly positive, even those who remember falling in cowpats.

Scotland’s ‘green datacentres’ policy ignores emissions impact of AI, analysis shows

admin — Sun, 24 May 2026 23:01:09 +0000

Definition of green facilities made in 2022, before release of ChatGPT, says Action to Protect Rural Scotland

A Scottish government policy designed to encourage datacentres to build in Scotland could lead to a massive volume of carbon emissions being ignored, according to an analysis by a Scottish charity.

Overheated chemical tank in southern California ‘will fail’, EPA chief says

admin — Sun, 24 May 2026 19:36:14 +0000

Lee Zeldin says ‘low-volume release’ of flammable chemicals is most likely amid fears of explosion at Orange county facility near Disneyland

Government officials in Orange county, California, have warned that an overheated chemical tank “will fail” and could result in a chemical explosion in the area, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator said on Sunday.