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Human-made global warming ‘caused two in three heat deaths in Europe this summer’

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 04:00:27 +0000

Researchers from Imperial College London say 16,500 deaths caused by hot weather brought on by greenhouse gases

Human-made global heating caused two in every three heat deaths in Europe during this year’s scorching summer, an early analysis of mortality in 854 big cities has found.

Australia has an Everest to climb if it wants to protect itself from climate catastrophe. But do we have the political resolve? | Erwin Jackson

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 03:10:17 +0000

The National Adaptation Plan is only a small step towards a comprehensive strategy to build resilience into Australia’s economy

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Ground zero: rain-starved southern Australia is grappling with one of the worst droughts in memory

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 00:00:19 +0000

Rainfall picked up in June and July in some areas but it may already be too late

In a “normal” year, Bernie Free would start seeing green shoots in the paddocks of his dairy farm in early May. This year the germination did not arrive until July – which means “naturally less sunshine, less warmth and so on – the grass grows slower”, he says.

‘We’re still in the dark’: a missing land defender and the deadly toll of land conflict on Indigenous people

admin — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 23:01:18 +0000

Julia Chuñil is one of 146 land defenders who were killed or went missing last year, a third of them from Indigenous communities

One day last November, Julia Chuñil called for her dog, Cholito, and they set off into the woods around her home to search for lost livestock. The animals returned but Chuñil, who was 72 at the time, and Cholito did not.

‘It seemed like a ghost town’: LA food vendors on how Trump’s Ice raids affected business

admin — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:00:11 +0000

Business owners explain how summer immigration sweeps have shaken the community and left them ‘vulnerable’

From early morning to late at night, food vendors are feeding the people of Los Angeles. They offer nearly anything – tamales, fried fish, crispy tacos, mole, pupusas, fresh fruit, esquites, bacon-wrapped hot dogs – to Angelenos as they start their commutes or head home after the bars have closed.

UN tries to limit staff going to Cop30 in Brazil due to high price of hotels

admin — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:44:01 +0000

Accommodation costs at climate summit in Belem are pricing out some developing countries and media outlets

The United Nations has urged its staff to limit attendance at the Cop30 climate summit in Brazil in November due to high accommodation prices, while government delegations are still scrambling to find rooms within their budgets.

US senator calls on big oil to disclose lobbying that led Trump to axe key climate rule

admin — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 15:00:12 +0000

Senate committee investigates suspected push that led administration to overturn EPA’s endangerment finding

In the wake of the Trump administration’s announcement that it will overturn the rule which underpins virtually all US climate regulations, a Senate committee has launched an investigation into a suspected lobbying push that led to the move.

Heatwaves caused more than 1,000 deaths in Australia over four-year period, study finds

admin — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 15:00:12 +0000

Monash researchers say findings underscore urgency of addressing climate-related health risks as continent experiences more days of extreme heat

Young climate activists in court aim to stop Trump’s pro-fossil fuel executive orders

admin — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:52:34 +0000

Group of activists, who range in age from seven to 25, include plaintiffs who won landmark climate case in Montana two years ago

Youth climate activists are taking the Trump administration to court this week over its anti-environment agenda.

Robert Redford, giant of American cinema, dies aged 89

admin — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 12:24:47 +0000

Redford achieved huge critical and commercial success in the 60s and 70s with a string of hits including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Way We Were and The Sting, before becoming an Oscar-winning director

‘The incandescently handsome star who changed Hollywood forever’: Peter Bradshaw on Robert Redford