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The Guardian view on Europe’s wildfires: politics must catch up with the new reality | Editorial

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At a time when the quickening pace of global heating has never been clearer, climate policies are being deprioritised

Ben Jennings on southern Europe’s wildfires – cartoon

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France and Spain race to contain huge wildfires before fresh heatwave begins

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Coming days are ‘absolutely critical’ for firefighters before temperatures rise again this week, officials say

Firefighters in France and Spain are racing to bring huge wildfires under control before another heatwave this week that will complicate efforts to tame the flames.

Spain’s interior minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, said Monday and Tuesday were “absolutely crucial days” before temperatures rise again from Wednesday.

Swathes of Cairngorms unrecognisable after 12 days of ‘cataclysmic’ wildfires

admin — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:00:14 +0000

With large areas still burning, damage from national park’s worst blaze could take decades, if not longer, to put right

It is the jewel in the crown of the Highlands, one of Scotland’s most impressive natural landscapes, but 12 days on from the start of an enormous wildfire that is tearing through moorland and forest, the Cairngorms national park is unrecognisable.

Hectares of blackened land were visible as low cloud cleared on Sunday, with smoke billowing into the air from large areas still ablaze. In the evening, the sky glowed an eerie orange.

Britain braces for fourth heatwave of year as fire chiefs issue public appeal

admin — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:47:22 +0000

Temperatures up to 35C forecast, triggering heat health alerts and pleas to take care in parched parks and rural areas

Paramedics and firefighters are braced for emergencies across the country this week after UK forecasters predicted a fourth heatwave of the year.

Temperatures are forecast to reach as high as 35C by Wednesday, triggering heat health alerts and an appeal from fire chiefs to take care in parched parks and rural areas.

When it comes to predicting the future, why are TV writers better than politicians? | Zoe Williams

admin — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:32:37 +0000

From BBC drama The Rapture on the climate crisis to Apple’s Criminal Record on the rise of the far right, culture often sees what politics fails to

‘It came out of real frustration’: the 90s activist network that set fires to save a burning planet

admin — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:00:09 +0000

Matthew Wolfe’s Fires in the Night examines Earth Liberation Front, a US eco-anarchist movement, and its legacy of radical environmentalism

Are echoes of 1990s radical environmentalism returning louder or fading away? It’s a question posed by Fires in the Night, a new book on the history of the Earth Liberation Front (Elf), a loosely grouped band of US Pacific north-west activists that used economic sabotage and arson to protest environmental destruction.

US environmental groups urge EPA to reject new Pfas to cool datacenters

admin — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:00:09 +0000

Coalition says Chemours downplayed health and climate risks in bid to fast-track the compound’s use

A coalition of 17 environmental groups is demanding the Environmental Protection Agency reject a new Pfas that chemical giant Chemours is attempting to fast-track for approval for use in cooling datacenters, and would almost certainly pollute regions around the facilities.

PM urged to uphold climate pledges made as mayor and ban new North Sea oil drilling

admin — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:01:22 +0000

Experts who helped Burnham draw up Manchester carbon neutral pledge say backtracking would send wrong message amid wildfires and heatwaves

Europe wildfires – latest updates

Leading climate scientists who created Greater Manchester’s carbon neutral by 2038 commitment are urging Andy Burnham to unequivocally reject new drilling in the North Sea.

Bill Oddie, naturalist and broadcaster, dies aged 85

admin — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 09:16:37 +0000

Coming to fame in The Goodies, Oddie was later known for his wildlife expertise and presented BBC Springwatch