PM steps up climate response with measures including better water access and support for building farm reservoirs
Farmers must not carry the risks of the climate crisis alone, Andy Burnham has said, as he announced £65m of funding to help them manage the devastating drought.
The prime minister is stepping up his response to the immediate climate crisis after facing a backlash from his own MPs and Labour’s grassroots for not addressing the climate crisis despite wildfires tearing through Britain and a drought affecting food producers. Labour MPs argued Burnham had taken too long to talk about the climate crisis and had not made it a priority.
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08/14/2026 - 14:27
Heavy machinery seen operating in famous Santa Elena Canyon amid outcry over new wall infrastructure in beloved Texas park
Bulldozers have begun plowing up ground at the mouth of Big Bend national park’s famed Santa Elena Canyon as part of the Trump administration’s multibillion-dollar “smart wall” expansion on the US-Mexico border, according to new footage taken by activists who have been monitoring the site.
Tensions have run high since the Trump administration announced plans to erect new border security infrastructure in the roughly 500-mile Big Bend region of south-west Texas, which includes the Lone Star State’s largest and most-visited national park.
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08/14/2026 - 08:25
Cut in electric vehicle sales targets could add millions of tonnes of CO2 to emissions in UK, say green campaigners
Andy Burnham has been criticised for moving to cut electric vehicle (EV) sales targets and accept North Sea drilling at a time of devastating wildfires caused by the climate emergency.
The prime minister for the first time acknowledged on Friday that the climate crisis was behind hundreds of wildfires that have ripped across the parts of the UK.
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08/11/2026 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-66901-7
Development of samarium-153 oxide loaded polystyrene radiotracer particles for gamma scintigraphy of whole gastrointestinal transit study
08/11/2026 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-66659-y
Experiences of kinesiophobia in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a qualitative phenomenological study
08/11/2026 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-63846-9
Correction: A five-dimensional classical framework for gravitational and quantum phenomena
08/11/2026 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-66068-1
Multi-level violence recognition via hybrid convolutional-attention and recurrent architectures
08/11/2026 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-64954-2
AlzheiNN: a convolutional neural network-based model for Alzheimer’s disease classification
08/11/2026 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-62801-y
Model-free multiparametric analysis of SHG images reveals collagen signatures in breast cancer
08/11/2026 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-08677-9
The impact of CEOs’ multidisciplinary backgrounds on corporate financing and investment maturity mismatch
