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With this record wind power auction, we’ve proved the rightwing doubters wrong | Ed Miliband

admin — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:30:53 +0000

The only way that Britain’s energy bills can come down is if we are no longer reliant on fossil fuels. Today marks a big step towards that goal

Offshore windfarm contracts to fuel 12m homes in Great Britain after record auction

Offshore windfarm contracts to fuel 12m homes in Great Britain after record auction

admin — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 07:25:33 +0000

Subsidies awarded to eight new projects after ministers increased funding available to developers

Human activity helped make 2025 third-hottest year on record, experts say

admin — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 03:00:13 +0000

Data leads scientists to declare 2015 Paris agreement to keep global heating below 1.5C ‘dead in the water’

Last year was the third-hottest on record, scientists have said, with mounting fossil fuel pollution behind “exceptional” temperatures.

The EU’s Copernicus climate agency said 2025 had been marginally cooler than 2023 at the end of a scorching three-year run during which surface air temperatures averaged 1.52C above pre-industrial levels.

US carbon pollution rose in 2025 in reversal of previous years’ reductions

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 21:09:20 +0000

Study from research firm finds that US greenhouse gas emissions grew faster than economic activity last year

In a reversal from previous years’ pollution reductions, the United States spewed 2.4% more heat-trapping gases from the burning of fossil fuels in 2025 than in the year before, researchers calculated in a study released on Tuesday.

‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:20:23 +0000

Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’

High-profile studies reporting the presence of microplastics throughout the human body have been thrown into doubt by scientists who say the discoveries are probably the result of contamination and false positives. One chemist called the concerns “a bombshell”.

Ten Sydney Harbours’ worth of threatened species habitat approved for destruction in 2025, report finds

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:00:03 +0000

ACF analysis finds amount of habitat approved by Albanese government for land-clearing hit a 15-year high last year

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Red-state Republicans seek climate ‘liability shield’ for fossil fuel industry

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:00:01 +0000

If enacted, Utah and Oklahoma measures would restrict litigation against oil companies over role in climate crisis

US lawmakers in two red states are attempting to shield the fossil fuel industry from climate liability.

In Oklahoma, a newly introduced bill would bar most civil lawsuits against oil companies over their role in the climate crisis, unless plaintiffs allege violations of specific environmental or labor laws. A similar proposal in Utah would block lawsuits over climate-warming emissions, unless a court finds the defendant violated a statute or permit.

Search for single-tusked elephant after 22 killed in India rampage

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 07:07:05 +0000

Eastern region on high alert as authorities try to track animal tearing through villages in Jharkhand after apparently becoming separated from herd

Forest officials in India are on the hunt for an elephant that has killed more than 20 people in a days-long rampage through the eastern state of Jharkhand.

Since the beginning of January, 22 people have been killed by a single-tusked elephant that has been tearing through forests and villages in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand.

He invented mini saunas for frogs – now this biologist has big plans to save hundreds of species

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 05:00:26 +0000

A deadly fungus has already wiped out 90 species and threatens 500 more but Anthony Waddle is hoping gene replacement could be their salvation

Standing ankle-deep in water between two bare cottonwood trees on a hot spring day, eight-year-old Anthony Waddle was in his element. His attention was entirely absorbed by the attempt to net tadpoles swimming in a reservoir in the vast Mojave desert.

It was “one of the perfect moments in my childhood”, he says.

Berry nice to meet you: bumper fruit crop could lead to huge mating season for NZ’s endangered kākāpō

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 04:21:36 +0000

After a four-year wait, the abundant fruiting of the rimu tree could inspire the world’s heaviest parrots to boost their population

It has been four long years, but the world’s heaviest parrots, the kākāpō, are finally about to get it on again. The mass fruiting of a native New Zealand tree has triggered breeding season – a rare event conservationists hope will lead to a record number of chicks for the critically endangered bird.