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Church leaders criticise Christian owner of GB News over channel’s climate attacks

admin — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:00:36 +0000

Exclusive: Paul Marshall also challenged over his own ‘misleading’ statements and £1.8bn of fossil fuel investments in his hedge fund

The co-owner of GB News and “committed” Christian Sir Paul Marshall has been criticised by a group of church leaders over the TV channel’s attacks on climate science and action.

The hedge fund manager was also challenged over his own statements, which were called “misleading”, by the 100-strong group, which includes the former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and two current bishops.

Octopus reports sharp rise in solar panel sales since start of Iran war

admin — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:51:17 +0000

Firm’s sales up 54% this month and Good Energy reports doubling of interest in solar after latest oil price shock

Solar panel sales have risen sharply since the start of the Iran war, according to Octopus Energy, and households are opting for bigger arrays of roof panels.

Sales were up 54% so far this month compared with the same period last month, the company said on Thursday.

Sewage released into England’s rivers and seas nearly 300,000 times last year

admin — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:49:13 +0000

Campaigners criticise frequent use of storm overflows when parts of the country were in drought for months

Raw sewage was discharged into rivers and seas almost 300,000 times last year after the driest spring for more than 100 years and the sunniest and warmest year on record in England.

US has caused $10tn worth of climate damage since 1990, research finds

admin — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:00:11 +0000

US, top carbon emitter in history, has ‘a lot of responsibility’ for causing ‘substantial’ harm globally, scientist says

The US has caused an eye-watering $10tn in global damages to the world over the past three decades through its vast planet-heating emissions, with a quarter of this economic pain inflicted upon itself, new research has found.

Rise of the shrubs: what happened when scientists heated a Rocky Mountain wildlife meadow by 2C?

admin — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:00:11 +0000

A long-running experiment in Colorado provides an ‘alarming’ view of how rapidly unchecked global heating could transform fragile ecosystems

Every summer, people descend on the wildflower capital of Colorado to see grasslands flush with corn lilies, aspen sunflowers and sub-alpine larkspur. In January 1991, scientists set up a unique experiment in these Rocky Mountain meadows. It was one of the first (and longest running) to work out how the changing climate would affect an ecosystem.

‘Seriously wrong’: flood-hit Lincolnshire residents at odds with Reform MP over climate

admin — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 07:00:02 +0000

Constituents’ frustration with Richard Tice reflects growing problem for party and its leaders’ climate-sceptic stance

“The worst part of it was the smell,” says Audrey Crook, 58. A full-time carer who lives with her 20-year-old son, Crook woke up at 11pm one night to find a foot of flood water on the ground floor of her home. “It was like black water. It had sewage and everything in it, it was absolutely disgusting.”

We’re letting big corporations gamble with our lives. Act now, or the food could run out | George Monbiot

admin — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000

The fragility of the global food system fills me with dread – and the war with Iran has exposed just how close to collapse it is

The fate of environmentalists is to spend their lives trying not to be proved right. Vindication is what we dread. But there’s one threat that haunts me more than any other: the collapse of the global food system. We cannot predict what the immediate trigger might be. But the war with Iran is just the right kind of event.

Like Putin, Trump is a megalomaniac. In Europe, we can shield ourselves, not look for rational motives | Robert Habeck

admin — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 05:00:01 +0000

I had to deal with the energy shock in Germany after Putin invaded Ukraine. The solution now is the same: buy ourselves out of the fossil fuels trap

US public health groups urge firing of EPA boss Zeldin, saying he ‘brazenly betrayed’ agency

admin — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:18:21 +0000

Advocates say Lee Zeldin’s EPA has rolled back protections and cut staff and funding, putting health at risk

Green energy boss backs more North Sea oil and gas production from existing sites

admin — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:54:39 +0000

GB Energy’s Jürgen Maier says production could bring economic benefits and give supply chains ‘time to transition’ to renewables

The head of the UK’s national green energy champion has joined other high-profile renewable energy leaders in making the case for more North Sea oil and gas production as the government braces for an energy cost crisis.