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Air pollution may cause childhood obesity by disrupting impulse control, study finds

admin — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:00:02 +0000

Babies exposed to higher levels of neurotoxin more likely to have difficulty controlling impulses later, research shows

Exposure to common air pollution may cause childhood obesity because it affects children’s ability to control impulse, new first-of-its-kind peer-reviewed research finds.

‘Why take those jobs away?’: the unionized workers decrying Trump’s war on wind

admin — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:00:01 +0000

Workers proud of their efforts to grow renewable energy say US president pursuing ‘personal vendetta’ at their expense

Wildfires rage across southern Europe, forcing thousands to flee homes

admin — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 10:01:31 +0000

Tour de France spectator ban as country along with Spain, Portugal and Greece faces ‘powder keg’ after heatwave

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Wildfires raging across southern Europe have forced thousands to flee their homes and prompted officials to ban spectators from a stage of the Tour de France, amid warnings of “powder keg” conditions after a record-breaking early summer heatwave.

EV charger rollout in UK slows amid political uncertainty and rise in installation costs

admin — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 09:00:01 +0000

Growth in charge points falls markedly despite surge in number of rapid-charging units

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The UK’s rollout of electric vehicle chargers has slowed amid challenging cost pressures and uncertainty over government sales targets.

‘It’s smoke and mirrors’: hope turns to fear in Scottish village chosen for AI datacentre

admin — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 07:00:06 +0000

Suspicions grow in Lanarkshire that local people have been misled on supposed benefits of the huge development

At least 25 people die in US as record heatwave scorches swaths of country

admin — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 18:49:28 +0000

More than 20 states reported temperatures above 100F as heat dome sits over eastern US during holiday weekend

At least two dozen people have died amid the perilous climate crisis-driven heatwave that has scorched swaths of the US with record temperatures.

Fears Queenslanders could be forced to pay for mine cleanup as LNP reviews environmental ‘red tape’

admin — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 15:00:30 +0000

Mining minister Dale Last says the state has an ‘enormous opportunity’ to become a global leader in critical minerals

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Mass fish deaths feared as Minns government promise to restore Murray-Darling rivers in doubt

admin — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 15:00:29 +0000

Grazier is worried towns will ‘run out of water’ if flows don’t improve, urging state government to take action regardless of federal funds

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Empty reservoirs, ladybirds and sunstroke: remembering the UK heatwave of 1976

admin — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:00:27 +0000

As Britain reached its hottest June temperature on record, readers recall the summer when temperatures hit 36C

The recent heatwave in the UK broke the previous June record of 35.6C, recorded during the 1976 heatwave.

British swallowtail split from European cousins much earlier than thought, study finds

admin — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 11:00:25 +0000

Finding that Norfolk butterfly has been distinct subspecies for 200,000 years could transform conservation approach

The endangered swallowtail butterfly Papilio machaon britannicus, which is only regularly found breeding in Britain on the Norfolk Broads, has been a distinct subspecies for at least 200,000 years, according to a study.