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‘Environmental catastrophe’ fears as millions of plastic beads wash up on Camber Sands

admin — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 19:16:17 +0000

Southern Water is being investigated amid concerns the spill could have dire impact on rare sea life

Southern Water is investigating after millions of contaminated plastic beads washed up on Camber Sands beach, risking an “environmental catastrophe”.

The biobeads could have a dire impact on marine life, the local MP has said, with fears rare sea life, including seabirds, porpoises and seals, could ingest them and die.

Jailed UK climate protesters facing conditions reserved for extremists on release

admin — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 08:00:06 +0000

Exclusive: Just Stop Oil activist was banned from attending gatherings, including meeting a friend in a cafe, without permission

Environmental protesters are being given licence conditions on release from jail that are supposed to be limited to extremism cases.

Ella Ward, 22, was banned from going to any meetings or gatherings, except for worship, without permission from her probation officer, although the Ministry of Justice dropped the condition after she brought a legal challenge.

I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot

admin — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 08:00:02 +0000

Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook

Cutting home insulation funding will imperil UK’s climate goals, Reeves told

admin — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 06:01:00 +0000

Energy firms and charities urge chancellor to avoid short-term fix that could also harm low-income households

Rachel Reeves has been told that cutting funding for home insulation at the budget would risk the UK’s climate goals and hurt low-income households in a joint intervention by energy firms, fuel poverty charities and environmental groups.

England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year

admin — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 06:00:59 +0000

Government and water companies are devising emergency plans for worst water shortage in decades

Water companies and the government are drawing up emergency plans for a drought next year more extreme than we have seen in decades.

Executives at one major water company told the Guardian they were extremely concerned about the prospect of a winter with lower than average rainfall, which the Met Office’s long-term forecast says is likely. They said if this happened, the water shortfall would mean taking drastic water use curtailment measures “going beyond hosepipe bans”.

Will Labor’s environment laws actually address Australia’s biodiversity crisis? Five reasons to be concerned

admin — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 23:00:47 +0000

Experts say the proposed legislation is full of problems, including excessive ministerial discretion and relaxing like-for-like offset rules

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The Guardian view on worsening extreme weather: the injustice of the climate crisis grows ever clearer | Editorial

admin — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 18:30:40 +0000

The increasing ferocity and frequency of tropical storms imposes an unbearable burden on countries including Jamaica

‘Giving up would be a betrayal’: Miliband says 1.5C target still alive before Cop30

admin — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 18:00:28 +0000

Exclusive: Environment secretary says global tipping points are possible as he rejects far-right climate ‘defeatism’

Tackling the climate emergency is one of the key issues that could turn the tide against hard-right populists across the world, the UK’s energy secretary has said.

Speaking on the eve of the UN’s climate summit, Ed Miliband said it was the cause progressives could rally around, because most people recognise populist parties have got it wrong.

Residents of Alaska’s storm-battered Native towns consider moving to higher ground

admin — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 17:21:40 +0000

Damage from Typhoon Halong underscored the vulnerability of villages in western Alaska to climate crisis

Darrel John watched the final evacuees depart his village on the western coast of Alaska in helicopters and small planes and walked home, avoiding the debris piled on the boardwalks over the swampy land.

Toby Carvery owner urged to fund ‘life support’ for felled Enfield oak

admin — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 16:59:19 +0000

Sprinklers could save 500-year-old tree that had branches cut off without authorisation in April, says expert

The restaurant chain Toby Carvery is being urged to pay for life support for an ancient oak tree that its owner had chainsawed last spring to widespread public dismay.