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Households near new pylons to get £250 taken off annual energy bills

admin — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 23:01:12 +0000

Discounts confirmed near more than 40 locations across Great Britain amid biggest upgrade to electricity grid since 1960s

Households living near new power pylons will have £250 a year taken off their energy bills as the UK government prepares to push ahead with more than 40 grid upgrade projects across the country.

Male redback spiders invite cannibalism through a ‘self-sacrificial somersault’ during sex – but why?

admin — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 23:01:12 +0000

New research sheds light on the genetic basis of the venomous insect’s ‘weird mating behaviour’

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The Guardian view on wildfires: firefighters can’t handle this crisis alone | Editorial

admin — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:04:47 +0000

The response to this summer’s record heat and drought should be led by ministers – not left to the emergency services

Samuel Alito gained up to $2.9m from oil and gas assets since joining supreme court, analysis shows

admin — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:00:03 +0000

Critics argue US high court justice should recuse himself from upcoming fossil fuel firms’ climate accountability case

The supreme court justice Samuel Alito gained up to $2.9m from his fossil fuel interests between 2005 and 2024, a new review of financial disclosures shows.

‘Real struggle’ to tame New Forest blaze as UK set for hottest summer on record

admin — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:49:18 +0000

Key tourist route closed and residents rallying round as battle against wildfire expected to go on for several days

The battle to contain a large wildfire spreading across the New Forest will go on for several days, experts have said, as wind changes and a desiccated landscape fuel the flames.

Drought, water rationing and dry rivers: our water crisis is here | Peter Gleick

admin — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:00:01 +0000

It doesn’t have to be this way. We know what needs to be done

Don’t despair about what’s happening to our planet. That’s what they want you to feel

admin — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0000

There are social tipping points when the seemingly impossible suddenly becomes inevitable. Good journalism plays an essential role in helping drive these shifts and shows us how real change can happen

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The return of the caspian tiger: how a species feared extinct has come back to Kazakhstan

admin — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:00:56 +0000

The wild capture and release of a female big cat into a nature reserve is the first step towards reintroducing a population that hasn’t been seen for 70 years

On 31 July, “Umit” – which means hope in Kazakh – was released into a nature reserve on the edge of Lake Balkhash after more than a decade of careful planning to return the caspian tiger to the region. With this release, Kazakhstan became the first country to restore its tiger range after they had been thought extinct, with the last reliable sighting in the country recorded more than 70 years ago.

AI’s potential climate benefits outweighed by role in boosting fossil fuels, study finds

admin — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:15:45 +0000

Modelling finds AI-driven productivity gains in coal, oil and gas enable more emissions than applications in renewables avoid

AI-driven productivity gains enable more planet-heating pollution from fossil fuels than they avoid from renewables, a study has found.

Summer 2026 on course to be UK’s hottest on record, says Met Office – as it happened

admin — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 07:50:23 +0000

Prediction comes amid warning of ‘extreme heat’ this week with temperatures of 38C possible

The Guardian’s environment editor, Fiona Harvey, has written a useful explainer about the UK public services that are struggling in the extreme weather. You can read it in full here:

There’s only one solution in the end to the drought now declared across most of England and that’s rain, says Hannah Cloke, professor of hydrology at the University of Reading.