The Guardian5 hours agoFracking firms could share in UK fossil fuel tax breaks worth billionsverified_publisherThe Guardian - Fiona Harvey Environment correspondentFracking companies are likely to be eligible for tax breaks, potentially worth billions, that the government is extending to oil and gas companies to encourage new exploration of fossil fuel resources. Combined with high gas prices, the extra funding – which amounts to a subsidy, according to …
The Guardian5 hours agoCop15: lack of political leadership leaves crucial nature summit ‘in peril’, warn NGOsverified_publisherThe Guardian - Patrick Greenfield and Peter Muiruri in NairobiUN biodiversity negotiations have reached crisis point due to a lack of engagement from governments, leading NGOs have warned, three years after experts revealed that Earth’s life-support systems are collapsing. Last week, countries met in Nairobi for an extra round of talks on an agreement to halt …
The Guardian6 hours agoOfwat extends sewage dumping inquiry to include South West Waterverified_publisherThe Guardian - Sandra Laville Environment correspondentThe regulator Ofwat has expanded its investigation into the dumping of raw sewage to include South West Water after finding “shocking” failures in the way the majority of water companies run their waste treatment works. Ofwat said on Tuesday it had extended its inquiry after heightened concerns …
The Guardian6 hours agoChilli peppers, coffee, wine: how the climate crisis is causing food shortagesverified_publisherThe Guardian - Victoria NamkungSriracha fans are a passionate bunch. They have been known to get tattoos of the popular hot sauce on their bodies and dress up like the red plastic squeeze bottle for Halloween. So it’s no surprise that an unprecedented shortage of the beloved condiment would send loyalists scrambling to avoid a …
The Guardian11 hours agoIn the drink after a drink? Spanish city to charge for emergency rescues at seaverified_publisherThe Guardian - Ashifa Kassam in MadridIt was still dark in the northern Spanish city of San Sebastián when the two men – one Spanish, the other Brazilian – were struck with the idea of going for a swim. They raced into the frigid, lapping waters of the city’s Playa de La Concha, capping off a night of hard partying. Their troubles …
The Guardian9 hours agoClimate change role clear in many extreme events but social factors also key, study findsverified_publisherThe Guardian - Sofia QuagliaClimate change is to blame for the majority of the heatwaves being recorded around the planet but the relation to other extreme events and their impacts on society is less clear, according to a study. “I think on the one hand we overestimate climate change because it’s now quite common that every …
