Andy Burnham said he would consider if a restriction on purchasing the products during the summer months could be justified

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

ALT: Global Temperature Change Over Time

Only Hastings and Guildford rank above European average for urban tree cover, with Manchester leading large cities in England

Plus, the Trump administration appointed a new “beacon of rational thought.”

British trees struggle to survive as temperatures get higher, and many die.

Chief scientist says dangerous heatwaves, which are getting more likely, ‘bring home the implications of climate change’

Landmark report calls for widespread air conditioning and says UK temperatures forecast to exceed 40C by 2050

Successive governments have failed to prepare the UK for extreme heat, the climate watchdog says.

Study of Channel finds levels of toxic Pfas in Solent at 13 times safe limits in some places, with much coming from treated sewage

Emissions understated by factor of five in Essex plans for tech giant, while Greystoke’s Lincolnshire plans show similar error Developers working for Google have significantly misstated how much carbon two proposed AI datacentres will contribute to the UK’s total emissions in planning documents reviewed by the Guardian. The tech company wants to build two huge datacentres – one 52-hectare (130 acre) project in Thurrock and another at an airfield in North Weald, both in Essex. To do so, developers are required to submit planning documents calculating how much carbon these projects will emit as a proportion of the UK’s total carbon footprint. Continue reading...

Handing the company back to local people would return both control and value to those who need it most

The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.

Cocoa one of six commodities vulnerable to environmental threats in ‘extremely worrying picture’ for food resilience

At least 27 are dead in Missouri in Kentucky after severe weather alerts were delayed overnight because of DOGE cuts.

This case-control of older US adults examines risk of Parkinson Disease by proximity of residence to a golf course.

NHS officials proposed to cut £3.6 million from specialist maternal mental health budgets

Nearly two-thirds of all primates are in danger of disappearing, including 100 that have only been described by science in the last 25 years. To spotlight their plight, leading conservation…

Exclusive: Internal government forecasts obtained by the Guardian reveal ‘truly shocking’ effects of planned cuts

Previous nominee was withdrawn amid claims she had misrepresented her medical education

In just five years, water companies like Southern Water sold off 35 reservoirs for £26 million. Now they are blaming the public.

Sir Keir Starmer rejects Sir Tony Blair’s calls to reset ‘irrational’ climate policies because they were ‘doomed to fail’