Climate crisis
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Former oil lobbyist halts wind farm construction as thousands of jobs hang in balance
Trump official with fossil fuel ties stops nearly finished project, threatening 2,500 American jobs over unspecified security concerns
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How energy accounting tricks make clean power progress invisible
Influential voices use misleading statistics whilst electric cars surge and China's coal share plummets
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Arctic sea ice melting slows dramatically as ocean currents temporarily offset global warming
Natural variation provides temporary reprieve but scientists warn accelerated decline likely within decade
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America restricts its cheapest electricity while China expands renewable dominance
Trump's renewable energy ban collides with surging AI demand as competitors invest in technologies now cheaper than fossil fuels
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Microplastics accumulate in human organs faster than scientists can measure the health risks
Brain tissue contains seven to thirty times more plastic particles than liver or kidney samples, while detection methods struggle with laboratory contamination
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Shrivelled blackberries in July show British nature breaking under climate stress
As familiar seasonal cycles collapse, scientists warn that even "limited" warming is pushing ecosystems beyond their adaptive limits
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Community connections matter more than material restraint in boosting life satisfaction, study finds
Groundbreaking research overturns assumptions about simple living, revealing the surprising source of wellbeing benefits
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Scientists abandon neutrality as climate protests draw record prison terms
A fundamental shift in scientific culture emerges as researchers face harsh consequences for activism whilst paradoxically gaining public trust
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Vertical farms collapse as solar panels triumph in tale of two climate transitions
The systematic failure of agricultural climate solutions reveals fundamental differences that most climate advocates overlook
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Conservative MP earns hundreds of thousands helping Singapore investor sue Britain over rejected coal mine
Former Attorney General Geoffrey Cox represents foreign firm using secretive tribunal system to challenge government climate decisions
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Trump targets rocket launch regulations after SpaceX campaign against safety rules
Executive order eliminates environmental reviews following Musk's public assault on regulators
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Green parties across Europe struggle in government whilst opposition counterparts gain ground
The crisis facing Germany's Greens reflects a broader challenge for environmental politics in coalition-dependent democracies
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Britain's packaging recycling rules create compliance burden while environmental benefits remain unclear
New regulations force companies to navigate complex reporting systems whilst actual environmental impact remains difficult to measure
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Cambridge study finds London's air pollution increases dementia risk by 17 per cent
The largest analysis yet linking air quality to brain health offers a stark warning for urban populations worldwide
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America rewrites climate history
Trump administration erases decades of climate science, replacing it with denial
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British butterflies appear abundant in 2025 but lack consecutive good years needed for true recovery
UKBMS data reveals single-season improvements cannot restore populations requiring multi-year demographic momentum
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Why Scotland wastes what England rations
The wettest nation in Europe engineered its own water crisis through institutional design
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When evacuation signs trigger the wrong instinct
How £105,000 of Lincolnshire road markings exposed the psychology gap in Britain’s climate planning
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The trillion-dollar treaty takeover
How systematic corporate capture has transformed UN environmental negotiations into legitimacy theatre for the industries they were designed to regulate
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How saving the planet empowered China
How the race to replace fossil fuels is creating new dependencies no one wants to discuss
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The environmental smokescreen that could reshape AI regulation
Mistral's pioneering environmental study looks more like regulatory positioning than genuine transparency
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The fossil fuel ventriloquist act
How Reform councils delete climate language whilst banking climate cash
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The climate trap no one talks about
How extreme weather became perfect cover for the world's most profitable market manipulation
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The green constraint only one side accepts
How the Royal Air Force volunteers for operational limits that rivals reject