Rishi Sunak delays some green targets and scraps others as he reveals net zero policy shift – UK politics live
PM says people to be given more time to switch gas boilers to heat pumps, and ban on sale of new petrol and diesel cars delayed
That was a relatively short speech, and given the reaction it provoked before it was even delivered, it can’t be described as a success.
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Fossil fuel companies have a secret weapon. Here’s how Britain can help take it away from them
Eleven countries have already pledged to exit the disastrous international charter treaty. We must join them
If Labour wants an energy transition in which working people don’t foot the bill, it has to address fossil fuel companies’ secret weapon against national climate laws: the energy charter treaty (ECT).
Earth ‘well outside safe operating space for humanity’, scientists find
First complete ‘scientific health check’ shows most global systems beyond stable range in which modern civilisation emerged
Earth’s life support systems have been so damaged that the planet is “well outside of the safe operating space for humanity”, scientists have warned.
Yes, it’s OK to laugh at wealthy Burning Man attendees mired in muck
Maybe it feels satisfying to see the US elite in discomfort because we’re so unlikely to see them face accountability in normal life
Nature, however, has not been so kind to Burning Man. Over the weekend, heavy rains turned the stretch of dusty flats that attendees insist on calling “the playa” into a muddy mess.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/06/burning-man-wealthy-attendees
#BurningMan #DrowningMan #ClimateCrisis #GlobalBoiling #climate #ClimateSOS
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The Government is still failing on net zero, so we are taking them back to court.
Good Law Project is taking legal action with Friends of the Earth and ClientEarth to ensure the Government tackles the climate crisis.
We’re now in the crucial decade to stop irreversible damage from global heating, but our Government still hasn’t produced a realistic plan to tackle the climate emergency.
Greece wildfire declared largest ever recorded in EU
Eleven planes and helicopter from bloc sent to tackle fire that has burned more than 300 sq miles of land
A forest blaze in Greece is the largest wildfire ever recorded in the EU and the bloc is mobilising nearly half its firefighting air wing to tackle it, a European Commission spokesperson has said.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/29/greece-wildfire-declared-largest-ever-recorded-in-eu
Dramatic climate action needed to curtail ‘crazy’ extreme weather
Heatwaves, wildfires and floods are just the ‘tip of the iceberg’, leading climate scientists say
‘Crazy off-the-charts records’: has humanity finally broken the climate?
The “crazy” extreme weather rampaging around the globe in 2023 will become the norm within a decade without dramatic climate action, the world’s leading climate scientists have said.
Hundreds of firefighters battle raging Greek wildfires
Gale-force winds and hot, dry conditions whip up flames and hamper firefighting efforts
More than 600 firefighters, including reinforcements from several European countries, backed by a fleet of water-dropping planes and helicopters, are battling three major wildfires in Greece, two of which have been raging for days.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/27/hundreds-of-firefighters-battle-raging-greek-wildfires
#GlobalBoiling #ClimateSOS #Greece #WildFires #ClimateChange
I’ve spent 40 years in Antarctic research. Right now it’s facing a climate emergency so we must not put vital science on ice
Antarctica is experiencing disturbing changes – from missing winter sea ice to disintegrating ice shelves – and it’s almost certain things will get worse
Much of this winter’s sea ice is missing. A crucial ocean current is slowing down, and glaciers and ice shelves are disintegrating.
Warning of ‘catastrophic flooding’ as Hurricane Hilary nears Mexico and California
Storm expected to hit Baja California on Saturday evening before reaching southern California as rare tropical storm on Sunday
Hurricane Hilary is expected to enter the Baja California region on Saturday evening as a powerful hurricane before reaching southern California as a rare tropical storm on Sunday amid warnings of deadly flooding.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/19/hurricane-hilary-mexico-california-flooding
Bob Jamieson
