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Climate activist pulls out of event, saying sponsor Baillie Gifford invests heavily in fossil fuel industry The climate activist Greta Thunberg has pulled out of an appearance at the Edinburgh book…

It is hot. Very hot. And temperatures show no signs of easing. Nearly a third of Americans - over 113 million people - are under some form of heat advisory, the US National Weather Service said.…

Some would call it shameful. The reckless abandoning of the UK’s net zero commitments. The torching of environmental policies. All at a time when larger areas of southern Europe were suffering…

I had a premonition that Rishi Sunak was about to do something deeply ungreen. I didn’t know exactly what, and definitely couldn’t have named which oil and gas licences he wanted to issue, but I knew…

Phoenix’s record stretch of daily highs over 110F (43.3C) ended Monday as cooling monsoon rains slightly tempered the dangerous heatwave that suffocated the American south-west throughout July. The…

For decades holidaymakers have poured into resorts and islands in southern Europe for a relaxing break in the summer sun. But the scenes of tourists fleeing wildfires in Greece, or trapped indoors…

Like many other politicians, Joe Biden talks a good game about the need to tackle global heating. Climate change is an “existential threat”, the US president said last week, as America sizzled amid…

By announcing hundreds of new oil and gas licences, the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, has become a “dangerous radical” pursuing “moral and economic madness”.

Wildfires that have scorched Greece for more than two weeks are under control, but firefighters remain in key hotspots as strong winds remain a threat, officials have said. “Scattered fire pockets…

It’s 2am on Thursday. Wildfires are burning in Greece, Italy, Tunisia, Portugal, Croatia and Algeria. British tourist climate refugees are, ironically, being rescued by friendly locals in small boats…

Much of the Earth sweltered under record-topping temperatures this month. Phoenix, Arizona, broke its record for most 110F (43.3C) days. California’s Death Valley had its highest temperature ever. An…

Record temperatures and smoke-filled skies have shown that the threat of wildfires can impact millions of people, far away from the fire lines. And data shows that the number of size of wildfires has…

The record-breaking UK heat experienced in 2022 will be regarded as a cool year by the end of this century, the Met Office says. Its report shows that last year was "extraordinary", with a heatwave…

The phase down of fossil fuels is “inevitable”, the president of the next UN climate summit has said, but can only happen when the world has ramped up its renewable energy capacity.

A huge wildfire burning out of control in California’s Mojave national preserve is spreading rapidly amid erratic winds and high temperatures The York fire erupted on Friday near the remote…

The punishing heatwaves that have scorched much of the US could result in a record number of heat-related deaths this year, experts have warned, amid a spike in hospitalizations from collapsing…

To understand this moment, we have to recognise that there is an existential struggle on both sides. While environmental scientists and activists fight for the very survival of the habitable planet,…

The way we heat our homes is changing. As the world moves away from fossil fuels, we will be saying goodbye to our gas fires and boilers - and instead electrifying the heating systems in our homes…

The French solar power pioneer who was light years ahead Augustin Mouchot’s solar-powered engine caused a stir at the World Expo in 1878 but it came too soon Jeremy Plester Thu 27 Jul 2023 06.…

The billionaire Australian mining tycoon and investor Andrew Forrest has led international condemnation of the UK’s new oil rush, saying he would pull his major investment from the country if the…