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‘It has destroyed years of work’: Cornish beauty spot loses 80% of its trees to Storm Goretti

admin — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:57:03 +0000

St Michael’s Mount launches major operation to clear up devastation caused by 112mph winds

The tidal island of St Michael’s Mount in the far south-west of Britain is usually a place of peace and quiet.

Former NSW Labor minister condemns Forestry Corporation after greater glider ‘den trees’ found at planned logging site

admin — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:00:39 +0000

Bob Debus says operations at Glenbog state forest on south coast show native forest logging is untenable

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BP to take hit of up to $5bn on green energy as it refocuses on fossil fuels

admin — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:57:08 +0000

Energy company also under pressure from worse oil trading performance and weaker oil prices

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With this record wind power auction, we’ve proved the rightwing doubters wrong | Ed Miliband

admin — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:30:53 +0000

The only way that Britain’s energy bills can come down is if we are no longer reliant on fossil fuels. Today marks a big step towards that goal

Offshore windfarm contracts to fuel 12m homes in Great Britain after record auction

Offshore windfarm contracts to fuel 12m homes in Great Britain after record auction

admin — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 07:25:33 +0000

Subsidies awarded to eight new projects help keep UK on track to decarbonise by 2030

Human activity helped make 2025 third-hottest year on record, experts say

admin — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 03:00:13 +0000

Data leads scientists to declare 2015 Paris agreement to keep global heating below 1.5C ‘dead in the water’

Last year was the third hottest on record, scientists have said, with mounting fossil fuel pollution behind “exceptional” temperatures.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said 2025 had continued a three-year streak of “extraordinary global temperatures” during which surface air temperatures averaged 1.48C above preindustrial levels.

US carbon pollution rose in 2025 in reversal of previous years’ reductions

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 21:09:20 +0000

Study from research firm finds that US greenhouse gas emissions grew faster than economic activity last year

In a reversal from previous years’ pollution reductions, the United States spewed 2.4% more heat-trapping gases from the burning of fossil fuels in 2025 than in the year before, researchers calculated in a study released on Tuesday.

‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:20:23 +0000

Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’

High-profile studies reporting the presence of microplastics throughout the human body have been thrown into doubt by scientists who say the discoveries are probably the result of contamination and false positives. One chemist called the concerns “a bombshell”.

Ten Sydney Harbours’ worth of threatened species habitat approved for destruction in 2025, report finds

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:00:03 +0000

ACF analysis finds amount of habitat approved by Albanese government for land-clearing hit a 15-year high last year

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Red-state Republicans seek climate ‘liability shield’ for fossil fuel industry

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:00:01 +0000

If enacted, Utah and Oklahoma measures would restrict litigation against oil companies over role in climate crisis

US lawmakers in two red states are attempting to shield the fossil fuel industry from climate liability.

In Oklahoma, a newly introduced bill would bar most civil lawsuits against oil companies over their role in the climate crisis, unless plaintiffs allege violations of specific environmental or labor laws. A similar proposal in Utah would block lawsuits over climate-warming emissions, unless a court finds the defendant violated a statute or permit.