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State of the Union: Spain heatwave, offshore wind plans & pharma rules

Record breaking temperatures in some Spanish areas, as April sees new highs.

28/04/2023

Spain

Spain's April heatwave sees temperatures nudging 40C

Unseasonably hot weather has seen April temperatures nudging 40C in parts of Spain. Last year was Spain's hottest since 1961, and warm air from North Africa is giving Spaniards a foretaste of another scorching summer several months early.

27/04/2023

Green News

From parades to die-ins, Earth Day was an ode to climate action

Earth Day: Watch the video to see how people celebrated around the world.

24/04/2023

Green News

Firefighters in France battle first major forest blaze of 2023

Major wildfires in Europe are now starting earlier in the year, becoming more frequent and harder to stop, and doing more damage.

17/04/2023

Green News

UK’s new net zero plan won’t meet 2030 emissions targets

Carbon capture and electric cars: What’s in the UK government’s new net zero plan?

31/03/2023

Climate

UK ‘strikingly unprepared’ as climate crisis begins to bite

More than 3,000 early deaths and 25,000 wildfires due to extreme temperatures were recorded in Britain last year.

29/03/2023

Green News

Millionaires are burning through our carbon budget, scientists warn

Millionaire spending will make clean transition ‘less likely’, a new report has warned.

22/03/2023

World News

Euroviews. Planting trees could offset emissions of up to 15 million Europeans

Planting new forests on 14 million hectares of available land across the continent could balance out the emissions of millions of Europeans every year, Kristjan Lepik and Lisett Luik write.

21/03/2023

Green News

The way we eat could add nearly 1 degree of warming by 2100

A new study has revealed how our diets could push the planet past 1.5 degrees of warming.

07/03/2023

Climate

What is desflurane and how is it bad for the environment?

Scotland has recently banned the general anaesthetic due to its climate impact.

03/03/2023

Climate

Tunisia: Beach erosion is threatening tourism and communities

Coastal erosion is harming tourism, fishing and farming in Tunisia - and drought is making it worse.

23/02/2023

Climate

Athletes hit by hotter temperatures, says World Athletics president

Endurance events are already punishing on athletes. What are the implications for sportspeople as global temperatures rise?

17/02/2023

Green News

Get a birds-eye view of French village threatened by the advancing sea

Ever-rising sea levels and increasingly violent storms have made it impossible for people to live close to the coast.

16/02/2023

Green News

Firing moon dust into space could reverse global warming, study claims

It sounds like something out of a sci-fi novel. But scientists think that firing moon dust into space could shade the earth from global warming.

10/02/2023

Turkey

Euroviews. Climate change-related disasters are surging. Someone has to pay

With mounting evidence that climate change increases the risk of natural disasters, governments should turn the tables on international petroleum companies and hold them responsible, Prof İbrahim Özdemir argues.

09/02/2023

Climate

In data: How is the climate crisis changing Europe?

As the climate crisis continues to affect Europe, we’re taking a look at some of the ways the continent is changing.

07/02/2023

Green News

Worst impacts of sea level rise will hit earlier than expected

Current models predict that the most widespread flooding and coastal erosiom will occur after sea levels rise by several metres - a seemingly distant scenario. This might be wrong.

27/01/2023

USA

ExxonMobil predicted climate change during the 1970s

The oil giant ExxonMobil predicted global warming with great precision during the 1970s, according to a new report based on internal documents published in the journal Science.

13/01/2023

Climate

These fossil fuel giants knew about climate change in the 70s and 80s

A new study has revealed that ExxonMobil predicted climate change with “shocking” accuracy in the 70s. But the company wasn’t alone in its predictions.

13/01/2023

Green News

Europe’s ski resorts forced to close amid record-breaking temperatures

The anomalous temperatures have left mountainsides bare and slopes covered in slush.

04/01/2023