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‘I kept smelling a horrible nasty smell’: the risks of England’s old dumping grounds

admin — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 07:00:20 +0000

For some, the smell brings on nausea and headaches. Others fear ‘forever chemicals’ seeping into the water

UK and Europe’s hidden landfills at risk of leaking toxic waste into water supplies

“I just kept smelling this horrible, nasty smell … like animal excrement, and I was wondering what it was,” says Jess Brown, from Fleetwood, Lancashire.

UK and Europe’s hidden landfills at risk of leaking toxic waste into water supplies

admin — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 07:00:19 +0000

Exclusive: Rising flood risks driven by climate change could release chemicals from ageing sites – posing threats to ecosystems

‘I kept smelling a horrible nasty smell’: the risks of England’s old dumping grounds

People living along polluted Thames file legal complaint to force water firm to act

admin — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:01:10 +0000

Residents claim raw sewage and poorly treated effluent as result of Thames Water’s failings are threat to health

Communities across south-east England are filing the first coordinated legal complaints that sewage pollution by Thames Water negatively affects their lives.

Thames Water failed to complete upgrades to 98 treatment plants and pumping stations which have the worst records for sewage pollution into the environment, despite a promise to invest in them over the last five years.

Floods kill at least 1,100 people across south and south-east Asia – video

admin — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 19:01:38 +0000

Sri Lanka and Indonesia deployed military personnel as they raced to help victims of devastating flooding that has killed more than 1,100 people across four countries in Asia.

Millions of people have been affected by a combination of tropical cyclones and heavy monsoon rains in Sri Lanka, parts of Indonesia’s Sumatra, Thailand and Malaysia in recent days.

Zillow deletes climate risk data from listings after complaints it harms sales

admin — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 18:27:56 +0000

Site removes feature after real estate agents and some homeowners say scores appear arbitrary and hurt sales

Zillow, the US’s largest real estate listing site, has removed a feature that allowed people to view a property’s exposure to the climate crisis, following complaints from the industry and some homeowners that it was hurting sales.

Get shucking: South Australians urged to eat oysters and donate shells for reef restoration project

admin — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 14:00:13 +0000

Shrimp soundtrack will be played underwater to lure baby oysters in program aimed at fighting algal blooms

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Cooking with gas gets more expensive as Americans face rising prices into 2026

admin — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 12:30:34 +0000

Trump promised to cut consumers’ energy costs within his first year in office but gas price is up 4% on average

Americans using gas stoves to cook during the holidays, or any other meal in the near future, are set for persistently higher bills, with the price of gas expected to keep rising into next year.

Australia could miss clean energy target as solar and wind investment slumps, investors warn

admin — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 08:22:30 +0000

Expert cautions large pipeline of potential projects will not deliver required energy capacity unless companies make final investments

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Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot

admin — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 08:00:29 +0000

The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts

How do you reckon our political system works? Perhaps something like this. We elect MPs. They vote on bills. If a majority is achieved, the bills becomes law. The law is upheld by the courts. End of story. Well, that’s how it used to work. No longer.

Wood-burning stoves could face partial ban in Labour’s updated environment plan

admin — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 05:00:27 +0000

Exclusive: Pollution targets set out alongside nature recovery projects to allay concerns over housebuilding

Wood-burning stoves are likely to face tighter restrictions in England under new pollution targets set as part of an updated environmental plan released by ministers on Monday.

Speaking to the Guardian before the publication of the updated environmental improvement plan (EIP), the environment secretary, Emma Reynolds, said it would boost nature recovery in a number of areas, replacing an EIP under the last government she said was “not credible”.