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UK must consider food and climate part of national security, say top ex-military figures

admin — Thu, 29 May 2025 14:00:11 +0000

Former army and navy leaders urge government to think beyond military capability in advance of key defence review

Former military leaders are urging the UK government to widen its definition of national security to include climate, food and energy measures in advance of a planned multibillion-pound boost in defence spending.

Earlier this year Keir Starmer announced the biggest increase in defence spending in the UK since the end of the cold war, with the budget rising to 2.5% of GDP by 2027 – three years earlier than planned – and an ambition to reach 3%.

Drought declared in north-west England amid declining reservoir levels

admin — Thu, 29 May 2025 13:23:08 +0000

Hosepipe ban could follow, says Environment Agency, after England had driest February-April period on record

A drought has been declared in north-west England as reservoir levels dwindle.

Hosepipe bans could follow, the Environment Agency said, though this is a matter for water companies, which have been directed to follow their drought plans.

Trump violating right to life with anti-environment orders, youth lawsuit says

admin — Thu, 29 May 2025 13:13:11 +0000

Twenty-two plaintiffs between ages seven and 25 allege government is engaging in unlawful executive overreach

Twenty two young Americans have filed a new lawsuit against the Trump administration over its anti-environment executive orders. By intentionally boosting oil and gas production and stymying carbon-free energy, federal officials are violating their constitutional rights to life and liberty, alleges the lawsuit, filed on Thursday.

Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it | Colette Delawalla

admin — Thu, 29 May 2025 12:00:09 +0000

The new executive order allows political appointees to undermine research they oppose, paving the way to state-controlled science

Science is under siege.

‘Flooding could end southern Appalachia’: the scientists on an urgent mission to save lives

admin — Thu, 29 May 2025 11:30:49 +0000

Geologists race to collect perishable data as Kentucky residents ‘scared to death’ over floods amid Trump cuts

The abandoned homes and razed lots along the meandering Troublesome Creek in rural eastern Kentucky is a constant reminder of the 2022 catastrophic floods that killed dozens of people and displaced thousands more.

Nato rearmament could increase emissions by 200m tonnes a year, study finds

admin — Thu, 29 May 2025 10:00:43 +0000

Exclusive: researchers say defence spending boosts across world will worsen climate crisis which in turn will cause more conflict

A global military buildup poses an existential threat to climate goals, according to researchers who say the rearmament planned by Nato alone could increase greenhouse gas emissions by almost 200m tonnes a year.

With the world embroiled in the highest number of armed conflicts since the second world war, countries have embarked on military spending sprees, collectively totalling a record $2.46tn in 2023.

First new reservoirs in England for more than 30 years given go-ahead

admin — Thu, 29 May 2025 08:15:23 +0000

‘Nationally significant’ status granted to reservoirs in East Anglia and Lincolnshire with seven more planned by 2050

The government has ordered the building of two reservoirs, the first to be built in England for more than 30 years.

Warm winter forecast for Australia as SA and Victoria face unseasonal fire risk

admin — Thu, 29 May 2025 07:45:03 +0000

BoM prediction follows much wetter than average autumn for northern and eastern Australia, and much drier one for south

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Investment in big batteries booms as Australia’s energy transition gathers pace

admin — Thu, 29 May 2025 07:20:27 +0000

‘The target is ambitious, but it’s achievable,’ expert says of Labor’s 2030 renewables goal

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Pesticides, antibiotics, animal medicines: the chemical cocktail seeping into our rivers

admin — Thu, 29 May 2025 06:00:21 +0000

A study of Yorkshire’s rivers is helping scientists understand the impact everyday pollutants are having on waterways – and the results are sobering

Photographs by Christopher Thomond