Wildfires are burning in the US this week - mainly in Washington, California, Idaho & Oregon theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

The number of heat-related deaths in the UK is predicted to increase more than six-fold by the end of the century if the world warms by 3C independent.co.uk/climate-change…

The Republican Attorneys General Association (Raga) has roped in about $5.8m from oil and gas giants and their allied lobbying groups since Joe Biden was elected president in 2020 theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

failure to bring in new regulations for sewage sludge use on farms was the fault of tory environment ministers not the environment agency, judge rules endsreport.com/article/188586…

Thousands of farmers who were promised financial help after the devastating floods of last winter say they have still not been paid bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Twenty-four brain samples collected in early 2024 measured on average about 0.5% plastic by weight theguardian.com/environment/ar…

The energy regulator has raised the price cap for energy bills by 10%, meaning that the average household's annual bill will rise by £149. independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

Three million people have been affected by flooding in Bangladesh, with eastern parts of the country and India’s Tripura state receiving record rainfall in recent days. edition.cnn.com/2024/08/22/ind…

Do the Democrats see talking about the environment as a lose-lose option? washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Especially challenging (some would say delusional) as it envisions a 52% increase in passenger numbers in that time

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Surging seas are coming for us all, warns UN chief “The small islands don’t contribute to climate change but everything that happens because of climate change is multiplied here.” bbc.com/news/articles/…

AI uses huge amounts of fossil fuel-powered energy at the moment but can the technology eventually help address the climate crisis? nytimes.com/2024/08/26/cli…

South Korea's constitutional court ruled that the lack of legally binding greenhouse gas reduction targets violated the constitutional rights of future generations, making it Asia's first climate litigation ruling of this kind theguardian.com/world/article/…

The UK government will not contest legal claims brought against the Jackdaw and Rosebank offshore oil and gas fields in the North Sea news.sky.com/story/rosebank…

Wildfires that blazed across Canada's woodlands last year released more greenhouse gases than some of the largest emitting countries reuters.com/world/americas…

On Thursday Kamala Harris said she no longer supports a ban on fracking, but Big Oil also wants to know if she would end the pause on new LNG plants & if she supports Biden's curbs on drilling ft.com/content/d85a2a…

Fossil fuel firm Neo are slowing their work on a North Sea oilfield, which is due to start production in three years time, citing Labour's approach to fossil fuels. theguardian.com/business/artic…

The new renewable energy auction will support 131 new wind, solar & tidal projects - producing enough energy to supply 11 million homes theguardian.com/business/artic…

African countries are now spending 2-5% on average of their GDP on responding to extreme weather. Some countries are spending up to 9%. reuters.com/world/africa/a…