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- National Trust tells of bats in distress and water features drying up in heat
- Calls to ban gamebird release to avoid ‘catastrophic’ avian flu outbreak
- Stranded beluga whale removed from Seine river in France as part of rescue attempt
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The UK’s energy bill crisis – podcast
Source: The Guardian Published on 2022-08-10 By Presented by Michael Safi with Jasper Jollyand Morgan Wild; produced by Alex Atack and Axel Kacoutié; executive producers Joshua Kelly, Elizabeth Cassin and Phil Maynard
- Supermarket Food in the UK Could Soon Have Eco-Labels
- Ford Raises Prices of F-150 Lightning Electric Truck
- Beluga Whale Experts Struggle to Feed Starving Whale Stuck in Seine River
- Saving Mother Earth: New Books About Feminism and Women Protecting the Planet
- Trillions of dollars at risk because central banks’ climate models not up to scratch
- Fire spreads at Cuba oil storage facility as fourth tank erupts
- ‘New Normal’ Drought Grips Europe
- Fighting Inflation With Climate Action
- Scientist ‘Scared’ to See Evidence That Climate Change Worsens Infectious Diseases
- Thames Water to introduce hosepipe ban ‘in coming weeks’
- Can Fire Smoke Cause Lung Cancer?
- Britain Braces for Another Round of Scorching Temperatures
- UK braced for drought conditions to last until October
- Congress is about to pass a historic climate bill. So why are oil companies pleased? | Kate Aronoff
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How Democrats Salvaged a History-Making Bill
Source: The New York Times Published on 2022-08-09 By Michael Barbaro, Eric Krupke, Will Reid, Nina Feldman, Mooj Zadie, Rachelle Bonja, Rachel Quester, Marion Lozano, Brad Fisher and Chris Wood
- Farmers call for Truss and Sunak to tackle ‘immoral’ water wastage
- Landmark US climate bill will do more harm than good, groups say
- Admiring the Trees of Paris
- How to Fall Out of Love with Your Lawn
- Reinstate climate change minister role, says green Tory Chris Skidmore
- ‘Living legends’: Woodland Trust reveals tree of the year shortlist
- Australia news live: Victorians to be offered free face masks; Matt Kean elected deputy NSW Liberal leader
- UK health agency issues new heat alert warning for England
- Biden tours flood-ravaged Kentucky as White House highlights climate crisis
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Climate impacts have worsened vast range of human diseases
Source: The Guardian Published on 2022-08-08
- Senate Passes Sweeping $430 Billion Legislation That Could Lower U.S. Carbon Emissions 40% by 2030
- Solving the Plastic Crisis Through Community Empowerment
- CSIRO researchers identify 139 new species, including an ant that ‘babysits’ caterpillars
- Bushfire recovery groups blindsided by reports Resilience NSW might be axed
- Democrats celebrate as climate bill moves to House – and critics weigh in
- Electric Cars Are Too Costly for Many, Even With Aid in Climate Bill
- The UN Just Declared a Universal Human Right to a Healthy, Sustainable Environment – Here’s Where Resolutions Like This Can Lead
- Biden’s landmark climate and spending bill – what’s in it, and what got cut?
- Record Flooding in Death Valley National Park Strands 1,000 People
- ScottishPower to build £150m green hydrogen plant at Port of Felixstowe
- Biden visits flood-ravaged Kentucky after Senate passes $739bn healthcare and climate bill – live
- Burst water main in north London causes anger amid drought crisis
- Cycling growth in UK at risk of being left behind by Europe, experts warn
- Ban bonuses for water firm bosses until they fix leaky pipes, say Lib Dems
- Plastic can take hundreds of years to break down – and we keep making more | Kim Heacox
- N.Y.C. Will Expand Compost Pickup to Queens in October
- Weather tracker: no relief as heatwaves continue in parts of Europe and China
- Commodity Profile: Wheat
- Sizewell C nuclear plant approval faces legal challenge
- Inside Somalia’s vicious cycle of deforestation for charcoal
- Australian car companies face pressure to leave industry group after documents reveal its lobbying on emissions