Environment
Climate crisis
Thousands evacuated as Storm Boris causes havoc in northern Italy
About 1,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna overnight after devastating floods and landslides, as Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government was accused...
Activism
The Gaza War Is an Environmental Catastrophe
“Ever-worsening shortages of water and electricity. Catastrophic flooding in dense urban areas. Food insecurity exacerbated by drastic temperature...
Activism
The Steel Industry Merger That Has Environmentalists Worried
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.U.S. Steel, once the world’s largest company...
British food and drink
Purple patch for British blueberries as sales boom
Whether they add them to smoothies or salads, or just pop them straight in their mouths, Britons are...
Air pollution
TfL to refund drivers wrongly issued with Ulez fines after cameras vandalised
Transport for London (TfL) has said it will refund drivers wrongly issued with ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) charges...
‘Huge benefits’ in greater debt relief for lower income countries, study finds
Reducing the debt payments made by poor countries to more sustainable levels could help 5 million more children attend school and provide access to...
Two people missing and two injured in ice cave collapse in Iceland
Two people are missing and two others were seriously injured when an ice cave collapsed in south-east Iceland while a tour group was visiting...
‘Sip, return, repeat’: US city tackles throwaway cup culture with first-of-its-kind system
A line of purple, plastic cups grows longer on the counter at Avid Coffee as Sam Gearhard takes orders at the Petaluma, California, store...
‘This is the future’: why turbines that float could be the new wave in British wind power
Head 10 miles out from the coast of Aberdeen in Scotland and a cluster of five giant wind turbines spin at a height of...