Environment

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Effect Back-to-Back Storms Had on Lake Charles

It has been just over four years since Hurricane Laura slammed into southwest Louisiana just shy of Category 5 status — the fiercest storm...

Can the U.S. Census Keep Up With Climate Displacement?

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. This story is part of State of Emergency, a Grist series exploring how climate...

‘Targets are unrealistic’: sacked fruit picker tells of treatment on Kent farm

It had been a sweltering morning picking cherries beneath plastic polytunnels in July when Ilyas finally lost his temper at the farm where he...

How to turn stale bread into pasta – recipe

The Italians are longtime masters of zero-waste cooking, and many of their most classic dishes are naturally thrifty and waste-averse. They have numerous bread-saving...

Heatwave across US west breaks records for highest temperatures

An intense heatwave across the US west has brought unusually warm temperatures to the region – some of the highest of the season –...

‘We’ve not had a summer’: retailers battle unpredictable British weather

When the season switched from summer to autumn, like clockwork clothing stores would swap out the racks of floaty frocks and fill them with...