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National Emergency Climate viewings help to inform the public more about climate breakdown
Read more: National Emergency Climate viewings help to inform the public more about climate breakdownSwinsty Reservoir in 2025 Following last year’s successful National Emergency Briefing on the climate to MPs, more action is still required from the Government to ensure that the public is informed, prepared and protected about the climate and nature breakdown. To ensure that this happens, multiple venues across the UK will host public viewings of…
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Pollution pours into England’s rivers more than 290,000 times in 2025
Read more: Pollution pours into England’s rivers more than 290,000 times in 2025‘An unacceptable amount of sewage’ still going into our waterways, despite an unusually dry 2025 Annual data released today by the Environment Agency indicated an appalling- though not surprising- picture of England’s waterways. Nationally, there were 291,492 sewage spills in 2025, with these spills lasting for over 1.8 million hours. This national data reflects a…
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Earth’s climate swings increasingly out of balance
Read more: Earth’s climate swings increasingly out of balance‘Planet Earth is being pushed beyond its limits’ UN Secretary-General António Guterres. The State of the Global Climate 2025 report, published today by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), confirms that 2015-2025 were the hottest 11 years on record and highlights that the Earth’s energy imbalance is at its highest in sixty five-year record. With 2025…
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Review of ‘Plastic Inc.’ by Beth Gardiner
Read more: Review of ‘Plastic Inc.’ by Beth GardinerLet’s start with a visual experiment. Look around the room which you are in and see how many objects you can spot which are made of plastic. The television? The television remote? Your laptop? Your phone? Those pesky pieces of Lego? Which plastics are in your television remote? When you upgrade to a new tv,…
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Human- caused climate change increases rain intensity in Western Europe
Read more: Human- caused climate change increases rain intensity in Western EuropeHumans are now ‘fighting a humanitarian crisis driven by a changing climate.’ Key findings from a recent World Weather Attribution study concludes that human-caused climate change has increased the intensity of the torrential rain that led to flooding across Western Europe. Researchers identified a clear trend showing the wettest days are now around a third…
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Review of ‘Despite It All. A Handbook for Climate Hopefuls.’ by Fred Pearce
Read more: Review of ‘Despite It All. A Handbook for Climate Hopefuls.’ by Fred Pearce‘With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.’ In ‘Despite It All’, Pearce offers us a more hopeful narrative to counter the daily deluge of climate crisis stories from around the world. Pollution of our seas, pollution of our atmosphere, extreme weather, droughts, biodiversity in crisis- it is all…
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Review of ‘Climate Collapse?: Calls to Action from Around the World’, edited by Arkbound Foundation
Read more: Review of ‘Climate Collapse?: Calls to Action from Around the World’, edited by Arkbound FoundationVoices from around the world speak out on climate solutions that they have experienced, to highlight that the ‘waiting for Superman’ approach is not appropriate when managing climate collapse and that local communities have the power themselves to act in a powerful manner to deliver climate action. ‘Climate Collapse?’ is, at times, blunt, critical and…
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Welsh Council to spend over £2.5 million to protect residents from climate change
Read more: Welsh Council to spend over £2.5 million to protect residents from climate changeHomes at severe flood risk to be demolished by council Councillors for Rhondda Cynon Taf council have approved the acquisition of 16 homes in Ynysybwl, which have been described as at ‘severe flood risk’. The homes in Clydach Terrace will be bought for £2,570,000 and are at high risk of flooding from the local river,…
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Review of ‘The Problem With Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It’s Too Late’ by Judith Enck and Adam Mahoney
Read more: Review of ‘The Problem With Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It’s Too Late’ by Judith Enck and Adam MahoneyPlastic pollution and contamination sadly seems to be so ingrained into our environment that yet another book on the issue appears to be superfluous. That being said, Enck and Mahoney peel back the veneer of company ‘plastic-washing’ and false promises to challenge the dominant and overwhelming narrative from the plastics industry (read fossil-fuel industry) that…
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Review of ‘Life on a Little- Known Planet’ by Elizabeth Kolbert
Read more: Review of ‘Life on a Little- Known Planet’ by Elizabeth KolbertKolbert, the Pulitzer Prize winning author, has gathered for her readers 17 celebratory articles from the last 20 years of her writing career, to highlight and inspire others working for a better climate today and tomorrow. With devastating climate events happening daily around the world, articles on issues from ten years or over, may seem…
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