‘Our electricity bill fell from £120 to £40 a month after upgrading our solar panels’ Jeff Meyer speaks to one homeowner who has seen their electricity bills cut thanks to solar The Independent UK · Oct 22
Marine life in Gulf of Mexico has still not fully recovered from 2010 BP oil spill New study reveals dramatic population drops in fish, cephalopods and more after Deepwater Horizon disaster The Guardian - US · Oct 22
Nearly all coral reefs at risk of collapse by 2075, conservation body warns Nearly all of the world's shallow-water coral reefs face an extremely high risk of collapse within the next 50 years due to climate change, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the the world's authority on endangered wildlife warned on Thursday. Radio France Internationale · Oct 22
‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre Company ordered to stop work at two sites in country, which has found itself at forefront of tech firms’ latest push The Guardian - UK · Oct 22
Storms Austen and Boelo set to batter parts of UK with wind and rain Storm Austen, the first named storm of the season, is expected to affect south-west England on Friday. Evening Standard · Oct 22
Big pharma accused of ‘free-riding on nature’ as global fund attracts just $7,000 The Cali Fund, set up to raise $1bn a year for biodiversity from drug companies, remains near empty The Guardian - UK · Oct 22
‘This isn’t greenwashing’: thousands of butterflies surprise experts on restored West Sussex farmland Rare small blues and dingy skippers among species found on former wheatfields two years after start of transformation under commercial nature project The Guardian - UK · Oct 22
Country diary: From Mexico’s Day of the Dead to a Shropshire allotment The Marches, Shropshire: Symbolically a flower of the ancestor-honouring Mexican festival, the dahlia appeals to the British gardener’s appetite for the spectacular The Guardian - UK · Oct 22
Unprecedented summer of wildfires sparks Welsh fire resilience summit The Welsh Government will be hosting the multi-agency summit in Merthyr Tydfil to strengthen wildfire prevention and resilience. Evening Standard · Oct 22
Attention moves to Rosebank as Andy Burnham defends Jackdaw approval Gas from the Jackdaw field will start flowing within weeks. Evening Standard · Oct 21
£3.7bn plan to halt sewage pollution in Lake District ‘jewel’ Windermere The investment would transform the sewage system around England’s largest natural lake where climate change is worsening impacts of pollution. Evening Standard · Oct 21
More than 1 million mice used in Australian research annually, ‘overdue’ study finds Advocates say having national data about numbers of rats and mice used in research can help boost public trust in science The Guardian - AU · Oct 21
One in three solar households could earn more than they spend on electricity – here’s how Choosing the right tariff could help you save The Independent UK · Oct 21
World set to breach 1.5C warming limit as UN warns time is running out Global warming is now set to breach the 1.5C target limit set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement, after decades of insufficient climate action, the United Nations Environment Programme has warned. Temperatures could still be reduced, but only with far larger emissions cuts and the removal of vast amounts of… Radio France Internationale · Oct 21
The Guardian - UK · Oct 21 Energy secretary leaning towards rejecting Rosebank oilfield Exclusive: Officials say Miatta Fahnbulleh minded not to give approval in victory for climate campaigners
The Guardian - UK · Oct 21 Giant tunnel proposed to tackle Windermere sewage discharges United Utilities, Environment Agency and local campaigners say 12-mile tunnel could take sewage away from England’s largest lake
Evening Standard · Oct 21 Met Office warns of flooding risk in Scotland as Storm Austen brings heavy rain A yellow warning for rain is in place across a large part of Scotland from 6am on Friday until 3am on Saturday.
Evening Standard · Oct 21 Met office issues amber wind warning for parts of south-west England Storm Austen will bring strong winds and heavy rain for some parts of the South West on Friday morning.
Evening Standard · Oct 21 Flooding and ‘intense rain’ expected in Ireland for Storm Austen Orange-level warnings for flooding and ‘intense rain’ associated with Storm Austen have been issued been issued for parts of Ireland.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 21 What an eyesore! My day at Norfolk’s frightful fridge mountain This summer alone, 26 local authorities in the UK had to stop accepting fridges and freezers for recycling. Now the appliances are piling up around the country – with no proper disposal date in sight
The Guardian - UK · Oct 21 Climate campaigners condemn ‘maddening’ decision to approve Jackdaw gasfield Critics say move will jeopardise climate targets, fail to cut cost of living and distract from need to decarbonise energy
The Guardian - UK · Oct 21 This Norwegian village is one of the fastest-warming places on Earth. How can its people save it? As glaciers melt and permafrost thaws, Longyearbyen, on the remote Arctic islands of Svalbard, faces climate-induced problems from tap water to housebuilding to landslides
The Guardian - UK · Oct 21 UK approves Jackdaw gasfield in North Sea Decision was widely expected after lobbying by Shell but will dismay environmental campaigners
The Guardian - UK · Oct 21 World must cut emissions by 18% in four years ‘to find our way back’, UN says Action needed to avoid disastrous overshoot of climate targets, according to organisation’s environment body
AAP · Oct 21 'No surrender': UN urges action as 1.5C goal slips away Global temperatures are on track to rise by 2.8C by the end of the century unless nations make deep emission cuts, including those from coal, oil and gas.