Climate change concern among public increases sharply amid summer of climate crises
Alarm about climate change in the UK is on the rise in the wake of a summer marked by climate-related catastrophes around the world.
Climate Change
Sadiq Khan gives impassioned defence of decision to expand ULEZ
“If you saw the 30 GPs with the largest number of respiratory problems, 24 of those are in outer London.”
World’s richest countries gave record sums of public money to fossil fuel industry last year
$1.4 trillion of public money went to the fossil fuel sector last year
How the Labour Party can include the working classes in a just climate transition
‘Labour can demonstrate that there is another way, and make a just transition a central plank of its environmental policy platform’
Climate change a growing top concern for voters, new polling finds
Concern for the environment doubled on last month in one poll
Rishi Sunak rules out Brexit-style referendum on net zero amid bitter Tory feud
It remains to be seen whether helicopter enthusiast Sunak, who has previously given into pressure from Tory rebels, will stand firm in his commitment to net zero.
Underfunding and staff shortages risk undermining UK’s net zero target, say workers
“We can’t solve environmental problems or net zero unless we have people to do the work”
Over a third of England’s homes will be at high risk of overheating as temperatures reach new extremes, think tank warns
The report also warns that when it comes to work, older workers are a particular risk of heat stress
How the Sun’s anti-net zero campaign is linked to a lobby group funded by the freight and haulage industry
What the Sun also fails to mention is that its five-point manifesto bears a striking resemblance to the ‘five core campaign objectives’ of FairFuelUK
Zac Goldsmith says he is ‘very tempted’ to vote Labour at the next election
He quit the government in June, saying he was ‘horrified’ at Sunak for having ditched promises to protect the environment.
