Business and energy groups alarmed by Kemi Badenoch plan to scrap the Climate Change Act It's the UK's landmark climate law that caps pollution, but which she blames for pushing up energy bills and delaying developments news.sky.com/story/busine...

Labour pledges permanent ban on fracking

NEW China has made a landmark climate pledge... that is 'critically short' of what some analysts say is needed. But it may well be better than it seems... news.sky.com/story/china-...

Super typhoon in China forces nearly 2m people to evacuate their homes, with flights cancelled and schools and businesses shuttered news.sky.com/story/china-...

Proposals to flush your loo with rainwater to battle England's drought - and unblock new homes

Bill payers to back 'super-battery' projects Long-duration energy storage (LDES) is hoped to address the problem of intermittent supply from wind & solar, which often produce excess power that can't be used at the time nor stored for later ✍️@pkelso.bsky.social news.sky.com/story/energy...

37% of FTSE100 chief execs went to private school 62% senior judges, 52% House of Lords (95% hereditary peers, half of whom went to Eton) 50% newspaper columnists 45% podcasters 47% political commentators About 6% of UK is privately educated www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

Now that GB Energy is set up in law, has a permanent CEO and Board and has started funding it's first projects, the government have today set out it's priorities for the years ahead. Aiming for it to be financially self-sufficient from 2030 (with any profits reinvested), 3 key areas to... 1/2

NEW stats on drought in England from EA: - More areas likely to declare drought in next few weeks - Reservoirs fell further last week. Now 56.1% full on average v 82.8% average for time of year - Lowest are Pennines group @29%, Yorkshire stocks 30.3% - Some Atlantic salmon streams have dried up

US & UK firms announce new nuclear energy deals ahead of Trump visit He's expected to sign an agreement with UK to speed up building process and generate thousands of jobs Industry says notoriously slow and ££ nuclear is now finally getting quicker and cheaper news.sky.com/story/uk-and...

This is pretty funny from Miliband. "I'll give you the energy and climate brief when you pry it from my cold, dead hands".

First came global warming, now there's talk of 'global weirding' because of just how strange our weather is becoming. Good chance of wetter and windier autumn in UK, but it may not clear the drought; in fact we could see drought and flooding in same place. Weird. news.sky.com/story/uk-wea...

If Badenoch is ousted and Jenrick succeeds her, Tories will move closer to Reform. But if Cleverly became Tory leader, it's likely he will reinstate net zero policies, creating more distance with Reform unherd.com/newsroom/tor...

"Ms Badenoch is right that the North Sea will be the cornerstone of UK's energy future, but what happens above the surface will be more consequential than what lies beneath "Wind power is already the engine room of the grid, providing 30% of UK's electricity last year" news.sky.com/story/drill-...

ICYM Brazil implores businesses to attend COP30 climate talks, despite 'second thoughts' amid Trump backlash Wording is v. diplomatic, but reading between the lines... There's clearly a worry about biz ditching climate initiatives, banking alliances and COP itself news.sky.com/story/brazil...

NEW Calls to charge SUV drivers more for parking amid anger at 'carspreading' "only fair that those vehicles that do more damage pay a fair share of the cost that society has to pick up" @cleancitiescampaign.org news.sky.com/story/calls-...

NEW Fresh probe intensifies scrutiny of Drax, which is subsidised by bill payers to burn wood to create electricity - an energy source deemed "important" but whose environmental benefits are disputed news.sky.com/story/energy...

Great chart from the FT showing the French nuclear fleet is now routinely flexing down, to accommodate rising solar generation (People often talk about how some reactors CAN flex; but it's often assumed that they WON'T, due to economic incentives)

'Shocked and amazed': remains of British researcher found scattered in a glacier, 60 years after he died and was almost rescued news.sky.com/story/shocke...

Question for energy/climate/science sky: What's the most controversial thing in science right now? Geoengineering? De-extinction? "Why can't we just adapt"? Something AI? Something else?

Mystery of what killed billions of starfish solved, say scientists

The lab investigating deaths we're all complicit in As UN plastics treaty talks begin in Geneva, after the last round collapsed by @t0mclark3.bsky.social news.sky.com/story/a-real...

England & Wales' main way of tracking the health of rivers is painting an "unduly pessimistic picture", says a review for the UK govt It suggests moving to a "surface water biodiversity audit" where the diversity of species is the main marker of health sciencesearch.defra.gov.uk/ProjectDetai...

Nature is pretty cool

Local campaign group sends leaflets touting green benefits of a third runway at Heathrow. Omits the fact it is funded by the airport Great story by colleague Sarah Taaffe Maguire news.sky.com/story/heathr...

NEW World court issues landmark ruling in biggest ever climate court case ICJ judges in the Hague say failing to protect the planet from climate change may breach international law, a decision that could open up routes for reparations and new types of lawsuits news.sky.com/story/a-new-...

The government argues the cash will boost British industry and jobs in a fast-growing market, and benefit the climate. Campaigners fear sustainable aviation fuels will fail to deliver. news.sky.com/story/could-...

The lawyer of a high-profile Gazan doctor, Hussam Abu Safiya, detained by Israel since last December, has spoken of her shock over his condition after being allowed a rare visit to see him in jail. news.sky.com/story/gazan-...

This can't come soon enough. I travelled to Geneva by train in March, and it was fine, but getting rid of the change in Paris would be a game changer news.sky.com/story/headin...

Latest heatwave thought to have killed 263 people in London Stark new excess death figures from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social and @lshtm.bsky.social news.sky.com/story/heatwa...

Brand new story from @seabrookclimate.bsky.social and me: Heatwave likely killed 263 people in London, study estimates news.sky.com/story/heatwa...

After a heatwave we usually get excess death figures... but already people who died during Europe's now being identified A construction worker in Italy, a street sweeper in Barcelona. Those physically or socially vulnerable most at risk There will likely be 100s more news.sky.com/story/silent...

Truly frightening www.theguardian.com/environment/...

i actually cannot remember the last time we had a rainy day in London...

After a very hot day for some today, it will be turning fresher for all by Wednesday 📉 Remaining changeable through the week, especially in the northwest, where we could see some wet and windy conditions on Friday ☔

'All I see is blood': Horror as Gaza cafe popular with students hit by airstrike news.sky.com/story/as-isr...

every single Wimbledon I have to look up how tennis scoring works again 🙈 …anyone else?

Lots of talk in the office about how hot and hard to sleep it was overnight... I recently wrote about tropical nights, when temperatures don't dip below 20C, and the impact on holidays, food, wine and health news.sky.com/story/tropic...

Looking for recommendations for eco friendly places to stay in north east Spain - any suggestions? #journorequest - request by a journo but for a personal trip!

Cannot wait to chat to @impossiblefoods.bsky.social CEO Peter McGuiness at Reset Connect today! Part of London Climate Action Week. Lots to chew over (sorry), whether that’s politics, processed foods or when Brits will finally get to try an Impossible Burger… Join us on the main stage @ 12.30

Time for some real talk: @thexylom.com, the only Asian American-run news outlet covering science, climate, and the environment, will run out of funding in July if we don't secure $7,500 by the end of the month. I might lose my job at a time while waiting for a visa extension -- a nightmare scenario.

ICYMI The poorly understood but plausible chance UK winters could become much, much colder due to climate change If the AMOC ocean current collapsed under 2C of warming, Edinburgh would see lows of -30C once a decade news.sky.com/story/could-...

How good is this puffin livestream from @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjDv...

Very cool (if alarmingly “mechanical”)

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'It's incredible': Seized ancestral homelands handed back to Yurok Tribe in California

The inexorable rise of solar continues, er, inexorably... bsky.app/profile/janr...

Humanitarian orgs warning recent cuts to aid budget by UK and other countries will make it harder to stabilise places like Nigeria after catastrophes bsky.app/profile/seab...

Heavy rains claim more victims in Nigeria Death toll from flooding up to 151, with some people still missing news.sky.com/story/at-lea...

More than 40% of Europe slides into drought, including pockets of Greece, southern Italy and Spain news.sky.com/story/more-t...