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Trouble is brewing ahead of the climate change summit in Glasgow, but the friendless PM appears blissfully ignorant

Scientists behind the UN’s watershed report on climate change have questioned plans for a huge and contentious oil field off Shetland.

THERE are fresh calls to reinstate evening and Sunday bus services from one town to Hereford, with campaigners saying lack of transport is limiting…

Infrastructure has been in the news this week, and people of faith have been at the forefront. On Thursday, a rally in Washington, D.C., which sought to bring together 100 faith leaders in support of...

Move could cut consumer costs and speed up switch from petrol - but would infuriate British carmakers

 E-Mail Hamilton, ON (May 5, 2021) - Schools and child care centres should train staff on food allergies and have epinephrine available to treat anaphylaxis, but new guidelines do not recommend food bans. The recommendations come from an international team, led by McMaster University, which has developed practice guidelines for the prevention and management of allergic reactions to food at child care centres and schools. The guidelines were published today in the Journal of Allergy and Clinic...

Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson. When Boris Johnson addressed Joe Biden’s climate change summit on Earth Day this week, he was on characteristically playful form. Pointing out that the UK had slashed carbon emissions while increasing growth in recent years, he turned to his favourite Brexit concept of having one’s cake and eating it. “‘Cake-have-eat’ is my message to you,” the PM told 40 fellow world leaders. As Biden unveiled a historic new pledge to cut the US’s emissions by half ...

The event takes place outside the bus station next Saturday (May 1), between 11.30am and 12.30pm. Organiser is Keighley Peace Justice and the Environment Network. Sylvia Boyes, for the network, said: “Despite the universal acceptance that the pandemic and climate change are existential threats, we have seen a pay freeze for frontline workers and a vast increase in the military budget. Does this reflect our priorities in the kind of society we want?” Social distancing will be observe...

The so-called “polluter elite” must change their lifestyles to tackle climate change, a report says.

The richest one per cent of the worlds population produces double the carbon emission of the poorest 50 per cent combined, according to the UN. And the so-called polluter elite of the wealthiest 5 per cent have contributed to 37 per cent of the growth in emissions from 1990–2015, experts have calculated. This disparity in pollution is highlighted by a recent report from the UK-based Cambridge Sustainability Commission on Scaling Behaviour Change.  The document was compiled by 31 environment...