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Hurricane-force winds and rain rock transport network and engulf defences to bring fresh misery to flood-hit communities 7.55pm GMT In the North East, Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire, 67,300 properties suffered blackouts as the storm raged. By 7.30pm on Sunday Northern PowerGrid, the energy supplier, had restored power to around 55,600 customers. 7.40pm GMT The latest

Many new-builds are not just a blight on our cityscapes, they’re also a major contributor to the climate crisis, writes Dr Clare Melhuish India Block makes many valuable points in her critique of the disastrous standard of accelerated development in UK cities (Who wants cities of ugly new-builds?, Journal, 5 February), but I was exasperated

With some living in donated caravans or fighting their insurers, the residents of eastern Victoria have begun the daunting task of rebuilding from the ashes On a small block in the East Gippsland village of W Tree, Kay Schieren ducks under the branches of a small gumtree, pushing aside the singed leaves. “I’ll just pose

The Gillard government actually implemented a carbon price. Why are we so lacking in ambition now? While listening this week to the Guardian Australia editor, Lenore Taylor, on the Full Story podcast speaking with sadness and exasperation about the past 30 years of climate change policy, I thought about good intentions and perfection. We often

The common sense of shared survival will be enough for us to come together and push for powerful action on climate change About this series How should we stare down the challenges of a new decade? Where will we find hope and solutions? In this series we ask prominent Australians to write about one thing

He has a history of ‘not getting’ global heating but his desire for Britain to be a world leader could be the planet’s hope Will Boris Johnson please listen to his own father, rather than Jeremy Corbyn’s climate sceptic brother, on the subject of climate change? It may go against the prime minister’s instincts, but

Populations disappearing in areas where temperatures are getting hotter, scientists say Bumblebees are in drastic decline across Europe and North America owing to hotter and more frequent extremes in temperatures, scientists say. A study suggests the likelihood of a bumblebee population surviving in any given place has declined by 30% in the course of a

Climate, extreme weather, biodiversity, food and water crises could lead to ‘systemic collapse’ The world is facing a series of interlinked emergencies that are threatening the existence of humans, because the sum of the effects of the crises is much greater than their individual impacts, according to a new global study. Climate breakdown and extreme