Cooking gas has increasingly become scarce and unaffordable across parts of Asia, pushing households back to dirtier fuels such as wood and coal
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Families turn to dirty fuels such as firewood, bringing fears over air pollution and fragility of energy transition
Volunteers have identified 1,109 species in a Scottish rainforest, including glow worms
Widespread air conditioning is needed in UK schools, care homes and hospitals to survive predicted warming, according to a report from the Climate Change Committee.
Heatwaves are expected to exceed 40C in all parts of the UK by 2050 and a max temp for working must be set, the report said.
A marine heatwave around the southern and eastern coast of Britain may have boosted record May temperatures
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The UN has voted 141-8 to support a landmark ruling to back a court decision that found states have a legal responsibility to address climate change.
The US opposed the resolution, along with Saudi Arabia, Russia, Israel, Iran, Yemen, Liberia and Belarus.
UK petrol prices have climbed to their highest level since the start of the Iran conflict, with the average cost per litre rising to 159.43p, up 26.6p since late February
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Over 100 datacentres plan to burn gas to generate electricity in the UK
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A citizen science project is aiming to document species on the Cowal Peninsula for the first time in 50 years.
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Beginning today, the UK government will loosen sanctions on Russian oil refined into diesel and jet fuel in third countries, as prices continue to rise
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The Trump administration plans to dismantle the Ocean Observatories Initiative, a £274m deep-sea observation network that has provided continuous monitoring on ocean systems and climate change for more than a decade
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A marine heatwave that has gripped waters around much of the southern and eastern coast of Britain may have contributed to record May temperatures
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Landmark report calls for widespread air conditioning and says UK temperatures forecast to exceed 40C by 2050
