For years, those on the left in Britain have been arguing that the government should be…
Year: 2020
Never mind Extinction Rebellion, let’s consider Boris Johnson’s charge sheet | Stewart Lee
My old university friend, the American geographer William Dyer, accepted my Skype call at a research…
Scientists baffled by orcas ramming sailing boats near Spain and Portugal
Scientists have been left baffled by incidents of orcas ramming sailing boats along the Spanish and…
A Japan trade deal is little consolation if Britain is locked out of the EU
There was a consistent message from business leaders to international trade secretary Liz Truss’s claims that…
Trump doesn’t care if wildfires destroy the west – it didn’t vote for him | Robert Reich
The air outside my window is yellow today. It was orange yesterday. The Air Quality Index…
Record-breaking wildfires in Brazil threaten endangered species – video
Play Video 0:52 Record-breaking wildfires are threatening thousands of acres of one of the most biologically…
As time becomes kaleidoscopic, I find it unbearable to think too far into my children’s future | Delia Falconer
The sense of time-slip begins during the summer megafires. Walking my children home from school in…
UK move to classify Extinction Rebellion ‘organised crime group’ comes under fire
Stephen Fry, Mark Rylance and a former Archbishop of Canterbury are among 150 public figures to…
California governor: ‘We are in the midst of a climate emergency’ – video
Play Video 1:41 The California governor, Gavin Newsom, said ‘this is not a world that anyone…
Wildfires are striking closer and closer to cities. We know how this will end | Alastair Gee and Dani Anguiano
We call them wildfires, but that might not be the right word any more. In recent…