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The battle over peat: why do some gardeners still insist on using it?

Peat bogs are essential to the environment, holding twice as much carbon as all the world’s forests. But in the UK, 80% are damaged, most of what is extracted is used in horticulture – and some campaigners fear the problem is getting worse

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As Europe’s heatwaves get more dangerous, here are four ways we can protect ourselves and others

In the newsletter: From avoiding flights to checking on vulnerable neighbours, there are steps we can all take to fight the effects of extreme heat

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Sadiq Khan backs calls for maximum workplace temperature in UK

Mayor of London backs calls from unions to update health and safety rules in light of more frequent heatwaves

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Leaders want Pacific voices heard on climate change

Pacific and First Nation Australians are presenting their lived experience in hopes that their voices can be at the centre of COP31 negotiations.

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Drivers charging electric cars handed shock parking fines

EV owners were sent hefty PCNs but say some signs in private car parks fail to warn of fees to park and recharge car

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: The rewards of sloping off down an old railway line

Frome, Somerset: I feel like a walking carriage, trundling down Colliers Way, glimpsing hedgerows and hayfields and, best of all, one of the original tracks

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‘Unprecedented’ changes in UK climate are normalising extremes, report says

Annual State of the UK Climate analysis finds last four years in UK are in top five hottest on record

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‘My heart is on fire’: Fontainebleau forest blaze leaves community reeling

As wildfires tear through the Fontainebleau forest south of Paris, residents describe their fear and disbelief. Locals spoke to FRANCE 24 about their connection to the woodland and how the blaze is reshaping a place they called home.

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The coastal brownouts quietly suffocating NZ’s marine life

Decades of research show sediment runoff from forestry and urbanisation is radically altering ecosystems like the Mahurangi Harbour

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Puggled, scumfished or utterly shrammed

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California faces highest shark numbers in years as great whites head north

El Niño climate phenomenon heating waters off Mexico but incidents with humans remain a rarity

The Guardian - US

Inside the secret Laos shops selling pangolin scales, bear bile and tiger bones to tourists

Covert footage obtained by the Guardian shows how crime networks are using souvenir shops to hide a booming wildlife trade targeted at a new influx of Chinese tourists

The Guardian - UK

Most UK media reports on June heatwave failed to mention climate crisis

Exclusive: Analysis of nearly 2,500 articles finds almost three-quarters made no reference to global heating

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Country diary: Spot the young hare – they know how to make it hard

Eyam Moor, Derbyshire: I go in search of a leveret, which is a tricky business. For them, subterfuge is key to survival

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Who is ‘stealing’ Bali’s water? How tourism siphoned off a prized resource

Along with the rice fields, a centuries-old infrastructure that treated water as a gift to be shared is disappearing

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Lancashire chemicals factory facing potential legal claim announces closure

More than 90 residents have expressed interest in contamination claim against AGC Chemicals Europe

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Dolphin deaths in South Australia spike after algal bloom decimates food sources

The marine disaster may be linked to a high number of dolphin deaths in the region, scientists say

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Plan to restore nature in England by 2030 criticised as ‘completely insufficient’

Critics accuse ministers of failing to take control of nature crisis and leaving it to private landowners to act voluntarily

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Weather tracker: Unusually warm rivers affect French nuclear power plants

High temperatures and below average rainfall put pressure on waterways used to cool reactors

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May and June heatwaves killed about 2,700 people in England and Wales, data suggests

Extreme heat led to 440 deaths a day during June peak, say scientists, with climate crisis ramping up temperatures

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Country diary: Phacelia is the most useful plant – I always have a packet for my garden

Allendale, Northumberland: Farmers use it as cover crop, and I sow it into bare soil – but not before I’ve had a close look at its stunning details

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Carbon capture is vital in tackling the climate crisis

Letters: Prof Myles Allen, Stephanie Loo and Toby Lockwood, and Olivia Powis, respond to an article by George Monbiot about ‘the great carbon capture con’

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s biggest community solar farm forced to shut over grid overload fears

Timing of Devon switchoff ‘could not be worse’, says board, as members face an estimated £2m in lost revenue

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Retrofit rewards to usher in new era of fire-safe homes

The promise of lower insurance premiums in return for ember screens and other bushfire-safe upgrades has more households retrofitting for the future climate.

The Guardian - US

Drones are detecting more sharks at US beaches, but do they make the public safer?

Increase in sightings may not reflect increase in sharks with little evidence that threat to swimmers has risen

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