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Exclusive: England ‘desperately unprepared’ for effects of crisis including water shortages and heatwavesUK heatwave live – latest updatesJust 20 staff are working on climate adaptation within a key government department tasked with protecting the environment and maintaining food security, a freedom of information request has revealed.The officials make up 0.3% of staff within the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Continue reading...

Event expected to hit solar power just as fifth heatwave of summer increases use of air conditioning and fansGreat Britain faces a shortfall of electricity supplies on Wednesday evening as the near total solar eclipse is expected to wipe out solar power generation.The government’s electricity grid operator raised an official alarm that there is currently not enough power generation expected as the moon blocks up to 95% of the sun over parts of the country, the most dramatic eclipse vis

It doesn’t have to be this way. We know what needs to be doneDisturbing news about our water resources is now constant and unrelenting. In just the past few weeks, media have reported that Puerto Rico is suffering a deep water crisis as severe drought has cut water supplies to thousands. The Rhine and Po rivers in Europe are at record low levels. The seven states sharing the Colorado River in the US are fighting over unprecedented shortages, while its major reservoirs have shrunk to th

As someone who has specialised in regional policy, I know the task is huge – not least because there is no plan to ensure prosperity throughout EnglandAndy Burnham is off on his travels this week, aiming to reconnect No 10 and the government with voters and communities across the UK. But just weeks before he set out his stall as prime minister, promising to rebalance the economy with growth in every postcode, a government agency, National Highways, underlined the pulling power of the c

Justice department says it decided to abandon fraud and bribery case in which Adani Group has denied wrongdoingA US judge on ⁠Monday dismissed criminal charges against the Indian ⁠billionaire Gautam Adani, after ​the justice department said it had decided to abandon the fraud and bribery case.The Brooklyn-based district judge Nicholas Garaufis’s decision to grant federal prosecutors’ rare attempt to ⁠toss the case came after he inquired into their reasons for doing so, including by ask

No, Amazon, I do not want to buy another version of the thing I just bought, or any other random object I don’t recognise or understandWe live, as I’m sure someone’s chief growth officer has recently boasted on an earnings call, in a golden age for data capture. Jeff Bezos knows what I buy, read and watch; Mark Zuckerberg will be aware that I recently sold a car transport box for a medium-sized dog. I’ve been ruthlessly conditioned into clicking Accept All Cookies every time I want to

Mr Justice Hildyard, who approved a rescue plan for the high street business, said plans for a turnaround came with ‘very considerable’ risksThe judge who approved a rescue plan for the former WH Smith high street business – now named TG Jones – cast doubt on the future prospects of the retailer suggesting there were “very considerable” risks in achieving a turnaround.“This has all the hallmarks of an adventurous equity play,” wrote Mr Justice Hildyard in his judgment published on Wedn

Company and subsidiary Statsig alleged by US justice department to have favored foreign workers in hiringOpenAI and a subsidiary will pay $3.2m to settle US government claims that they ⁠favored foreign workers with temporary employment visas and discriminated against US job applicants in recruiting and hiring, the justice department said ⁠on Tuesday.The justice ⁠department in ​a release said that OpenAI and Statsig, which makes product development software, recruited foreign workers fo

Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damageEight of the biggest oil companies amassed profits of more than $90bn (£67bn) in just three months as the Iran conflict sent energy prices soaring and the emissions-fuelled climate crisis caused deadly heatwaves.The windfall war profits have reignited calls for oil and gas supermajors such as Saudi Aramco and BP to pay for the environmental damage caused by

Uma coalizão de estados americanos quer barrar as novas tarifas impostas pela administração Trump a parceiros comerciais. Eles afirmam que a medida tenta substituir, na prática, impostos de importação já derrubados pela Suprema Corte.

As mais recentes medidas de controle de importações dos EUA levantam questionamentos sobre a aplicação seletiva de argumentos humanitários para justificar barreiras comerciais que violam compromissos internacionais.

Ministério da Segurança Interna confirma pelo menos cinco sobreviventes como vítimas de tráfico. Grupo reclama investigação sobre possível envolvimento de associados em crimes de exploração.