Smoke over borders
The chief at Wessex Water received a pay raise above inflation, despite bonus bans due to sewage spills.
Wessex Water chief pockets above-inflation pay rise despite bonus ban over sewage spills
CEO’s pay packet surges to £791,000 as union says public ‘sick of obscene pay’ and bosses ‘feathering own nests’
Jasper Jolly
New York is pausing large-scale data center construction for up to a year to keep energy costs and grid pressure in check.
New York governor orders first statewide data center moratorium
Data centers have drawn vocal opposition at local public meetings and in state capitols across the US.
Alex Brown, Stateline
The U.S. Interior Department has cancelled protections for plants and animals facing extinction.
U.S. cancels protections for imperiled animals as critics warn of extinctions
The U.S. Interior Department has canceled a rule meant to protect plants and animals that are determined to be threatened with extinction.
Matthew Brown
A new analysis estimates over 2,700 excess deaths occurred during the record heat waves in England and Wales this past May and June.
More than 2,700 excess deaths estimated in England and Wales during May and June
More than 2,700 people are estimated to have died from heat-related causes during the record-breaking May and June 2026 heat waves in England and Wales, according to a new rapid analysis report led by researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Imperial College London and the Met Office.
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Trump is blaming Canada for the wildfire smoke impacting air quality across several US states.
Trump Blames Canada for Wildfires in Latest Global Embarrassment
The president wants to tariff Canadian smoke while his own administration shreds the American science built to understand it.
Jim Pattiz and More Than Just Parks
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