UK Approves New Coal Mine, Despite Climate Concerns
The British government approved on Wednesday the country’s first coal mine in decades, a project promoted as a source of new jobs but which has been criticized as a reversal of efforts to control climate change. The mine, near Whitehaven…
Britain Is Melting in a Heat Wave
LONDON — Britain’s chickens have come home to roast. A dependably temperate climate has this week given way to extreme heat. “HOTTER THAN THE SAHARA,” bellowed the front page of the aptly titled tabloid The Sun on Monday. Worryingly, it…
Europe’s Heat Wave Breaks UK Temperature Records and Drives Wildfires
LONDON — For the first time on record, Britain suffered under temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius — 104 Fahrenheit — on Tuesday, as a ferocious heat wave moved northwest, leaving a trail of raging wildfires, lost lives and evacuated homes…
Contenders to Replace Boris Johnson Don’t Dwell on Global Warming
LONDON — The prospect of record-breaking temperatures in Britain might have been expected to raise the heat on leading politicians over the ambition of their climate protection plans. Instead, with a ferocious battle underway to succeed the prime minister, Boris…
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