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- Flash floods in Nepal leave at least 95 dead and hundreds missing
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- EU countries face nearly €41bn in extra fossil fuel costs
- Nepal struggles to cope with devastating flash floods; hundreds missing
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Climate Change
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns of severe heatwave in London, linking it to climate and energy crises driven by fossil fuels during his address at Climate Action Week.
The US Department of Justice has intervened in a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s xAI, citing concerns that a blockage of its data centre project in Tennessee could jeopardise national security. The NAACP alleges that xAI illegally operates gas turbines, posing health risks to local communities.
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew announced that residents who failed to purchase flood insurance prior to last week’s storm can still receive disaster aid. This decision aims to support affected individuals as recovery efforts continue following the significant flooding.
South Korea is grappling with severe wildfires that have resulted in at least 18 fatalities and the evacuation of 27,000 residents, causing extensive damage across numerous areas.
Time to roll up your sleeves and get litter-picking: the Great British Spring Clean kicks off this week.
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Clean-up efforts are urgent as billions of plastic pellets, known as nurdles, are scattered across England’s east coast following a ship collision near Grimsby.
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has said the UK’s 2050 net zero target, a legally binding commitment established by a previous Conservative government, is “impossible.” Badenoch argued that achieving net zero by 2050 would necessitate “a serious drop in our living standards or by bankrupting us,” but did not offer an alternative plan.
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