Climate
An aerial image shows destroyed homes and vehicles after a wind driven wildfire burned from the hills through neighborhoods to the Pacific Ocean, as seen in the aftermath of the Maui wildfires in Lahaina" class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">LiveNews
Maui emergency chief quits after backlash over Hawaii wildfire sirens
Officials chose not to sound outdoor alarms in Lahaina believing they would not have helped wildfire evacuations
Path of Hurricane Hilary" class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">LiveAmericas
People without vehicles lineup to register for a flight to Calgary, Alberta in Yellowknife on Thursday" class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
Rescue workers remove the debris as they look for survivors after a landslide following torrential rain in Shimla, India" class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
Artist’s rendition of the proposed solar shield tethered to an asteroid as a counterweight" class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
The artisanal mining industry in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is rife with forced and child labor, unreported deaths and human rights abuses, writes academic and modern slavery researcher Siddharth Kara in his new book Cobalt Red " class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
Smoke billows from Tenerife wildfire as firefighters battle to contain blaze" class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
File image: Elon Musk tookover Twitter in October 2022 " class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will visit Scotland on Monday" class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
The prime minister is no stranger to using RAF jets, as he did in January for a London to Leeds journey " class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
K.C. Skillern moves material with a shovel from recycled solar panels at We Recycle Solar on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Yuma, Arizona " class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
Chris Packham has urged Labour to stick by its Ulez expansion plans in London (Jonathan Brady/PA)" class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
Sign up to The Independent’s free Climate newsletter" class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
Vast clouds of dust from the Sahara desert are moving across the Atlantic Ocean this week" class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
Britons love nature, so why would we literally devour it unnecessarily?" class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
Ending new fossil fuel projects is the minimum first step for a transition to a renewable energy economy" class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
Young people are the driving force for environmental change and sustainable development. We are the least to blame yet will suffer the most " class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
Human culture has made the wolf the repository of all our fears of nature, from the devouring wolf in Red Riding Hood to the demonic werewolves in movies" class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
The ban is a democratic shambles" class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
Sunak’s greenwashing affords him positive headlines – and little else " class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
environment
An English millionaire, royal ‘connections’ and a paradise island row
A planning row between a London developer and a protective local community has raged for six years on Barbuda, write Senior Climate Correspondent Louise Boyle and Investigations Editor David Cohen
The scene in Athens, Greece, where temperatures are forecast to reach 40C this weekend " class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
Festival organiser Emily Eavis wearing a Greenpeace ‘Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow’ T-shirt at Glastonbury 2023" class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
Craig Cohon set off from London on January 3 and is due to reach Istanbul on June 4" class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
Pakistani health workers carry a sick girl who fled her flood-hit home for treatment, in Charsadda, Pakistan on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. International aid was reaching Pakistan on Monday, as the military and volunteers desperately tried to evacuate many thousands stranded by widespread flooding driven by "monster monsoons" that have claimed more than 1,000 lives this summer (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)" class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">My Carbon Footprint
Families need cash to meet their immediate needs" class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
Those eye-catching contrails are actually more damaging to the environment than a plane’s carbon emissions " class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">MY CARBON FOOTPRINT
Terror of the skies: what should travelling look like after Covid?
All-conquering: Soak them in water and conkers become a sustainable cleaning product" class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">MY CARBON FOOTPRINT
Bangers: a guilty pleasure?" class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
Jay Shapiro (L), of Thousand Oaks, California, and Cheryl Cox, of Ventura, California come ashore after kayaking in a giant lake in the bottom of Death Valley caused by recent heavy flooding, on March 12, 2005 in Death Valley National Park, California. " class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
Smoke from the McDougall Creek fire is seen over Okanagan Lake from Kelowna, British Columbia, on Thursday, 17 August 2023" class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
Hurricane Hilary off the coast of Mexico 18 August 2023" class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
Hurricane Hilary is shown on weather-tracking systems off the coast of Mexico" class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
Lahaina was devastated by the blaze" class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
A burnt statue sits amid the rubble of a home in Lahaina, Hawaii " class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
Fire rages in Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui" class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
I didn’t expect to get excited about washing tablets, but this conscious brand is worth writing home about" class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
Common ingredients in chemical sunscreens have been found to be harmful to aquatic life" class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
We considered look, feel and cost of these period pants, as well as how they washed, dried and fitted into our life" class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
UK consumers still go through around 14 billon plastic drinks bottles every year " class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
There’s more than 250 pieces in the collection " class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
These businesses are a force to be reckoned with and a paving the way for a better tomorrow " class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
Each was tested over a cycle and these were the ones that made our period most comfortable " class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">
From fitted sheets to complete bedding sets " class="sc-x0y1rx-0 fZKxco sc-ntudqq-3 qDrpO">