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‘It seemed like a ghost town’: LA food vendors on how Trump’s Ice raids affected business

admin — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:00:11 +0000

Business owners explain how summer immigration sweeps have shaken the community and left them ‘vulnerable’

From early morning to late at night, food vendors are feeding the people of Los Angeles. They offer nearly anything – tamales, fried fish, crispy tacos, mole, pupusas, fresh fruit, esquites, bacon-wrapped hot dogs – to Angelenos as they start their commutes or head home after the bars have closed.

UN tries to limit staff going to Cop30 in Brazil due to high price of hotels

admin — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:44:01 +0000

Accommodation costs at climate summit in Belem are pricing out some developing countries and media outlets

The United Nations has urged its staff to limit attendance at the Cop30 climate summit in Brazil in November due to high accommodation prices, while government delegations are still scrambling to find rooms within their budgets.

Heatwaves caused more than 1,000 deaths in Australia over four-year period, study finds

admin — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 15:00:12 +0000

Monash researchers say findings underscore urgency of addressing climate-related health risks as continent experiences more days of extreme heat

US senator calls on big oil to disclose lobbying that led Trump to axe key climate rule

admin — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 15:00:12 +0000

Senate committee investigates suspected push that led administration to overturn EPA’s endangerment finding

In the wake of the Trump administration’s announcement that it will overturn the rule which underpins virtually all US climate regulations, a Senate committee has launched an investigation into a suspected lobbying push that led to the move.

Young climate activists in court aim to stop Trump’s pro-fossil fuel executive orders

admin — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:52:34 +0000

Group of activists, who range in age from seven to 25, include plaintiffs who won landmark climate case in Montana two years ago

Youth climate activists are taking the Trump administration to court this week over its anti-environment agenda.

Robert Redford, giant of American cinema, dies aged 89

admin — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 12:24:47 +0000

Redford achieved huge critical and commercial success in the 60s and 70s with a string of hits including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Way We Were and The Sting, before becoming an Oscar-winning director

‘The incandescently handsome star who changed Hollywood forever’: Peter Bradshaw on Robert Redford

Finland is ready for the next crisis, with stockpiled food and 72-hour kits – Europe should be too | Miika Ilomäki

admin — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 12:00:05 +0000

The next pandemic or geopolitical shock could be close at hand. To look after our people, we’re looking after our supply chains, agriculture and fuel reserves

Miika Ilomäki is chief preparedness specialist for Finland’s National Emergency Supply Agency

UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation

admin — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 10:00:35 +0000

Analysis reveals ‘privatisation premium’ of £250 per household per year paid to owners of water, rail, bus, energy and mail services since 2010

‘Birmingham is up the road but there are no buses’

The public has paid almost £200bn to the shareholders who own key British industries since they were privatised, research reveals.

Sydney’s west on frontline for most extreme heat and biggest health risks – but inner city faces water threat

admin — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 07:41:07 +0000

Western suburbs, where temperatures are often 5C warmer, need shaded bus stops, more green space and better environmental standards in rented homes, locals say

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Australia’s climate risk assessment prompts deluge of misinformation from the usual suspects | Temperature Check

admin — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 06:24:19 +0000

Nationals senator Matt Canavan and Sky presenter Chris Kenny line up to misinterpret and misquote report in effort to press case against net zero

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