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The UK faces rising summer temperatures that trap heat in older brick homes, forcing landlords and policymakers to reconsider air conditioning despite climate concerns about balancing emissions reduction with protecting vulnerable populations from dangerous heat.
Residents in Wales are calling for voluntary blood testing to assess potential exposure to cancer-causing PCBs from historical chemical dumping sites, though the public health authority recommends against it.
Germany is establishing backup storage for U.S. climate research data at a computing center in Hamburg, citing concerns about potential interference or deletion by the Trump administration.
A British homeowner’s experience switching back to gas heating highlights concerns that focusing on renewable electricity generation while neglecting heating and transport may be pushing up energy costs and slowing net-zero progress.
The UK’s Climate Change Committee warns that aviation could account for 80% of the country’s carbon emissions by 2050, and that Heathrow expansion would worsen the problem without stronger decarbonization policies.
A wasp spider native to mainland Europe has been spotted in Cheshire for the first time, marking another species extending its range northward as climate change alters UK wildlife distribution.
