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A fallen tree in flood water in York, January 23, 2024
MANY voters in Britain’s most rural constituencies are worried about climate change and support net zero and local renewables, polling suggests.
A survey for the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit think tank (ECIU) backs up other polling showing Labour pulling ahead of the Tories in their traditional heartlands, with 35 per cent of the vote.
That compares with 30 per cent for the Conservatives — down from 50 per cent in 2019.
Coal-fired stoves in traditional homes are the primary source of extreme levels of air pollution in over-crowded Ulaanbaatar. As more people become climate-displaced, the situation is likely to worsen, write SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
As fossil fuels have had their day, JOSIE MIZEN makes it clear that it is now the government’s responsibility to initiate the transition to alternative employment in a manner that is organised, efficient and effective
ALASTAIR BONNETT reports on the paradoxes of populist attitudes towards protection of the natural world