Guardian Environment
Inequality causing 100,000 extra deaths a year from heat and cold in Europe
Economic inequality is killing more than 100,000 additional Europeans every year through temperature-related deaths, according to new research. The study found that reducing inequality to the level of Europe's most equal region could cut heat- and cold-related mortality by up to 30%. The findings arrive as Europe braces for another potentially brutal summer following the third-hottest April on record globally.
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How Climate Change Makes Your Allergies Worse
Warmer temperatures and shifting seasons are directly fueling longer, more intense pollen seasons across the Northern Hemisphere. ENT specialists report that patients are experiencing increasingly severe allergy symptoms year over year — and the science backs them up. As climate change accelerates, sufferers can expect little relief without systemic intervention.
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How controlled burns can help save taxpayers billions
Prescribed burns are delivering serious returns for public coffers, with new research finding that every dollar the U.S. Forest Service invests in proactive fire risk reduction prevents nearly four dollars in damages. The findings make a compelling financial case for scaling up controlled burn programs at a time when wildfire seasons are growing longer and more destructive. For lawmakers debating land management budgets, the math is hard to ignore.
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‘The worst time for wheat’: US farmers face losses to extreme heat and drought
Erratic weather across the US Plains has devastated winter wheat crops, with farmers facing a brutal combination of drought, unseasonable warmth, and wild temperature swings. Conditions deteriorated so severely that some growers are skipping the harvest altogether, calculating that the cost of bringing in a failed crop outweighs any return. The losses underscore how climate volatility is turning routine growing seasons into financial gambles for America's grain belt.
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DeBriefed 8 May 2026: EU eyes fossil-fuel exemptions | Wind and solar save UK ‘£1.7bn’ | Amazon ‘tipping point’
The EU is considering exemptions for fossil fuels, raising concerns among climate advocates that the bloc may be softening its clean energy commitments. Meanwhile, wind and solar generation saved UK consumers an estimated £1.7 billion, offering fresh evidence of renewables' economic case. Scientists are also warning of a potential tipping point for the Amazon, signaling the rainforest may be closer to irreversible collapse than previously understood.
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