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Exclusive: Paul Marshall also challenged over his own ‘misleading’ statements and £1.8bn of fossil fuel investments in his hedge fund
The co-owner of GB News and “committed” Christian Sir Paul Marshall has been criticised by a group of church leaders over the TV channel’s attacks on climate science and action.
The hedge fund manager was also challenged over his own statements, which were called “misleading”, by the 100-strong group, which includes the former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and two current bishops.
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Firm’s sales up 54% this month and Good Energy reports doubling of interest in solar after latest oil price shock
Solar panel sales have risen sharply since the start of the Iran war, according to Octopus Energy, and households are opting for bigger arrays of roof panels.
Sales were up 54% so far this month compared with the same period last month, the company said on Thursday.
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Campaigners criticise frequent use of storm overflows when parts of the country were in drought for months
Raw sewage was discharged into rivers and seas almost 300,000 times last year after the driest spring for more than 100 years and the sunniest and warmest year on record in England.
Water companies released raw sewage into rivers and seas from storm overflows – designed to be used in extreme wet weather conditions – 291,492 times. This was a 35% reduction on record spills in 2024. Average discharges were 20.5 spills for each overflow, compared with 31.8 in the previous year.
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Here’s what to know about how the current crisis could shape the expansion of renewable energy
As the deadly war in Iran triggers what the International Energy Agency has described as the worst oil crisis in history, climate advocates are calling for a faster shift away from fossil fuels, but the conflict may also hamper that transition.
US-Israeli strikes on Iran have disrupted supply routes through the strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of global oil flows. The US, Israel and Iran have also all launched strikes on fossil fuel facilities, creating additional market shocks.
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Rising energy bills give Reform and Tories opening to attack net zero while government hesitant to make case for clean energy
Could net zero become “the next Brexit”? That is the fear stalking climate advocates as the oil crisis caused by the war on Iran starts to bite.
A powerful coalition of the well-funded Reform party, led by Nigel Farage, the Conservative party, some business interests, and the UK’s right-wing media, are engaged in an onslaught against the longstanding target of reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
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As species vanish and the unique ecosystem radically changes, Ukrainian scientists can only wait until it is safe to properly assess the damage
In the embattled harbours of Odesa, a scientific vessel lists in its mooring. No one has been able to take a look at the damage to the Boris Alexander from Russian drones and shelling that have hit the port city over the past four years of war in Ukraine. It is too dangerous, just as no one has been able to fully monitor the damage the war is doing to the Black Sea.
“We can only wait,” says Dr Jaroslav Slobodnik, the director of the Environmental Institute, headquartered in the Slovak Republic. “The biodiversity landscape is completely altered. A number of species seem to have disappeared, but we need more data. Data which the war makes it impossible to collect.”
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The Marches, Shropshire:The call of the chiffchaff and the turning of the allotment soil – these are seasonal rituals honed over time
A pair of ravens, barking mad, perform their shuttling flight in glorious sunshine above Old Racecourse Common. A charm of chaffinches flash white wing-bars through the shadows of mossy willows around the pond. A queen red-tailed bumblebee orbits a hedgebank boundary stone, then buzzes off to feed on gorse flowers or prospect for possible colony chambers below.
A lesser-spotted woodpecker hammers out rapid bursts of drumbeats from a stand of beech across the misty distances of the hills. Chiffchaffs find their rhythm in the oaks. These constantly repeated two-note phrases are not what they seem when you hear the writer and musician Mark E Smith say of his own work: “It’s not repetition, it’s discipline.” A chiffchaff flies out from tree cover, across the open common, an apparition so slight compared with the powerful, hidden voice, to resume their discipline in further oaks.
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Jono Ridler has battled loneliness and fatigue as he aims to break the record for the longest unassisted staged swim – and raise awareness about fragile marine life
First he hears a faint chatter coming from the ocean depths, then clicks and squeaks as the creatures draw closer. From the murky edges of his goggles they appear, swift and agile, darting within 10cm of his bare outstretched arms and following him for a time, as he swims hundreds of metres off the coast of New Zealand.
Jono Ridler, an ultra-distance swimmer who is 1,254km (779 miles) into his world record attempt for the longest-ever unassisted staged swim, has learned to hear dolphins more than 15 minutes before they reach him and long before his support boats can see them.
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Scisters Salon & Apothecary in the San Diego area is committed to sustainable beauty and going low-waste
The first thing you notice when you walk into Scisters Salon & Apothecary is what isn’t there. No wall of glossy plastic bottles promising “repair” or “shine”. No sharp chemical tang or aerosol haze. The only trash can is a tiny basket that mostly collects coffee cups and gum wrappers clients bring from home.
Instead, the shelves of this southern California salon are lined with large refill containers of shampoo and conditioner, houseplants dot the space, hair clippings are swept away for compost, and the air carries a trace of bergamot and vanilla.
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During the second world war, farmers received forecasts in code and railway announcers were banned from blaming delays on fog or snow
Data security is not just a modern issue. The BBC stopped its daily weather forecasts as soon as the second world war started. They had been a feature of the radio schedule since 1923 but continuing them would have given vital weather intelligence to the Germans.
In particular, the forecast provided information about when skies would be clear, what winds were blowing and when storms were expected, all of which would be helpful for the Luftwaffe when planning bombing raids.
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Hrvatska udruga bolničkih liječnika (HUBOL) smatra da je za budućnost javnog zdravstvenog sustava u Hrvatskoj osobito važno razvijati vlastite kapacitete za ključne dijagnostičke pretrage, posebno u onkologiji.
Obogaćivanje prehrane pšeničnim vlaknima štiti miševe od upale crijeva, pokazala je nova studija. Ovo otkriće pomaže objasniti zašto se učestalost upalnih bolesti crijeva (IBD) povećala i sugerira da konzumiranje hrane od cjelovitih žitarica može smanjiti rizik od njezina razvoja.
Kronična upala može povećati rizik od raka, a nova studija otkriva ključne detalje o tome kako se to može dogoditi u crijevima i ukazuje na bolje načine identificiranja i smanjenja rizika.
Prema rezultatima nove studije, lijek za snižavanje povišenog krvnog tlaka, telmisartan, može značajno pojačati aktivnost ciljane terapije olaparibom u uništavanju raka. Inače, telmisartan je siguran, dobro podnošljiv i praktičan lijek.
Finsko istraživanje otkrilo je da razine hemoglobina koje su unutar normalnog raspona, ali na donjoj granici, mogu biti korisne za zdravlje, posebno za metabolizam glukoze i kardiovaskularno zdravlje. Inače, hemoglobin je vitalni protein koji se nalazi u crvenim krvnim stanicama, a njegova primarna funkcija je prijenos kisika iz pluća u različita tkiva u tijelu.
U novom članku objavljenom u stručnom medicinskom časopisu Immunity & Inflammation ističe se, da proizvodnja neurotransmitera nije isključiva domena neurona, te da u stacionarnim i patološkim uvjetima, različite podskupine imunoloških stanica sintetiziraju i oslobađaju neurotransmitere, koji zatim djeluju autokrino i parakrino kako bi modulirali imunološke odgovore.
Rizik od razvoja rane kardiovaskularne bolesti ili smrti od kardiovaskularne bolesti do 28. godine bio je oko 4,6 puta veći među osobama rođenim od majki koje su imale abrupciju posteljice tijekom trudnoće, pokazala je nova studija.
Znanstvenici su otkrili kvantitativnog biomarkera u cerebrospinalnoj tekućini koji može pomoći liječnicima da preciznije dijagnosticiraju Parkinsonovu bolest i demenciju s Lewy tjelešcima.
Teške infekcije povećavaju rizik od demencije neovisno o drugim koegzistirajućim bolestima, tvrdi nova studija. Međutim, nije jasno objašnjava li se ta povezanost drugim koegzistirajućim, nezaraznim bolestima koje predisponiraju ljude i za infekcije i za demenciju.
Nova studija pokazuje da osjećaj dubokog sna nije određen isključivo aktivnošću mozga sporih valova. Umjesto toga, imerzivno sanjanje koje dolazi s povećanjem aktivnosti mozga slične budnosti dovodi do većeg osjećaja dubokog sna.
