Energy analysts and environmentalists say diesel generators are expensive, noisy, highly polluting and exempt from Clean Air Act regulations in times of energy “emergencies.”

Diet allows modest meat consumption and would also slash food-related climate emissions by half, says report by 70 leading experts from 35 countries Adoption of a plant-rich “planetary health diet” could prevent 40,000 early deaths a day across the world, according to a landmark report. The diet – which allows moderate meat consumption – and related measures would also slash the food-related emissions driving global heating by half by 2050. Today, a third of greenhouse gas emissions come from the global food system and taming the climate crisis is impossible without changing how the world eats, the researchers said. Food production is also the biggest cause of the destruction of wildlife and forests and the pollution of water. Continue reading...

Hugh Montgomery and Sandy Mather were formally appointed as co-chairs of the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change at our AGM on 18 September.

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Extreme heat has been breaking records across Europe, Asia and North America, with millions of people sweltering in heat and humidity well above "normal" for days on end.

The Society for Acute Medicine has produced the following guidance to supportclinicians working in acute services to:

Royal College of Physicians also says poor air quality costs country more than £500m a week

After his dad died at 67, the 12 Years a Slave film-maker knew it was only a matter of time before he would get prostate cancer, too. The disease kills 12,000 men a year in the UK – a disproportionate...