Drought
Britain’s crises have one thing in common: a failure to invest | Larry Elliott
Obsession with efficiency means infrastructure has been run into the ground rather than upgraded
Larry Elliott
10, Aug, 2022 @1:54 PM
No hosepipe ban at No 10, as ministers call for water restrictions
Downing Street has no plan to bar use of hoses as PM is also urged to drain pool at Chequers
Helena Horton Environment reporter
10, Aug, 2022 @10:58 AM
National Trust tells of bats in distress and water features drying up in heat
Charity says extreme conditions a ‘watershed moment’ and it is planning for long-term hot weather
Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent
10, Aug, 2022 @5:00 AM
Thames Water to introduce hosepipe ban ‘in coming weeks’
Ban will hit 15 million people in London and south-east England and could last until October
Helena Horton Environment reporter
09, Aug, 2022 @1:38 PM
UK braced for drought conditions to last until October
Lack of rain could have dire consequences for farming and crop harvesting
Helena Horton Environment reporter
09, Aug, 2022 @10:24 AM
‘The new normal’: how Europe is being hit by a climate-driven drought crisis
Water shortages across the continent, from France through Italy, Spain and beyond, are creating a critical situation
Jon Henley and Guardian correspondents
08, Aug, 2022 @2:48 PM
Inside Somalia’s vicious cycle of deforestation for charcoal
As gas prices rise Somalis are turning to the affordable energy source, driving unsustainable logging – as al-Shabaab condemns but profits from the trade
Mohamed Gabobe and Caroline Kimeu
08, Aug, 2022 @5:30 AM
Yet more human remains found as drought shrinks Lake Mead reservoir
Fourth set of skeletal remains, as yet unidentified, discovered at Swim Beach in Nevada as lake hits lowest level in 80 years
Guardian staff
07, Aug, 2022 @4:05 PM
Minister calls on water firms to introduce more hosepipe bans
Environment secretary says it is ‘right’ some firms have taken action to address driest period in England since 1976
Nadeem Badshah
06, Aug, 2022 @10:49 PM
Hosepipe bans, water butts and beavers: what can we do to combat drought in Britain?
Parts of UK are preparing for emergency water measures despite country getting more annual rainfall than rest of Europe
Helena Horton and Sascha Pare
06, Aug, 2022 @7:00 AM
Appoint a minister for drought – then it will rain | Brief letters
Brief letters: Remembering Denis Howell | Tory Groucho Marxists | Golden bedding anniversaries | To Bangkok by train | Procrastination plans
Letters
05, Aug, 2022 @4:33 PM
UK rivers on ‘red alert’ as water firms face call for more hosepipe bans
Campaigners say ‘our rivers are dying’ after driest July in England for more than 100 years
Helena Horton Environment reporter
05, Aug, 2022 @3:56 PM
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