The FA’s task when Gareth Southgate goes is simple: get Jürgen Klopp dlvr.it/T9dGPC

Latest investigation from us. A new data analysis shows that when nickel smelters come online in Indonesia to feed the need for steel & EV batteries, nearby tropical deforestation doubles. And the number of nickel smelters is set to almost double as well. apnews.com/article/indone…

Gareth Southgate was handed the most talented crop of players and all he could manage was the best tournament results the side has had in 50 years and becoming a national icon and making the entire country like the England football team again.

Update: a Philippine politician and cheerleader for gas power, whose personal LNG interests we exposed in June, is taking heat in Manila. A group representing 150 Philippine climate NGOs has demanded an investigation; the press calls it brazen & unethical. apnews.com/article/liquef…

With the Indonesian nickel industry booming to meet demand for EV batteries, it's critical that automakers demand nickel be mined and processed in a way that protects workers and the environment. Important reporting from Victoria Milko, Ed Davey & camille fassett. 🔗

🌳#Forests near nickel processing plants in #Indonesia are being cleared twice as fast, as per Auriga Nusantara's analysis. 🔍Government data showed #deforestation rose from 33 to 63 sq kms around each nickel smelter | The Associated Press Victoria Milko Ed Davey camille fassett apnews.com/article/indone…

🌳🚨My latest with Polly Bindman for Global Witness

"Even though India has been significantly increasing its renewable energy capacity in recent years, when demand for electricity surges, it still goes back to its most trusted source of power: coal." The Associated Press colleague Sibi Arasu reports: apnews.com/article/india-…

New story: a study of 70 nations’ wind electricity targets shows the world is falling well short of a COP28 promise to triple wind power by 2030. Analysing projects in the pipeline also shows most countries are also falling well shy of their own goals. apnews.com/article/global…

US, India, Russia, Japan are building out wind power much too slowly for climate change, report says—The report also measured countries’ progress towards their own goals. The U.S. ranked worst on this… apnews.com/article/global… AP Climate Ed Davey

We're proud to announce Pulitzer funding has been awarded for an in depth investigation for Watershed by Saroj Pathirana / සරෝජ් පතිරණ exploring pollution from in Sri Lanka. We're honoured to secure this & to work with a journalist of Saroj Pathirana's calibre. pulitzercenter.org/blog/introduci…

Gabon junta allows regulated logging of rare kevazingo tree reut.rs/3AYeBac

As a public inquiry confirms the Grenfell disaster was completely avoidable, a reminder that the key risk factors were known years earlier. At BBC London we reported on many of them following the similar but mercifully less deadly Lakanal fire in 2009. Reposting this thread: