Climate News Round-Up

• “Super El Niño could wreak havoc on your health, report reveals” – A new report warns that the ongoing Super El Niño event poses significant risks to human health, notes the Mail.

• “Britain faces ‘worst food security crisis in decades’” – With three-quarters of England in drought and farmers’ harvests under severe threat, Britain is confronting a food security emergency not seen in a generation, reports the Telegraph.

• “Drought forces Britain to pay more for power” – Drought and heatwaves have driven Britain to spend £439 million importing power from Europe, revealing the staggering hidden cost of an increasingly parched grid, says the Telegraph.

• “No, the drought cannot be taken as a foretaste of summers to come” – On his Substack, Ross Clark pushes back against the claim that the current drought is a reliable harbinger of future British summers.

• “Greece orders nationwide investigation of wind farms after devastating wildfire” – A major wildfire has prompted Greece to launch a nationwide investigation into wind farm safety, raising urgent questions about green energy infrastructure, according to Greek Reporter.

From the Climate Skeptic today:

“Is Supporting North Sea Oil and Gas an ‘Extremist’ Position? The New Statesman Thinks So” – Ben Pile writes about the New Statesman’s Oli Dugmore recent claim that supporting new oil and gas licenses is an ‘extremist position’.