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Climate scientists issue urgent warning to UK government on new oil and gas drilling

Post author:Abi Perrin
Post published:14 August 2026
Post last modified:14 August 2026

A fifth heatwave is hitting us. Wildfires are overwhelming the fire brigade’s capacity to respond. Drought is devastating harvests. The impacts of a fossil-fueled Climate Emergency are more visible than ever, yet signals from the government suggest they’ll support Shell & Equinor’s plans to drill for new oil and gas. Against this backdrop, in their starkest warning yet, the UK’s top climate scientists have written to the new energy secretary, urging her to protect lives and livelihoods above polluters’ profits. Deadly heat & dire warnings I’m writing this early in the morning, curtains drawn, knowing that in a few hours’ time…

The de-banking of the Canary is a warning. If they can silence us, they can silence anyone.

Post author:Rachael Swindon
Post published:6 July 2026
Post last modified:6 July 2026

For more than a decade, I have wholeheartedly backed the man who helped build Canary from nothing but a belief that media should serve the many, not the few. I have watched him pour his energy and unshakeable principle into creating an independent voice — one that challenges power, holds elites to account, and amplifies those the mainstream ignores. So when Lloyds Bank suddenly terminated Canary’s business banking facility without a clear explanation, this wasn’t just some sort of bureaucratic inconvenience. It was a direct, calculated assault on press freedom, political dissent, and the very idea of a democratic public sphere.…

Graphic footage warning: Israel slaughters families in Eid journalist assassination strike

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:28 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

The occupation slaughtered families as it bombed at least one residential building in Gaza City trying to murder a journalist last night, 27 May 2026. Israel perpetrated the attack as Muslim families marked Eid al-Adha, one of Islam’s two main annual festivals. The colonisers also murdered civilians in Lebanon. Warning — disturbing footage. One video is attached directly as Meta has disabled embedding. Omar al-Gedi entered the building as it burned after the night-time airstrike. He filmed hideously-wounded victims being removed as fire-fighters tried to extinguish the flames: https://www.thecanary.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/gaza-city-bombing-270526-omarelgedi.mp4 He also captured a rescue worker carrying a dead child from the…