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Sydney researchers commercialising a product they say can cool indoor spaces and will cost little more than standard premium paintsSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereAustralian scientists have developed roof coatings that can passively cool surfaces up to 6C below ambient temperature, as well as extract water from the atmosphere, which they say could reduce indoor temperatures during extreme heat events.Heatwaves are becoming more intense, more frequent and more deadly due to human-caused global heating. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/31/scientists-invent-roof-coating-reduce-indoor-temperatures-hot-days Author : Donna Lu Publish date : 2025-10-30 23:39:00 Copyright for syndicated

Statewide treaty bill passes 21 votes to 16; MPs gather to discuss the policy dividing Liberals and Nationals. Follow the latest news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastZali Steggall to host climate roundtable todayIndependent MP Zali Steggall will host a roundtable meeting at Parliament House in Canberra today with Climate Change Authority boss and former NSW Liberal treasurer Matt Kean as the Liberal party holds a forum for backbenchers to discuss the federal party’s future energy policy.Australia must move rapidly to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But we must also prepare for the disruptions to come.

A few weeks before she delivers budget, timing of revelation chancellor failed to buy rental licence could not be worseUK politics live – latest updatesLess than a month before she is due to deliver the budget, Rachel Reeves has admitted breaking rules by failing to apply for a licence from her local council before letting out her south London home.Keir Starmer accepted an apology from Reeves, who said she did not know a licence was required, and declared the matter closed. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/30/what-has-rachel-reeves-done-wrong-break-rules-licence-house Author : Eleni Courea and Rowena Mason Publish date : 2025-10-30 18:39:00 Copyright

Pilot and two other passengers, including 10-year-old boy, sustain minor injuries in incident near DoncasterA 70-year-old man has died after a helicopter crashed into a field near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, police said.The pilot, a 41-year-old man, and two other passengers, a 10-year-old boy and 58-year-old woman, sustained only minor injuries after the crash in Bentley on Thursday morning. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/30/helicopter-crashes-into-field-in-south-yorkshire Author : Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent Publish date : 2025-10-30 16:01:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.