Latest environment stories, updates and analysis from The Real News Journal.
An investigation has found businesses use 2.6 billion litres of public water supply a day in England, with major industrial users facing little scrutiny or requirement to cut consumption as millions of households face hosepipe bans.
Yellow weather warnings and flood alerts have been issued across parts of the UK as thunderstorms sweep the country, while officials warn the rain will not be enough to end the ongoing drought affecting the River Severn and other waterways.
An unstable rock formation above Kandersteg in the Swiss Alps could collapse in a landslide comparable to the one that destroyed nearby Blatten last year, as experts link the growing risk to thawing permafrost and glacier melt driven by climate change.
Persistent heatwave conditions have pushed the Rhine, Danube and Po rivers to record or near-record low levels, disrupting inland shipping, industrial output and power generation across central Europe.
