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'The beginning of a new era': solar power breaks record for UK power generation.

News from the UK power grid; the energy transition is happening!

2016 hottest year ever recorded – and scientists say human activity to blame 

World heat shatters records in 2016 in new sign of global warming (via Reuters). 

And secondly, we are on track for global temperature rises due to man-made global warming of between 4-5 degrees centigrade by the end of this century. That may not sound like much but globally, small changes make a big difference; 4-5 degrees is the same temperature difference between modern times and the last ice age, when the world was a very different place.

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We are the 'last generation' that can stop climate change, warns Leonardo DiCaprio. 

2016 is on track to be the world’s hottest year on record, says World Meteorological Organization. 

Coral bleaching event now biggest in history – and about to get worse, says NOAA. 

World approaching peak fossil fuels for electricity in less than a decade, says @BloombergNEF (by @tsrandall) 

Air pollution is rising at an 'alarming rate' in the world's cities, says the World Health Organisation (WHO). 

MPs on House of Commons environmental audit select committee warn that a vote to leave the EU would threaten UK environmental policy. 

Big news: Peabody Energy, the world’s largest privately owned coal producer, has filed for US bankruptcy (news via Reuters, image via 350) 

Hugely significant: International Energy Agency confirms decoupling of global emissions and economic growth. Vital step in fight to tackle climate change.