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TODAY'S TOP STORY

An Environment Agency officer inspecting a scene in Cockermouth (pa.press.net)
More rain coming as clean-up begins

People in flood-hit Cockermouth have been allowed back to their homes and businesses to begin the clean-up as forecasters warned that more heavy rain could bring fresh misery.

ENVIRONMENT NEWS

  • Queen Rania of Jordan has joined an international campaign to target global warming (pa.press.net)Jordan royals join climate campaign

    Jordan's Queen Rania and Princess Haya are among the latest "climate allies" who have signed up to an international campaign calling for a fair, effective and ambitious deal to tackle global warming to be agreed in Copenhagen in December.

  • Sting makes plea to Brazil's government over rainforest dam project (pa.press.net)Sting makes Amazon dam project plea

    Pop star Sting has said Brazil's government should listen to the voices of local indigenous groups before building a massive hydroelectric dam in the Amazon rainforest.

  • Gordon Brown warned world leaders they 'cannot afford to fail' to strike a substantial deal on climate change in Copenhagen (pa.press.net)Brown warns over Copenhagen failure

    Gordon Brown has warned world leaders that they "cannot afford to fail" to strike a substantial deal on climate change in Copenhagen next month.

  • The director of a climate research unit at the centre of a row over manipulating data on global warming after hundreds of private emails were stolen by hackers has said it was 'ludicrous' to suggest anything untoward took place during the research (pa.press.net)Director hits out over data row

    The director of a climate research unit at the centre of a row over manipulating data on global warming after hundreds of private emails were stolen by hackers has said it was "ludicrous" to suggest anything untoward took place during the research.

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