Water bosses’ pay rises despite bonus ban and public fury over bills and pollution
Water bosses’ pay rises despite bonus ban and public fury over bills and pollution Exclusive: Eight companies expect to be…
‘People are scared their neighbours will call the police on them’: how the hosepipe ban got caught up in the culture wars
Gardeners bear the brunt of the ban – but are they really to blame? Illustration: Sean O’Brien/The GuardianView image in…
Climate crisis-driven heat ‘sucking soils dry’ as extreme drought hits Europe
Barren, salt-damaged soil in a sunflower field in Scardovari, north-east Italy. Low water levels and prolonged hot, dry conditions in…
It cost £2.1bn to divert a river in Brazil’s outback. So where has all the water gone?
The canal taking water from the São Francisco River to Monteiro, north-east BrazilDespite official claims that the São Francisco River…
How can I water my garden in a hosepipe ban and will there be drought this summer?
Gardeners can still fill a watering can from a tap to water their plants. Photograph: Dan Brownsword/Getty Images/Image SourceView image…
Plumes of smoke rise over Kuwait after repeated Iranian attacks
Towering plumes of smoke rose over Kuwait after Iranian strikes hit multiple locations in Mangaf.
Who is ‘stealing’ Bali’s water? How tourism siphoned off a prized resource
Bali has lost more than 6,500 hectares of rice fields in the past five years. Photograph: Christian Karim ChrobogView image…
‘We’re up against forces that have all the money in the world’: Erin Brockovich on her battle against AI datacentres
Fighting on … Erin Brockovich at her home in Los Angeles. Photograph: Jessica Pons/The GuardianView image in fullscreenFighting on ……
With water cuts looming in Arizona in US, locals fight data centres
Arizona residents have campaigned against state’s data centres as they seek a share of the shrinking water supply.
‘Kind of miracle solution’: How Paris is harnessing the Seine to replace air-con
Raphaëlle Nayral, secretary general of Fraîcheur de Paris, inspects an underground urban cooling network power station in Paris. Photograph: Christian…