{"id":358620,"date":"2026-07-30T15:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/activist\/as-europe-burns-a-climate-cover-up-continues\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T15:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:54:07","slug":"as-europe-burns-a-climate-cover-up-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=358620","title":{"rendered":"As Europe Burns, a Climate Cover-Up Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"article-title-block_989e99af2123b7856a0b70d2cf3e7144\" class=\"article-title \">\n<div class=\"article-title__container\">\n<div class=\"article-title__eyebrow\">\n                            <span class=\"article-title__labels\"><br \/>\n                                        <span class=\"article-title__label\"><br \/>\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/subject\/environment\/\">Environment<\/a><br \/>\n                    <\/span><br \/>\n                                                            <span class=\"article-title__label-divider\"> \/ <\/span><br \/>\n                                                            <span class=\"article-title__label\"><br \/>\n                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/content\/covering-climate-now\/\">Covering Climate Now<\/a><br \/>\n                                        <\/span><br \/>\n                                    <\/span><br \/>\n                                    <span class=\"article-title__label-divider\"> \/ <\/span><br \/>\n                                                                            <span class=\"article-title__date\">July 30, 2026<\/span>\n                                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-the-nation-dek article-title__dek\">\n<p>The UK\u2019s Labour Party seems afraid to talk about the climate emergency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<aside aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad-block ad siderail-ad float-r-w-3 break-r-4\">\n<p>                                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/advertising-policy\" class=\"ad-policy\" target=\"_blank\">Ad Policy<\/a><br \/>\n                                    <\/aside>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Moutchic_fire.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"907\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Moutchic_fire.jpg\" alt=\"Beachgoers rest on the beach of Moutchic on the shore of Lake Lacanau.\" class=\"wp-image-605340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Moutchic_fire.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Moutchic_fire-768x498.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Beachgoers rest on the beach of Moutchic on the shore of Lake Lacanau.<span class=\"credits\">(Maximilien Lamy \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside id=\"aside-block-block_0054aa6724de7c42ac437600f81160d0\" class=\"aside-block  float-l-w-2\">\n    \u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<aside id=\"aside-block-block_6c071a7e1afb5b2cd518e08d0c4bb4d5\" class=\"aside-block float-l-w-2\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; 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font-style: italic; color: #666666; font-size: 16px; border: 0px solid currentcolor;\">The Nation<\/em><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; color: #666666; font-size: 16px; border: 0px solid currentcolor;\"><span>\u00a0<\/span>strengthening coverage of the climate story.<\/span><\/aside>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"is-style-dropcap\">\u201cTo cover up 1 high level report\u2026looks odd,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CarolineLucas\/status\/2080532596614639727?s=20\">remarked<\/a> Caroline Lucas, the former leader of the UK\u2019s Green Party. \u201cTo cover up 2 looks like a pattern.\u201d Lucas was commenting on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2026\/jul\/08\/uk-report-ecosystem-collapse-national-threat-food-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reporting in <em>The Guardian<\/em><\/a> revealing that the Labour party was again burying an explosive report by UK military and intelligence leaders warning that the global collapse of ecosystems poses grave threats to the UK\u2019s security and food supply within as little as five years.<\/p>\n<p>The UK \u201chas no future\u201d if it cannot \u201crestore the natural world on which we rely for our food, water, and clean air,\u201d said Chris Hinchliff, who is among the members of Parliament pressing the government to release the full report, rather than a shorter, redacted version. Even that version, which was obtained by <em>The Guardian<\/em>\u2019s Fiona Harvey, \u201cpaints a devastating picture of severe food shortages, price rises, migration, political destabilisation, and possible war, resulting from the collapse of ecosystems, fuelled by the human-induced climate crisis and over-exploitation,\u201d Harvey wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, massive wildfires in France and Spain have been forcing hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate, and prompting countermeasures from governments. In Spain, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said the fires were the effects of the \u201cclimate emergency.\u201d For the second year in a row, the prime minister <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sanchezcastejon\/status\/2081316360798290419?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">responded to ferocious wildfires<\/a> by calling on political parties across the ideological spectrum \u201cto reach an agreement, a State pact, [and] to address the climate emergency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As if to validate the UK spy chiefs\u2019 report in real time, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GeoffreyLean\/status\/2080555826532536631?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">food production in Europe is already suffering<\/a> from the extreme heat of recent weeks, which has been \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2026\/jul\/23\/climate-crisis-heat-sucking-soils-dry-extreme-drought-europe-analysis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sucking soils dry<\/a>.\u201d France\u2019s maize harvest is the lowest in 50 years; across Europe, 9 million tons of grain have been lost. Such losses are of particular concern for the UK, which imports much of its food.<\/p>\n<p>The UK report is notable for highlighting not only climate change but the related problem of biodiversity loss and collapsing ecosystems. For example, scientists have warned that continued logging and high temperatures are pushing the Amazon rainforest toward an irreversible shift into a savannah. That would drive further climate chaos as the Amazon transforms from an absorber into an emitter of carbon.<\/p>\n<p>Aides to former Labour prime minister Keir Starmer twice quashed plans to release the UK report, Harvey reported, allegedly for fear that the climate-denying Reform UK Party would attack Labour for putting climate concerns ahead of the cost of living. Climate denial persists in the UK media as well: Even as wildfires scorched Europe, the front page of the Rupert Murdoch\u2013owned <em>Times <\/em>of London featured a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/davidyelland\/status\/2080924865758908511?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rant<\/a> against the net-zero emissions goal that scientists say is essential to preserving a livable planet. And across Europe, most news outlets are not reporting that climate change is driving these fires and heatwaves, even as they illustrate their stories with \u201cfun in the sun\u201d images of people at the beach. \u201cThe pictures do not convey the severity of the moment Europe finds itself in,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=x50X9iEyVMI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">observed Al Jazeera English<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"current-issue-block_f269de1eb5cf7f97b768198e733a840e\" class=\"current-issue  float-l-w-2\">\n<h4 class=\"current-issue__title\">\n                    Current Issue<br \/>\n            <\/h4>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/issue\/july-august-2026-issue\/\" class=\"current-issue__cover\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cover0726-1.jpg\" alt=\"Cover of July\/August 2026 Issue\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Andy Burnham, who replaced Starmer as prime minister on July 20, has yet to speak publicly about the buried report or climate change in general. He has said, however, that he remains open to approving increased drilling for oil and gas of Britain\u2019s coast in the North Sea. This, even as the smoke from wildfires in France and Spain\u2014and in Scotland in the UK\u2014is estimated to cause \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2026\/jul\/27\/europe-wildfires-france-spain-emmanuel-macron-crisis-meeting-pedro-sanchez-castillon-latest-news-updates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">well over 100,000 excess deaths globally<\/a>,\u201d according to Dr. Theodore Keeping of Imperial College London.<\/p>\n<p>Covering Climate Now\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/89percent.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">89 Percent Project<\/a> spotlights the reality that 80 to 89 percent of the world\u2019s people want their governments to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41558-024-01925-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">take stronger climate action<\/a>. In this summer of smoke and fire, the public is waiting for their politicians and their press to respond. \u201cVoters are much more tuned into this than most of our [elected] representatives are,\u201d author <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Channel4News\/status\/2081780920206430423?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">George Monbiot said<\/a> on the UK\u2019s Channel 4. \u201cAnd indeed than most of the media is.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-end-\" class=\"article-end \">\n<div class=\"article-end__authors\">\n<div class=\"article-end__author\">\n<h5 class=\"article-end__author-name\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/authors\/mark-hertsgaard\/\">Mark Hertsgaard<\/a><br \/>\n                    <\/h5>\n<p>                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/markhertsgaard\" class=\"article-end__author-twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n                            <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"17\" height=\"14\" viewbox=\"0 0 17 14\" fill=\"none\">\n\t<path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M15.2054 3.54558C15.2122 3.6951 15.215 3.84463 15.215 3.99527C15.215 8.58792 11.7194 13.8834 5.32683 13.8834C3.36455 13.8834 1.53779 13.3083 0 12.3221C0.271606 12.354 0.548252 12.3702 0.828257 12.3702C2.45677 12.3702 3.95536 11.8147 5.14483 10.8829C3.62384 10.8543 2.34085 9.84963 1.89844 8.4692C2.11068 8.51008 2.32797 8.53136 2.55253 8.53136C2.87006 8.53136 3.17695 8.48936 3.46815 8.40984C1.87772 8.09008 0.680414 6.68501 0.680414 5.00273C0.680414 4.98705 0.680414 4.97305 0.680414 4.95793C1.14858 5.21833 1.68452 5.37514 2.25461 5.39362C1.32219 4.76921 0.708415 3.7063 0.708415 2.5006C0.708415 1.8633 0.879778 1.26633 1.17882 0.753361C2.89302 2.85621 5.45395 4.23887 8.34249 4.38392C8.28313 4.12967 8.25233 3.86423 8.25233 3.59206C8.25233 1.6729 9.80861 0.117188 11.7278 0.117188C12.7274 0.117188 13.6301 0.539436 14.2641 1.21425C15.0559 1.05913 15.8002 0.769041 16.4716 0.370873C16.2118 1.18289 15.6602 1.86386 14.9428 2.29395C15.6462 2.20939 16.3159 2.02235 16.9392 1.74626C16.4739 2.44292 15.8842 3.05557 15.2054 3.54558Z\" fill=\"#666666\"\/>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n                        <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-end__author-bio\">\n<p>Mark Hertsgaard is the author of eight books that have been translated into a total of 16 languages, including <em>Big Red\u2019s Mercy: The Shooting of Deborah Cotton<\/em> <em>and a Story of Race in America<\/em> and <em>A Day In the Life: The Music and Artistry of the Beatles<\/em>. 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