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This burning summer is the proof: the voices of climate denial aren’t just delusional, they’re deadly | Sadiq Khan

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Look at our blazing forests and parched cities. Green policies aren’t a ‘luxury’, and we can’t burn more oil and gas. People need the truth Report: Sadiq Khan calls on Andy Burnham to commit to climate action as pressure grows over North Sea oil Europe is burning. This summer, an unprecedented series of heatwaves has swept through the continent and across many parts of the globe. The consequences have been nothing short of catastrophic. In recent weeks deadly blazes have torn through France, Greece and Spain, killing firefighters, forcing people from their homes and robbing them of their livelihoods. With Tuesday marking Britain’s 34th day of temperatures exceeding 30C (86F) this year, the UK has also found itself reckoning with ferocious heat. Wildfires have forced evacuations in Suffolk and the Cairngorms . In London – where parks have become burnt, brittle and brown – hundreds of grass fires have put our firefighters under pressure like never before. In July, the weather station at

First report: Sadiq Khan calls on Andy Burnham to commit to climate action as pressure grows over North Sea oil — theguardian.com, 3d