Union calls for oil firms to fund ailing service in climate battle

EXCLUSIVE BY NADA FARHOUD Environment Editor

- BY NADA FARHOUD

FIREFIGHTERS are needed now more than ever as the climate crisis supercharges heatwaves, droughts and record numbers of wildfires, a union has warned.

The Fire Brigades Union has called on oil companies and the super-rich to pay more towards the emergency service, which is on its knees from cuts and underfunding.