Campaigners are right, we should name storms after fossil fuel companies
By William Mata
In what’s becoming a late summer tradition almost as unwelcome as an actual rain shower, the Met Office is about to release its storm names for 2025/26.
“Is your grandma a force of nature? Does your best friend cause an impact wherever they go? Now you can give them the recognition they deserve, by naming a storm after them,” a chummy press release states.
In case you weren’t aware that a thunderstorm that led to mass flooding might have been named after someone’s cat, the Met Office has for several years been........





















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