Green Party leader Zack Polanski says the UK is facing an emergency on the scale of the “biggest threat” since the Second World War, and argues that the response should include funding firefighting helicopters. Across multiple reports, Polanski presses the government and decision-makers to require fossil fuel producers to pay for such firefighting capacity, presenting the plan as a way to address the costs linked to major fires and related risk. One outlet reports that Polanski’s position is that fossil fuel companies “profit” from activities associated with fueling severe fires, and that they should therefore contribute to mitigation measures. The reports do not describe specific policy details, funding mechanisms, or legislative steps, nor do they provide named commitments from fossil fuel producers. The coverage focuses on Polanski’s call for financial responsibility from fossil fuel companies and his framing of the scale of the threat posed by current fire conditions.