Some 450 events are planned across the US this Sunday to celebrate growth of solar power and energy efficiencyAs the Trump administration wages an all-out assault on climate protections and renewable energy, activists are gearing up for demonstrations this Sunday to hype up solar power and energy efficiency.The national day of action", called Sun Day, will be spearheaded by the veteran climate activist Bill McKibben. Continue reading...
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Think Bill Gates is fixing the climate crisis? Not if you follow the money. While he funds green innovation and talks about cutting emissions, Gates also invests in dirty industries such as coal, oil and private jets. In this episode, Neelam Tailor exposes how one of the world's most powerful climate voices is betting on both sides of the crisis - and making a lot of money in the process Continue reading...
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Six experts respond to Labor's plans for agriculture, resources, the built environment, industry, transport and energy. What did it get right and what more needs to be done?
Increasingly erratic water cycle is creating food scarcity, rising prices, conflict and migration, says UN agencyOnly a third of the world's river basins experienced normal conditions last year as the climate crisis drove extremes of drought and flood, sometimes both in the same region.The increasingly erratic water cycle is creating big problems for societies and governments and causing billions of dollars in damage, scientists warned. Continue reading...
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, announced the Labor government will set a 62-70% emissions reduction target by 2035, taking the advice of the Climate Change Authority. In his announcement, Albanese said 'It is the right target to protect our environment, to protect and advance our economy and jobs and to ensure that we act in our national interest and in the interest of this and future generations.' Continue reading...
Joel Engardio, who becomes fifth elected city official to be ousted in four years, says he stands by his decisionA San Francisco supervisor was recalled on Tuesday after he successfully pushed to turn a stretch of coastal highway used heavily by neighborhood motorists into a car-free park despite strong objections by some of his constituents.Joel Engardio became the fifth elected official in San Francisco to be ousted in a recall vote in four years. He conceded, saying in a statement that he accepted the outcome and still stood by his decision to help create a park called Sunset Dunes. Continue reading...
Exclusive: Firm that runs Aberdeenshire resort says it is categorically wrong' to suggest it has caused environmental damageDonald Trump's Aberdeenshire golf course has breached sewage contamination limits 14 times since 2019, documents reveal.The 36-hole golf course, one of two that Trump owns in Scotland, also has a five-star hotel, a whisky bar and two restaurants. Trump International Golf Links, Scotland has a private sewage system that treats wastewater before releasing it into the ground by soaking it through gravel beds in raised filter mounds. Continue reading...
Researchers from Imperial College London say 16,500 deaths caused by hot weather brought on by greenhouse gasesHuman-made global heating caused two in every three heat deaths in Europe during this year's scorching summer, an early analysis of mortality in 854 big cities has found.Epidemiologists and climate scientists attributed 16,500 out of 24,400 heat deaths from June to August to the extra hot weather brought on by greenhouse gases. Continue reading...
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Julia Chunil is one of 146 land defenders who were killed or went missing last year, a third of them from Indigenous communitiesOne day last November, Julia Chunil called for her dog, Cholito, and they set off into the woods around her home to search for lost livestock. The animals returned but Chunil, who was 72 at the time, and Cholito did not.More than 100 people joined her family in a search lasting weeks in the steep, wet and densely overgrown terrain of Chile's ancient Valdivian forest. After a month, they even kept an eye on vultures for any grim signs. But they found no trace of Chunil. Continue reading...
Business owners explain how summer immigration sweeps have shaken the community and left them vulnerable'From early morning to late at night, food vendors are feeding the people of Los Angeles. They offer nearly anything - tamales, fried fish, crispy tacos, mole, pupusas, fresh fruit, esquites, bacon-wrapped hot dogs - to Angelenos as they start their commutes or head home after the bars have closed.Taco trucks and food vendors are a vital part of the city's celebrated culinary scene, one that came under attack this summer as Donald Trump ordered mass immigration raids across the city. Continue reading...
Accommodation costs at climate summit in Belem are pricing out some developing countries and media outletsThe United Nations has urged its staff to limit attendance at the Cop30 climate summit in Brazil in November due to high accommodation prices, while government delegations are still scrambling to find rooms within their budgets.The move comes as delegations grow increasingly concerned about the cost of accommodation in the coastal Amazon city of Belem hosting Cop30. Brazil said it was working to increase the number of available hotel beds, but soaring prices for accommodation have stoked calls from some governments to relocate the conference, which Brazilian officials have rejected. Continue reading...
Senate committee investigates suspected push that led administration to overturn EPA's endangerment findingIn the wake of the Trump administration's announcement that it will overturn the rule which underpins virtually all US climate regulations, a Senate committee has launched an investigation into a suspected lobbying push that led to the move.On Tuesday, the Senate environment and public works committee sent letters to two dozen corporations, including oil giants, thinktanks, law firms and trade associations. The missives request each company to turn over documents regarding the 2009 declaration, known as the endangerment finding, which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said in July that it will unmake.This article was amended on 17 September 2025 to add a statement from the New Civil Liberties Alliance. Continue reading...
Group of activists, who range in age from seven to 25, include plaintiffs who won landmark climate case in Montana two years agoYouth climate activists are taking the Trump administration to court this week over its anti-environment agenda.In a two-day hearing in Missoula, Montana, starting Tuesday, the young activists, who are between seven and 25, will argue that a federal judge should block three of Donald Trump's pro-fossil fuel executive orders. Continue reading...
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Western suburbs, where temperatures are often 5C warmer, need shaded bus stops, more green space and better environmental standards in rented homes, locals say
Nigel Topping says shifting course risks deterring capital, as he urges ministers to hold firm on green transitionWeakening or changing net zero policy would deter investors and spook financial markets, the UK government's new climate adviser has warned.Nigel Topping, recently appointed chair of the climate change committee (CCC), said there was robust evidence" the UK would benefit economically from strong climate policy, despite calls from some politicians to back down. Continue reading...
Grave remarks on the potential shocks to people, property and the economy are all too familiar. Putting a credible number on the emissions target is the harder part
Loss of spawning pools, insects and marshy habitats has had catastrophic effect on our flora and fauna'Hedgehogs, salmon and birds have been put at risk by this summer's dry conditions, Natural England has said, as drought conditions continue.The government nature watchdog addressed the National Drought Group of government officials and stakeholders in its meeting on Monday to warn of the dire effect on wildlife the dry summer weather has had. Continue reading...
Experts hope that a California effect' will push other states to ban UPFs, similar to its law against six synthetic food dyesCalifornia has long led the way on school meals. In 2022, it became the first state in the country to make school meals free for all students, regardless of income. Many districts have implemented farm-to-school programs to bring local foods into the cafeteria. And last year, months before the Make America healthy again" movement would make its way to the White House, it became the first state in the nation to ban six synthetic food dyes from school meals.This week, it passed legislation that will put it in the lead on school meals in yet another way - banning ultra-processed foods. On Friday, California lawmakers passed a bill that will define, and then ban, ultra-processed foods from school meals. The legislation, which must now be signed by the governor, Gavin Newsom, is believed to include the first statutory definition of ultra-processed foods in the world. Continue reading...
Campaigners crowdfund 26,000 to seek judicial review of move to construct pitches in wildlife-rich areaCampaigners are mounting another legal challenge to the building of a women's football academy by Tottenham Hotspur on wildlife-rich parkland in north London.The Guardians of Whitewebbs group has successfully crowdfunded 26,000 to seek a judicial review of Enfield council's granting of planning permission for the Spurs academy, which will include all-weather pitches, floodlights and a turf academy built on 53 hectares (130 acres) of Whitewebbs Park. Enfield council's planning committee approved the proposals in February, despite local protests, on greenbelt parkland rich in bats, newts and mature trees. Continue reading...
At least 17 dead as torrential downpours trigger landslides, while heavy rain lashes India, Pakistan and AustraliaAt least 17 people have been confirmed dead in Bali, Indonesia, after the island's worst flooding in more than a decade.Torrential rain last Tuesday and Wednesday triggered widespread flooding and landslides, leaving a trail of destruction. Eight victims were found in Denpasar, the island's capital, and rescue teams continue to search for several others who remain missing. Continue reading...
Viral videos have shifted public opinion about water monitors, long held in contempt in Thai culture, even as rising numbers of the reptiles pose problems for residentsShortly after dawn, Lumphini Park comes alive. Bangkok residents descend on the sprawling green oasis in the middle of the city, eager to squeeze in a workout before the heat of the day takes hold. Joggers trot along curving paths. Old men struggle under barbells at the outdoor gym. Spandex-clad women stretch into yoga poses on the grass.Just metres away, one of the park's more infamous occupants strikes its own lizard pose. About 400 Asian water monitor lizards call Lumphini Park home, and this morning they are out in full force - scrambling up palm trees, swimming through the waterways and wrestling on the road. Continue reading...
Report from group of MPs calls for broader access to rivers, woodlands and fields to improve connection with natureSwimming and wild camping should be a right for all people to enjoy in the English countryside, Labour MPs have said.They are calling for access to nature to be increased and legal rights to enjoy the countryside in a report from the all-party parliamentary group for outdoor recreation and access to nature. Continue reading...
Heroic firefighting and a lucky turn in weather helped avert disaster once, but a perfect storm of conditions' remainsDuring a 2024 wildfire season described as unprecedented", the tiny central Idaho town of Stanley and nearby Redfish Lake Lodge narrowly missed incineration by two fires: the Bench Lake and then the Wapiti blazes.It took heroic firefighting efforts and favorable turns in weather conditions for the town - a mountain mecca for tourists from around the world - to survive without the loss of a single life or home. Continue reading...
Signs tout a natural paradise, but pollution from over-farming has left Northern Ireland's Lough Neagh choked by toxic algaeThe bright, cheery signs dot the shoreline like epistles from another era, a time before the calamity.Ballyronan marina is a picturesque boating and tourist facility on the shores of Lough Neagh," says one. Contours of its historical past embrace the virginal shoreline." Continue reading...
As Swiss glaciers melt at an ever-faster rate, new species move in and flourish, but entire ecosystems and an alpine culture can be lost Photographs by Nicholas JR WhiteFrom the slopes behind the village of Ernen, it is possible to see the gouge where the Fiesch glacier once tumbled towards the valley in the Bernese Alps. The curved finger of ice, rumpled like tissue, cuts between high buttresses of granite and gneiss. Now it has melted out of sight.People here once feared the monstrous ice streams, describing them as devils, but now they dread their disappearance. Like other glaciers in the Alps and globally, the Fiesch is melting at ever-increasing rates. More than ice is lost when the giants disappear: cultures, societies and entire ecosystems are braided around the glaciers.The Aletsch glacier viewed from Moosfluh, looking towards the Olmenhorn and Eggishorn peaks Continue reading...
The mandatory program, which required 8,000 facilities to report their release, will be ended to reduce bureaucratic red tape'The US Environmental Protection Agency proposed on Friday a rule to end a mandatory program requiring 8,000 facilities to report their greenhouse gas emissions - an effort the agency said was burdensome to business, but which leaves the public without transparency around the environmental impact of those sources.The agency said mandatory collection of GHG emissions data was unnecessary because it is not directly related to a potential regulation and has no material impact on improving human health and the environment". Continue reading...
Sea life needs protection, and the UK's current system of marine management isn't up to itUp to 90% of the ocean floor around Britain is covered with sand and gravel, derived from the erosion of shell and rocks. Other, more unusual habitats include maerl beds, seagrass meadows and kelp forests. These biodiverse landscapes are home to 330 species of fish, as well as seals, seahorses and thousands of lesserknown species - which share them with the offshore energy, fishing and shipping industries.Heightened awareness of pollution from sewage and plastics means that the public knows more about marine conservation than it used to. For his 99th birthday this year, the broadcaster and naturalist SirDavid Attenborough made a film, Ocean, in which he described the seas as the planet's greatest life supportsystem", and urged people to get behind efforts to protect and renew marine nature.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...
Blackstone founder Stephen Schwarzman acted legally, but residents complained to Southern WaterA Donald Trump-backing billionaire has been stopped from transporting water in tankers to fill a lake on his Wiltshire estate during a drought.Southern Water has told tanker companies to cease delivering water to Stephen Schwarzman's 2,500-acre estate after local residents filmed vehicles going day and night to its grounds. Continue reading...
Research shows majority of shark meat mislabeled or so vaguely labeled buyers do not know what they are eatingA recent study has revealed that the majority of shark meat available to American shoppers is mislabeled, with much of it coming from endangered species.The research, conducted by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, tested products from supermarkets, fish markets and online retailers. Astonishingly, 93% of the samples were either falsely labeled or so vaguely described that buyers had no way of knowing the species they were eating. Only one item carried an accurate, species-specific label. Continue reading...
The corporate-financed backlash to calls for global climate progress has been greatly empowered by the Trump administration. It's never been more critical to challenge the misinformation that could turn a crisis into a catastropheSupport the Guardian's independent, fact-based journalism todayA little over a decade ago I published a book, This Changes Everything, which explored the reality of the climate crisis as a confrontation between capitalism and the planet. For a few years after the book came out, it seemed like we might just win a breakthrough. A cascade of large and militant mobilisations pressed the case for keeping warming below 1.5C as global calls for a green new deal grew louder and louder. Countries across the world announced long-term plans to reduce emissions and to hit net-zero targets; so did some of the largest corporations on the planet.And then ... well, we all know what happened. A corporate-financed backlash on all fronts. In the first 100 days of Trump's second term, his administration took more than 140 actions to roll back environmental rules and push for greater use of fossil fuels. He signed executive orders to ease restrictions on their extraction and export, filled his cabinet with oil industry supporters, gutted federal agencies on the forefront of the climate crisis, and cancelled life-saving environmental justice projects.Join George Monbiot and special guests on 16 September for a special climate assembly to discuss the growing and dramatic political and corporate threats to the planet. Book tickets - in person or livestream Continue reading...
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