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Bear-y good neighbors: humans and animals are learning to live together in an expanding LA
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/20/los-angeles-bear-coexistence
Published: September 20, 2026 14:00
People are increasingly crossing paths with the wild animals as homes ring the outskirts of forests, sparking a new era of coexistenceEvery year, as summer draws to a close and fall begins, California’s bears get hungry.Black bears have long roamed the…
US environment agency let Bayer pick regulations for destructive weedkiller, documents show
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/20/epa-bayer-regulation-pesticide-dicamba
Published: September 20, 2026 12:00
Environmental Protection Agency asked firm to choose rules it wanted for dicamba, then put the choices in a proposed federal ruleThe EPA allowed pesticide giant Bayer to pick from a menu of regulation options for the controversial and destructive…
‘Do you have to be dead?’: US coalminers plead for benefits as black-lung disease cases surge
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/20/us-coalminers-black-lung-disease
Published: September 20, 2026 11:00
Trump says he digs coal – but pneumoconiosis cases are at a 50-year high, and sick miners are mired in benefit delaysFor 38 years, Josh Armes worked as a coal miner in West Virginia and Virginia.After retirement, Armes, 74, of Grundy, Virginia, was…
‘It’s transformed the village’: the volunteers greening up Britain’s train stations
Published: September 20, 2026 11:00
Exclusive: Five gardening teams shortlisted for Royal Horticultural Society’s new Railway Stations in Bloom awardEvery year since 1964, towns across the UK have bloomed with hanging baskets and brightly coloured flowerbeds planted by residents.They wield…
Outfoxed: How well do you know your native animals? Australians’ questionable quoll knowledge exposed
Published: September 20, 2026 06:49
About one in six NSW, QLD and Vic residents think foxes are native animals and a third believe quolls are introduced, survey showsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMost people identify wombats and kangaroos as Australian animals,…
Sea dragon populations decimated in ‘mind-blowing’ mass mortality event caused by South Australian algal bloom
Published: September 20, 2026 01:19
Thousands of sea dragons, pipefishes and seahorses have washed up along state’s coastline according to analysis of citizen scientist recordsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free…
Trump administration pushes on with construction of controversial Big Bend border wall
Published: September 18, 2026 23:07
Customs and Border Protection faces bipartisan backlash from locals for 30ft border wall through Texas national parkThe Trump administration is pressing forward with construction on the controversial border wall in the Big Bend region of west Texas, even…
Drone footage shows severe drought hitting river in Brazil – video
Published: September 18, 2026 14:04
Drone footage from 17 September shows the Araguaia River drying up, as severe drought grips parts of Brazil. The country is preparing for potential El Niño impacts in late 2026-27, with the Tocantins-Araguaia basin already experiencing severe drought…
US veterans have greater levels of Pfas in their blood than civilians, new study finds
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/18/pfas-veterans-blood-forever-chemicals
Published: September 18, 2026 14:00
Soil and water around military bases show elevated levels of Pfas pollution due to chemicals used in firefighting foamMany US military veterans have much higher levels of Pfas “forever chemicals” in their blood than non-veterans, new peer-reviewed research…
Private jets pollute up to 14 times as much as commercial planes and are undertaxed in US, report says
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/18/private-jets-pollution-undertaxed
Published: September 18, 2026 12:00
Number of private jets has surged in recent years, but they do not pay commensurate portion of fees to FAA operationsA new report has put a spotlight on the rapid expansion of private jet travel in the US, revealing that private jet owners are not paying…
US wheat farmers navigate uncertainty amid drought and geopolitical chaos
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/sep/18/wheat-farmers-drought-geopolitics
Published: September 18, 2026 11:00
Some experts worry factors affecting wheat exports could push global food prices even higher than they are nowWheat prices are at their highest level in three years, which means farmer Merrill Nielsen should be getting more for his crops out of his…
Week in wildlife: swimming pigs, circling sharks and a fox on the cricket pitch
Published: September 18, 2026 07:00
This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading...
MPs urge ministers to break off Thames Water talks with US hedge funds
Published: September 18, 2026 05:00
Efra committee calls for emergency legislation enabling government to take public control of the company Andy Burnham is under further pressure to take control of ailing Thames Water from a cross-party group of MPs who are calling for ministers to break…
New cat species identified in Bolivia for first time in more than a century
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/17/new-cat-species-identified-bolivia
Published: September 17, 2026 20:43
New species of wild cat was discovered in Bolivia’s Yungas forest and is smaller than the average domestic catA diminutive wild cat that inhabits Bolivia’s cloud forest has been identified as a previously unknown species, marking the first time a new…
The Guardian view on the Nepal-Tibet floods: a spur to action on climate | Editorial
Published: September 17, 2026 17:47
New research links last month’s disaster to fossil fuel pollution. Supporting disaster-hit countries must be at the centre of climate politicsFollowing a familiar pattern, coverage of the glacier collapse on the Nepal-Tibet border three weeks ago has…
Scientists are fighting a longer mosquito season with ... more mosquitoes
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/17/longer-mosquito-season-california
Published: September 17, 2026 15:00
Nearly half a million more of the insects are being released in California – they’re all male and carry a bacteriumThe box arrived in the San Gabriel Valley, just east of Los Angeles, filled with more than two dozen paper tubes about the size of toilet…
Fire, ice and family: Australia’s 2026 Bowness photography prize – in pictures
Published: September 17, 2026 15:00
Here are 26 images by the shortlisted artists who submitted works for the 21st William and Winifred Bowness photography prize.Tamara Dean has been named the winner. The judges says her photograph is ‘operatic and poetic: an opus that is the culmination of…
Andy Burnham: UK must fully commit to reaching net zero by 2050
Published: September 17, 2026 12:00
Exclusive: PM, who is facing pressure over whether to approve North Sea oil and gasfields, makes strongest comments yet on issueBritish people understand the climate crisis threat. Today I’m empowering them to tackle itUK politics live – latest updatesThe…
British people understand the climate crisis threat. Today I’m empowering them to tackle it | Andy Burnham
Published: September 17, 2026 12:00
With nearly £30m of funding, I’m giving communities power over local energy. They know the gravity of global heating, and they want to be part of the solutionAndy Burnham: UK must fully commit to reaching net zero by 2050On the day I became prime minister,…
Tories challenge chancellor to rule out tax rises in budget as Badenoch labelled ‘embarrassment’ for Bank of England gaffe – UK politics live
Published: September 17, 2026 10:08
The Conservatives want to brand Burnham’s administration as a ‘traditional tax and spend socialist government’Jonathan Powell, the national security adviser, told Andy Burnham and Ed Miliband that the government should delay banning trade with illegal…
Trump’s love of fossil fuels is about more than money | Moira Donegan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/17/trump-fossil-fuels-industry
Published: September 17, 2026 10:00
The US decision to remove limits on coal and gas plant emissions is rooted in a perception of manliness in these industriesYou can impress a certain kind of person at a party by reciting the fact that there are more yoga instructors in the US than there…
Access-to-nature crisis ‘on par with that of Victorian Britain’s filthy air’
Published: September 17, 2026 06:00
Research finds many in England lack proximity to green and blue spaces as Labour urged to speed up manifesto pledgeNearly half of all parliamentary constituencies in England have low access to nature despite a government target to ensure everyone is within…
2025 was among driest years on record for world’s rivers, study finds
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/17/2025-driest-years-worlds-rivers-study-finds
Published: September 17, 2026 04:00
Analysis of global resources reveals depletion in world’s water savings bank to 42% below normal levels last yearRivers across the world experienced one of their driest years in more than three decades in 2025, a comprehensive study of global water…
‘Like a Disney movie’: Three wild dog brothers make Africa’s longest journey
Published: September 17, 2026 04:00
As three siblings came of age and had to leave their pack, scientists tracked the dogs’ perilous 2,500-mile odyssey to find their own territoryIt sounds like a Disney movie: three wild dogs, all brothers, on an epic journey to find a home of their own…
English Heritage trains new generation of scythers to maintain meadows and craft
Published: September 17, 2026 04:00
Initiative aims to keep alive age-old skill, and at Muchelney Abbey in Somerset improve habitat for rare shrill carder beeIt sounds like something out of a Thomas Hardy novel: a merry band of men and women roaming the West Country cutting meadows by hand…
Do whales grieve? Scientists’ research off Australia’s Gold Coast suggests they might | Olaf Meynecke for the Conversation
Published: September 17, 2026 02:22
The behaviours we observed could represent grief, but they could also reflect maternal attachment, confusion or instinctive caregivingIt was a tragic sight.One day last July, a newborn humpback whale calf lay motionless on the seafloor, just a kilometre…
Climate crisis likely behind devastating Nepal-Tibet floods that killed more than 1,300, first study finds
Published: September 16, 2026 23:01
Scientists say global heating was a destabilising factor in collapse of 200,000 sq metre glacier in AugustClimate breakdown probably weakened the glacier that collapsed causing catastrophic floods and killing hundreds of people in Nepal and Tibet last…
Trump EPA’s arguments for letting power plants spew unlimited pollution ‘dead wrong’
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/16/trump-epa-pollution-rollback
Published: September 16, 2026 12:00
Claims that dismantling pollution rules will lower energy bills and have little climate impact are far from convincingIn allowing US power plants to emit any amount of planet-heating pollution they wish to, the Trump administration made two striking claims…
Microplastics in soil pose global threat by acting like ‘Trojan horse’ to deliver toxins
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/16/soil-microplastics-trojan-horse-toxins
Published: September 16, 2026 12:00
Exclusive: Plastic surfaces form hotspots with an increase of antibiotic-resistant genes, study findsMicroplastics act like a “Trojan horse” delivering pollutants, pesticides and bacteria through the soil, a five-year multinational research project has…
Datacenter rush will create ‘tsunami’ of discarded electronics, report says
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/16/datacenters-pollution-electronics
Published: September 16, 2026 11:00
Global push will triple toxic e-waste annually in 25 years, filling enough shipping containers to circle globe six timesThe ongoing campaign to build thousands of massive datacenters for AI will create a “tsunami” of discarded electronics, putting the…
‘We’re near a breaking point:’ firefighters say US government is failing them amid intense wildfire season
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/16/wildfires-government-firefighter-shortage
Published: September 16, 2026 10:00
US grapples with federal firefighter shortage as crews say they’re spread thin and lack resources during unrelenting year of fireFirefighters battling enormous wildfires in the United States say the federal government is failing them at a time when…
Company behind failed Surrey oilfield project sells site at massive loss
Published: September 16, 2026 09:00
New owners apply for permission to extract oil in Horse Hill despite landmark ruling from supreme court in 2024After years of trying to dig for oil in Surrey, the company behind the drilling project that was turned down in a landmark supreme court ruling…
People protecting nature and land set up self-defence units amid threat of murder
Published: September 16, 2026 05:00
Defenders of forests and rivers killed at rate of one every three days in 2025, with 85% of deaths in Latin AmericaNature and land defenders were murdered at the rate of one every three days last year, prompting many communities to set up self-defence…
Airlines should pay for CO2 removal if Heathrow expands, say climate advisers
Published: September 16, 2026 04:00
Climate Change Committee says government cannot expand airport without requiring aviation industry to clean up its emissions Heathrow airport should be allowed to expand only if airlines pay for the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, the…
Air pollution linked to higher suicide risk, international research suggests
Published: September 15, 2026 21:30
Analysis of 29 studies highlights potentially heightened danger from small particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide Air pollution is associated with an increased risk of suicide and suicidal thoughts, according to research.Environmental pollution is known…
3M, DuPont and more to face lawsuit on Pfas in US firefighters’ protective gear
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/15/connecticut-firefighters-pfas-lawsuit
Published: September 15, 2026 21:06
Connecticut plaintiffs say ‘forever chemicals’ in turnout gear increase risk of cancer by absorption and inhalationA federal judge on Tuesday said more than 20 defendants including 3M, DuPont and Honeywell must face claims by Connecticut firefighters who…
Indonesian wildfires threaten leading orangutan research site in Borneo
Published: September 15, 2026 15:57
Critically endangered Bornean orangutans flee forests as staff at Cabang Panti work round the clock to stave off blazeWildfires in Indonesia are sweeping through a critical research site for Bornean orangutans and are now threatening a celebrated research…
Thousands of sea turtles reach Mexico in yearly migration threatened by climate crisis – video
Published: September 15, 2026 15:39
More than 330,000 sea turtles arrived in southern Mexico in a mass nesting phenomenon known as an ‘arribada’.The sixth arribada of the season, which began in March, brought thousands of turtles to the beach in less than 48 hours to lay their eggs,…
NSW bumper canola crops shine on – in pictures
Published: September 15, 2026 15:00
Vibrant yellow fields of canola light up the landscape, as an ideal growing season sees crops flowering earlier than usual. in the south-west slopes and Riverina regions of New South Wales Continue reading...
World’s top 20 private equity firms produce more greenhouse gases a year than most countries, report finds
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/15/private-equity-firms-energy-assets-greenhouse-gas
Published: September 15, 2026 12:42
Firms manage $7.3tn in assets and could afford to transition away from fossil fuels yet invest in natural gas and coal-fired plants to power datacentersThe energy portfolios of 20 private equity firms produce 1.5bn tons of greenhouse gases a year, more…
Scrap windfall tax on oil and gas firms early, North Sea industry urges
Published: September 15, 2026 08:00
Labour should replace levy in 2027 rather than 2030 as energy bills are poised to surge over the winter, says lobby groupThe North Sea oil and gas industry has called on Labour to scrap the windfall tax on fossil fuel firms three years early, as Britain…
Conservation ‘gateway drug’: farmers embrace ancient craft of hedge laying
Published: September 15, 2026 07:00
Grant applications in England surge as interest grows in habitat that captures carbon and helps reduce flood riskThe ancient craft of hedge laying is experiencing a strong revival as farmers use techniques that peaked in the 18th and 19th centuries to…
The incoming ‘super’ El Niño will create chaos around the world. And we are far from ready for it | Bill McGuire
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/15/rise-global-temperatures-super-el-nino
Published: September 15, 2026 05:00
One of the biggest upheavals in a millennium is on its way, strengthened by the climate crisis. We need leaders who make things better not worseIf you think you have heard enough about the growing “super” El Niño, trust me, you are going to hear a lot…
They’re the sopranos of the forest, so what’s silencing the gibbons’ morning chorus?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/15/singing-gibbons-forest-sopranos-malaysia-aoe
Published: September 15, 2026 05:00
As human development and roads increasingly fragment their habitats, a study suggests traffic noise could be altering the animals’ wake-up callDawn has broken, and the air is cool and still. It’s at about this time that gibbons usually erupt into song,…
Panama canal traffic to be cut again as drought from El Niño worsens
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/15/panama-canal-traffic-cut-trade-drought-el-nino
Published: September 15, 2026 02:43
Latest daily reductions will further choke one of the world’s most important shipping lanesThe Panama canal plans to again cut maritime traffic due to worsening drought caused by the El Niño climate phenomenon, further choking up one of the world’s most…
Europe’s summer emergency was a dire warning for Australia. What can be learned before it’s too late? | Nick Rowley
Published: September 15, 2026 01:36
Between 2000 and 2018, extreme heat caused more deaths in Australia than all our bushfires, floods, storms and cyclones combinedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBack in April…
Texas governor threatens to penalize datacenters not obeying water laws
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/14/greg-abbott-texas-datacenter-water-laws
Published: September 14, 2026 22:57
Republican Greg Abbott says datacenters must help ‘protect’ drought-prone state and disclose water useGreg Abbott, the Texas governor, has directed state regulators to penalize datacenters that fail to comply with state laws requiring them to disclose…
US ‘super-emitters’ of planet heating methane identified by satellite analysis
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/14/us-companies-methane-pollution-rankings
Published: September 14, 2026 20:42
Energy Transfer, whose CEO is a major Trump donor, named as biggest single methane producer in new rankingsDown a short gravel track in a largely nondescript corner of Louisiana sits a gas processing facility, operated by a company whose chief executive is…
Firefighters make progress to contain northern California’s Lucas fire
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/14/northern-california-lucas-fire-containment
Published: September 14, 2026 19:53
Cal Fire official says Sunday was ‘big turning point’ to reduce blaze in Lake county, now 30% containedFirefighters made progress toward containing northern California’s Lucas fire, state officials said on Sunday.Fire officials are still investigating the…
Maryland boy recovering from surgeries after rabid beaver attack at state park
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/14/maryland-rabid-beaver-attack
Published: September 14, 2026 17:38
Teen was swimming at a popular spot at the time of the attack, the latest in a string that have occurred in the stateA 13-year-old Maryland boy is reported to be recovering from multiple surgeries and nerve damage after being attacked by a rabid beaver.The…
Australia’s dependence on gas generation during evening energy peak falls by almost 70%
Published: September 14, 2026 15:00
Batteries now meet almost half of the grid’s dispatchable power needs during hours of highest demand Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s dependence on gas for power during the evening, when the grid is under the most…
One Nation under fire for abandoning gas reservation plan in favour of policy benefiting Gina Rinehart
Published: September 14, 2026 15:00
Pauline Hanson’s gas policy and the party’s relationship with Rinehart is examined in a new Guardian podcast series, The PopulistListen: The Populist: Aeroplanes and bulldozers | Episode 1 – podcastGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news…
Trump’s EPA reportedly poised to axe carbon pollution rules for power plants
Published: September 14, 2026 14:34
Advocates and experts describe the Trump administration’s climate rollbacks as gifts to polluters at expense of planetThe US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is poised to formally repeal carbon pollution standards for coal- and gas-fired power…
Scientists find nine new sponge species in glimpse of Alaska’s deep-sea diversity
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/14/deep-sea-sponges-discovery-mining-fishing
Published: September 14, 2026 11:30
But their habitat is threatened by bottom trawling in the region and Trump’s plan to expand seafloor miningScientists have discovered nine new deep-sea sponge species off Alaska, offering new insights into the region’s largely unexplored marine…
Disaster insurance, datacenters, right to repair: meet the midterm candidates running on green policies
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/14/midterm-candidates-climate-datacenter-policies
Published: September 14, 2026 11:00
Some of the everyday struggles animating voters have a climate link lurking in the backgroundWhen Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed a law erasing the words “climate change” from state statutes in May 2024 – colloquially known as the “don’t say climate…
‘Tidal wave’ of Pfas being launched to satisfy AI industry, campaigners warn
Published: September 14, 2026 06:00
Big manufacturers planning to produce more of the forever chemicals to meet demand from datacentresPfas companies are launching a “tidal wave” of forever chemicals production to meet demand from the AI industry, a campaign organisation has warned.Despite…
We greet the news that AI could extinguish us with a glazed indifference. What is the way out of this nihilism? | Brigid Delaney
Published: September 14, 2026 03:49
There are several answers, and none of them will be provided by tech. One thing we must do is identify the ingredients for human flourishingTo imagine the future as being almost entirely bleak has somehow crept into the collective this year.Last week I was…
Blankets of colour: Western Australia’s wildflower season bursts to life – in pictures
Published: September 13, 2026 15:00
On Wajarri Yamaji country in WA’s remote mid-west sits Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, the CSIRO’s Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory. This year, early winter rains have left the telescopes surrounded by a carpet of splendid native blooms Continue…
The bird that changed Ecuador: how a chance discovery of a rare species helped to save many more
Published: September 13, 2026 13:00
Thirty years after a US ornithologist first sighted a jocotoco antpitta, the foundation he set up to restore biodiversity is a model for conservation globallyI have to confess that I rarely enjoy birding in montane cloud forests. The birds that live in…
Think of the parable of a frog in boiling water. That’s us dithering as the ‘unprecedented‘ weather becomes more extreme | Helen Pilcher
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/13/extreme-weather-unprecedented-feel-normal
Published: September 13, 2026 07:00
The complacency is staggering: just another hot summer, a flooded street, a crop failure. We are accepting this extraordinary deterioration as normalRecently, I overheard a conversation in a cafe where someone described their toast as “awesome”. I felt…