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The Guardian view on the cultural life of trees: we must protect our natural heritage | Editorial
Published: July 18, 2025 16:36
From Shakespeare to Radiohead, ancient woodlands have shaped the UK’s creative landscape. They deserve to be celebratedIf the mindless felling of the Sycamore Gap tree has taught us anything, it is that there is no such thing as “just a tree”, as one of…
Ken Henry is right to be a bit worked up – he has a solid reform plan ready to go for an emboldened Labor | Tom McIlroy
Published: July 18, 2025 15:00
With tax reform back on the agenda thanks to the productivity roundtable, Henry’s 2010 review has a lot of answers to the biggest challenges facing the Albanese governmentGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastKen Henry, the former…
Ofwat to be abolished as ministers look to create new water regulator
Published: July 18, 2025 12:22
Watchdog has faced intense criticism over sewage spills, shareholder payouts and ballooning debtsSerious pollution incidents by English water firms rose 60% last yearEngland and Wales’ embattled water regulator will be abolished under recommendations from…
US wetlands ‘restored’ using treated sewage tainted with forever chemicals
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/18/pfas-wetlands-wasterwater-effluent
Published: July 18, 2025 11:00
Use of wastewater treatment plant effluent containing Pfas threatens wildlife, food and drinking water, advocates sayMany of the nation’s wetlands are being filled with toxic Pfas “forever chemicals” as wastewater treatment plant effluent tainted with the…
Labour MPs challenge Richard Tice over Reform UK’s plan to scrap green projects
Published: July 18, 2025 10:52
Exclusive: Letter signed by 59 MPs criticises party’s deputy leader after his warning to energy firms over new contractsUK politics live – latest updatesA group of nearly 60 Labour MPs has written to Richard Tice challenging the Reform UK deputy leader’s…
Green groups fear business sector will dominate debate at Chalmers’ roundtable at environment’s expense
Published: July 18, 2025 09:07
Current list of 24 invitees to next month’s economic reform summit includes only one environmental representativeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEnvironmentalists fear they are being shut out of the economic debate after peak…
Serious pollution incidents by English water companies rose 60% last year
Published: July 18, 2025 08:27
Environment Agency records 75 serious incidents among total of 2,800, with Thames Water being worst offenderSerious pollution incidents by water companies were up 60% last year compared with the year before, data has revealed.These incidents are the most…
Gas flaring created 389m tonnes of carbon pollution last year, report finds
Published: July 18, 2025 08:23
Rules to prevent ‘enormous waste’ of fuel are seen as weak and poorly enforced and firms have little incentive to stopThe fossil fuel industry pumped an extra 389m tonnes of carbon pollution into the atmosphere last year by needlessly flaring gas, a World…
Week in wildlife: a hedgehog’s afternoon tea, royal cygnets and a snarling wolf
Published: July 18, 2025 06:00
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading...
‘Keeping us hooked on fossil fuels’: how can we negotiate with autocracies on the climate crisis?
Published: July 18, 2025 05:00
The bulk of global greenhouse gas emissions come from countries that are not democratic, and many big oil and gas exporters are also authoritarianThe big emitters: which countries are holding back climate action and why?When it comes to the climate crisis,…
150 million years old and critically endangered: assassin spider stalks its prey – video
Published: July 18, 2025 00:00
The Kangaroo Island assassin spider’s only known home is in the north-west of the island off the coast of South Australia, where it hides out in moist clumps of leaf litter. As parts of Kangaroo Island – still recovering from the black summer bushfires –…
Britons urged to help measure butterfly recovery after 2024 slump
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/18/big-butterfly-count-uk-numbers-recovery
Published: July 17, 2025 23:01
Big Butterfly Count asks volunteers to spend 15 minutes recording numbers in local green space before 10 AugustPeople are being urged to help measure the scale of Britain’s butterfly bounceback after last summer’s dramatic decline with this year’s launch…
Shooting of bear that swam to tiny Canadian island frustrates First Nations
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/17/canada-grizzly-bear-shot-texada-island-first-nations
Published: July 17, 2025 17:53
Indigenous groups had offered to rehome grizzly nicknamed Tex who was killed without authorizationThe journey of Tex, a young grizzly bear that gripped public attention in Canada after swimming to a tiny populated island, came to a violent end this week…
How Trump’s anti-immigrant policies could collapse the US food industry - visualized
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/17/how-many-immigrants-food-industry-workers
Published: July 17, 2025 15:00
The president is threatening to deport essential farm workers, grocery clerks and food delivery drivers. But without them, shelves could go empty and prices could soarThe Trump administration’s assault on immigrants is starting to hit the American food…
Rodent wars: US city where ground squirrels outnumber people fights back
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/17/ground-squirrels-minot-north-dakota
Published: July 17, 2025 14:37
Residents of Minot, North Dakota, exasperated by proliferation of furry foot-long neighborsThe Richardson’s ground squirrel weighs less than a pound, is about a foot long and is native to the northern Plains.The little creature also is a ferocious…
Cory Booker pitches bill to allow lawsuits against pesticide makers over ‘toxic products’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/17/cory-booker-pesticide-act
Published: July 17, 2025 14:02
Pesticide Injury Accountability Act would ensure that Bayer, Syngenta and others can be held responsible for allegedly causing health issuesUS politics live – latest updatesCory Booker on Thursday introduced legislation that would create a federal “right…
Brazil passes ‘devastation bill’ that drastically weakens environmental law
Published: July 17, 2025 11:25
President has 15 days to approve or veto legislation that critics say will lead to vast deforestation and destruction of Indigenous communitiesBrazilian lawmakers have passed a bill that drastically weakens the country’s environmental safeguards and is…
US rivers are full of dumped tires. The ‘River Cowboy’ won’t stand for it
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/17/kentucky-river-clean-up
Published: July 17, 2025 11:00
Tires take decades to decompose, and millions are improperly dumped every year. An intrepid group sets out to clear Kentucky’s ‘conveyor belt of trash’In the 1980s, Russ Miller and his wife moved to a far edge of eastern Kentucky’s Red River Gorge, where…
Trump’s $1tn for Pentagon to add huge planet-heating emissions, study shows
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/17/trump-pentagon-emissions
Published: July 17, 2025 10:00
Exclusive: 17% increase in military spending will add emissions equivalent to those of some entire countriesDonald Trump’s huge spending boost for the Pentagon will produce an additional 26 megatons (Mt) of planet-heating gases – on a par with the annual…
Reform’s anti-renewables stance ‘putting jobs and energy bills at risk’
Published: July 17, 2025 09:22
Industry says party’s threat to strip wind and solar subsidies if it enters power undermines national interestBusiness live – latest updatesBritain’s green energy industry has accused the Reform UK party of undermining the national interest by threatening…
Restaurant in China criticised for putting baby lion cuddles on menu
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/17/restaurant-china-baby-lion-cuddles-menu
Published: July 17, 2025 07:02
Diners jump at chance to snuggle with cubs but wildlife experts accuse firm of ‘exploiting wild animals for selfies’A restaurant in northern China has been criticised by animal welfare groups for offering an unusual item on the menu: lion cub…
Technicolour lakes and butterfly brains: Wellcome photography prize 2025 – in pictures
Published: July 17, 2025 06:00
From microscopic images inside a human kidney to self portraits of enduring epilepsy and endometriosis, this year’s selection is as moving as it is dazzling Continue reading...
Tax on AI and crypto could fund climate action, says former Paris accords envoy
Published: July 17, 2025 05:00
Laurence Tubiana urges governments to consider levies on energy-hungry technologyGovernments should consider taxing artificial intelligence and cryptocurrencies to generate funds to deal with the climate crisis, one of the architects of the Paris agreement…
Melbourne creek turns bright blue after construction chemicals wash into waterway
Published: July 17, 2025 04:10
Victoria’s environment protection authority launches investigation over pollution of Banyule Creek in RosannaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA creek in Melbourne’s north-east…
Ken Henry says Australia's environmental laws are 'broken' and should be rewritten - video
Published: July 16, 2025 22:15
Using a speech to the National Press Club as a rallying cry to federal parliament to finally agree on a rewrite of the quarter-century old Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, Ken Henry, now the chair of the Australian Climate…
Reform-led Durham county council scraps climate emergency pledge
Published: July 16, 2025 15:36
Durham is thought to be the first local authority to rescind its declaration, in a move condemned as a ‘very dark day’A Reform-led council is thought to have become the first in the UK to rescind its climate emergency declaration, a move condemned as “a…
Google inks $3bn US hydropower deal in largest clean energy agreement of its kind
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/16/google-hydropower-deal-clean-energy
Published: July 16, 2025 15:22
The tech giant will buy 3GW of US hydropower in deal to fuel AI and data center growth across eastern statesGoogle has agreed to secure as much as 3GW of US hydropower in the world’s largest corporate clean power pact for hydroelectricity, the company said…
‘Our food, our heritage, our culture’: the chef highlighting Palestinian cuisine
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/17/sami-tamimi-palestinian-chef-cookbook-boustany
Published: July 16, 2025 14:00
For Sami Tamimi, preparing the food of his homeland is an act of resilience and keeping his culture aliveFood is both deeply personal and political for Sami Tamimi, the Palestinian chef and food writer, whose first solo cookbook is an emotional culinary…
Hunt for bear that bit man in Norway to resume after wrong animal shot
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/16/hunt-bear-bite-man-norway-resume-wrong-animal-shot
Published: July 16, 2025 13:00
Anger deepens among animal rights campaigners as court rules hunt can go ahead despite officials killing wrong bearThe hunt for a brown bear that bit a man on the elbow can resume, a Norwegian court has ruled, deepening anger among animal rights…
UK government putting pressure on nature groups to drop opposition to planning bill
Published: July 16, 2025 10:45
Exclusive: Officials offering to amend bill if wildlife organisations stop campaigning against plansThe government is putting pressure on wildlife organisations to drop their opposition to its planning bill, the Guardian has learned.Some of Britain’s…
How climate crisis makes rainstorms that flooded New York more common
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/16/new-york-floods-storm-climate-change
Published: July 16, 2025 10:00
More than 2in of rain fell in an hour in the region, killing two people, and such storms are only going to intensifyMonday night’s downpour was one of the most intense rainstorms in New York City history, the kind of storm that’s now happening much more…
Dismay after Southampton airport gets permission to cut down cemetery trees
Published: July 16, 2025 09:35
Campaigners attack council for backing plan to fell trees in burial site near runway to allow for increase in passengersA Labour-led city council has been criticised for backing an airport’s scheme to cut down “majestic” trees in a historic, wildlife-rich…
Southern Water issues hosepipe ban for 1m people in Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Published: July 16, 2025 09:23
Announcement takes number of people hit by restrictions across England to about 8.5 millionSouthern Water has become the fourth English utility to issue a hosepipe ban, taking the number of people hit by such restrictions to about 8.5 million.The latest…
Kew Gardens’ tropical Palm House to shut for five years for net zero makeover
Published: July 16, 2025 08:27
Huge glasshouse, home to world’s oldest potted plant, to get £50m refit as part of emissions-cutting drive at gardens It has been the tropical jewel in one of the UK’s most famous gardens for more than 175 years, and now the Palm House in the Royal Botanic…
Hunter missing in Japan as spate of bear attacks triggers emergency to be declared in northern town
Published: July 16, 2025 05:26
Search for missing man comes after spate of attacks across Japan this month in which at least two people have diedAuthorities in Japan are searching for a hunter who went missing on a mountain in Hokkaido near where a brown bear was recently spotted, amid…
‘Inquisitive, relaxed’ humpback whale swimming in Sydney Harbour delays ferries and boats
Published: July 16, 2025 05:10
Whale is having a ‘full harbour experience’, says an expert aboard a maritime boat shadowing the supersized mammalFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn “inquisitive” humpback…
Death threats and falsehoods among online abuse reported by land and climate defenders
Published: July 16, 2025 04:00
Survey across six continents uncovers accounts of abuse causing defenders to fear for their safetyDeath threats, doxing and cyber-attacks are just some of the online threats recounted by land and climate defenders in a new report, amid concerns that…
Fixing Australia’s broken environment laws hold key to productivity, ex-treasury head says
Published: July 15, 2025 15:00
Rewrite of environmental protection act could help meet climate and housing targets, Ken Henry to tell national press clubGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFixing the nation’s broken environment protection laws is the most…
Climate groups call for UK wealth tax to make super-rich fund sustainable economy
Published: July 15, 2025 14:00
Growing number of campaigners urge government to ensure green investment is not done ‘on backs of the poor’What is a wealth tax and would it work in the UK?A growing number of climate groups are campaigning for the introduction of a wealth tax to ensure…
Four areas of England now in drought as hot weather threatens wildlife and crops
Published: July 15, 2025 11:34
Ministers call for hosepipe bans as East and West Midlands enter drought, joining Yorkshire and north-westFour areas of England are now in drought as the East and West Midlands have joined Yorkshire and the north-west.Continuing hot and dry weather is a…
Sheep are destroying precious British habitats – and we taxpayers are footing the bill | Chris Packham
Published: July 15, 2025 10:30
Large parts of Dartmoor have been denuded of wildlife, harmed by farming and a mess of government schemes that are costly in every wayBritain’s uplands are dying. What should be some of the very best places for nature are the absolute worst. Across vast…
Trump administration dashes hopes of anti-pollution plan for JD Vance’s home town
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/15/pollution-ohio-trump-administration
Published: July 15, 2025 10:00
The $1.6bn Biden-era plan for a gas-powered blast furnace at a steel mill in Middletown, Ohio, is indefinitely on holdA Biden-era plan to implement a gas-powered blast furnace at a steel mill in Ohio, which would have eliminated tons of greenhouse gases…
Republicans complain to Canada over wildfire smoke despite supporting planet-heating bill
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/15/republicans-canada-wildfire-complaint-letter
Published: July 15, 2025 10:00
Lawmakers send letter railing against ‘suffocating’ smoke days after voting for Trump plan likely to boost pollutionA group of Republican lawmakers has complained that smoke from Canadian wildfires is ruining summer for Americans, just days after voting…
UK air pollution falling but danger levels still breached too often, say scientists
Published: July 15, 2025 09:00
NO2 and PM2.5 levels down significantly since 2015 but climate crisis may be driving rise in harmful surface ozoneThe UK’s air pollution has dropped since 2015, scientists have found, but they have warned that dangerous levels are still reached too…
Federal court dismisses landmark Torres Strait climate case but warns of ‘bleak future’ without urgent action
Published: July 15, 2025 05:02
Class action led by two community leaders argued government had legal duty of care to prevent or deal with damage linked to global heatingSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereFollow our Australia news live…
Reform-run councils once known for green policies expected to scrap climate pledges
Published: July 15, 2025 05:00
Former Durham county council climate lead calls motion to rescind climate emergency declaration ‘reprehensible’Two councils that have been recognised for their work to cut emissions but are now under the control of Reform UK are expected to scrap climate…
Could giving this pod of dolphins the same legal rights as humans help keep them safe?
Published: July 15, 2025 02:00
With a bottlenose population threatened by fishing gear, boats and pollution, campaigners on South Korea’s Jeju island are lobbying to extend legal status to the vulnerable cetaceansIt is a beautiful sunny day on the island of Jeju in South Korea and as…
Buyers of new EVs under £37,000 can get discount under UK scheme
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/14/buyers-of-new-evs-discount-uk-scheme-tesla
Published: July 14, 2025 21:30
Grant offering up to 10% off may benefit some cheaper Chinese models but leave Tesla fans paying full priceBuyers of new electric cars priced at less than £37,000 will be able to get a discount of up to 10% under a new UK government scheme, a move that may…
Trump officials address ‘chemtrails’ conspiracy theories while spreading misinformation, experts say
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/14/trump-chemtrails-epa-conspiracy-theory
Published: July 14, 2025 17:07
EPA’s move comes as it slashes climate research funding and cuts weather forecasting and scientific agencies’ staffTrump officials’ recent attempt to dispel concerns about “chemtrails” has perplexed and angered some experts who say the administration has…
UK’s clean electricity growing too slowly to meet climate targets
Published: July 14, 2025 16:56
UK’s energy system operator forecasts emissions a third over target by 2035 in second official warning in a monthBritain is expected to fall short of the progress needed to meet its climate targets over the next decade because it is not growing its supply…
Ed Miliband says Tories are ‘anti-science’ for abandoning net zero consensus
Published: July 14, 2025 16:42
Energy and net zero secretary lays out stark picture of how climate crisis and nature depletion is affecting UKClimate activists will welcome Ed Miliband’s words but tough choices lie aheadEd Miliband has accused the Conservatives of being “anti-science”…
More of England expected to enter drought status after hottest June on record
Published: July 14, 2025 15:05
Up to five areas could enter drought status and more hosepipe bans expected after three heatwaves and lack of rain As many as five areas of England are expected to go into drought this summer after the hottest June since records began 1884.Three heatwaves,…
About 1,500 tarantulas found hidden in cake boxes at German airport
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/14/germany-tarantulas-customs-cake-bozes
Published: July 14, 2025 15:05
Customs officials at Cologne Bonn airport tipped off by ‘noticeable smell’ that did not resemble confectionaryArachnophobes beware: customs officials have released photos from a seizure of roughly 1,500 young tarantulas found inside plastic containers that…
Trump promised to lower energy costs – his tax bill will raise them for people in red states the most
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/14/trump-tax-bill-energy-republican-states
Published: July 14, 2025 14:00
Household energy bills in some Republican-leaning states could rise by more than $600 every year, analysis of the so-called ‘big, beautiful bill’ findsThe cost of electricity is poised to surge across the US in the wake of Republican legislation that takes…
Woman who withheld council tax in climate protest faces losing home
Published: July 14, 2025 11:49
Jane McCarthy, who has terminal cancer, withheld payments for three years in protest at Buckinghamshire council’s fossil fuel investmentsA woman who withheld council tax payments for three years in protest at her local authority’s continued investment in…
Thames Water announces hosepipe ban as dry weather depletes reservoirs
Published: July 14, 2025 11:40
Restrictions to come into effect in Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Wiltshire from 22 JulyThames Water has announced a hosepipe ban as a record dry spring and summer has severely reduced water supplies.Households in Gloucestershire,…
A deadly 1987 flood foreshadowed the Texas disaster. Survivors ask, ‘why didn’t we learn?’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/14/texas-floods-early-warning-system
Published: July 14, 2025 11:00
The Fourth of July tragedy was described as something no one could have seen coming. But in ‘flash flood alley’, an eerily similar event 40 years ago holds important lessonsThe rain was pouring down in Texas in the early morning hours of 17 July 1987.…
Monday briefing: The ‘toxic cocktail’ of climate denial, federal cuts and the Texas floods
Published: July 14, 2025 05:47
In today’s newsletter: Amid at least 129 deaths and billions of dollars of damage, there has been little reckoning about the part global heating and cuts to public services may have played in the disasterGood morning. The death toll from the catastrophic…
Killer in the nest: how young storks are being strangled by plastic
Published: July 14, 2025 05:00
Researchers in Europe found everyday plastics, especially farmers’ baler twine, being used by the birds as a building material and entangling their young. It is a problem that affects other species too, say experts in the US, UK and ArgentinaOn a late…
‘Profound concern’ as scientists say extreme heat ‘now the norm’ in UK
Published: July 14, 2025 05:00
Increasing frequency of heatwaves and flooding raises fears over health, infrastructure and how society functionsEd Miliband to tell MPs who reject net zero policies they are betraying future generationsRecord-breaking extreme weather is the new norm in…
Ed Miliband to tell MPs who reject net zero policies they are betraying future generations
Published: July 14, 2025 05:00
Exclusive: Energy secretary’s ‘radical truth-telling’ comes as Reform plans net zero bonfire and Tories also ditch targets‘Profound concern’ as scientists say extreme heat ‘now the norm’ in UKEd Miliband is to explicitly call out politicians who reject net…
Ed Miliband would let a turbine farm destroy Brontë country. We need net zero, but at what cost? | Simon Jenkins
Published: July 14, 2025 05:00
Of course the climate crisis must be confronted, but history, tranquility and beauty must also count for somethingNowhere does landscape marry passion quite so much as in Yorkshire’s Wuthering Heights. The tempestuous Pennine contours and tumbling streams…
Australia news live: Albanese to raise concerns over Chinese steel dumping; Grace Kim wins golf major in miraculous finish
Published: July 13, 2025 21:35
Prime minister knows Australian miners – and government revenue streams – are vulnerable to downturn in iron ore price. Follow today’s news liveAnthony Albanese will raise Australian concerns over Chinese steel dumping as he urges industry leaders from…
Heavy rain in Texas halts rescue efforts as officials warn of further flooding
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/13/texas-flood-search-rescue
Published: July 13, 2025 20:37
State authorities believe more than 160 people could still be missing as flash flood warnings remain in Kerr countyMore heavy rains in Texas on Sunday paused a weeklong search for victims of catastrophic flooding along the Guadalupe River and led to…
Wildfires destroy historic lodge on Grand Canyon’s North Rim, park says
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/13/wildfires-destroy-grand-canyon-lodge-north-rim
Published: July 13, 2025 19:12
Grand Canyon Lodge consumed by two wildfires that have burned more than 45,000 acres in areaA historic lodge on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim has been destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire, the park said Sunday.The Grand Canyon Lodge, the only lodging inside…
Beaker Street Science Photography prize – in pictures
Published: July 13, 2025 15:00
Finalists for 2025 will be exhibited at Hobart’s Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery from 6 to 31 August as part of the Beaker Street festival and will include the first-ever image of a wild eastern quoll glowing under UV lightGet our weekend culture and…
More than half of koalas relocated to NSW forest died in failed government attempt at reintroduction
Published: July 13, 2025 15:00
Exclusive: Translocation and deaths of seven out of 13 koalas in April, with some showing signs of septicaemia, not made public by state governmentGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn attempt by the New South Wales government to…
How US immigration raids hurt summer pleasures, from berries to barbecues
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/13/ice-immigration-raids-food-labor
Published: July 13, 2025 13:00
In the US, hardly a food is untouched by immigrant labor – and Ice raids will profoundly affect the food labor systemFrom his father’s strawberry farm in central California, Tomás Diaz noticed a border patrol vehicle driving toward a field of workers.…
How do I feel about air conditioning? I’m very hot – but it’s destroying the planet | Emma Beddington
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/13/air-conditioning-heat-destroying-planet
Published: July 13, 2025 13:00
Yes, temperatures are rising. But more and more AC means more and more CO2 – and then more and more global heating. Let’s have some long-term thinking insteadIt’s way too hot. I’m cowering inside, curtains drawn, pale limbs clammily exposed, the sound of…
Some gut microbes can absorb and help expel ‘forever chemicals’ from the body, research shows
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/13/pfas-gut-microbes-forever-chemicals
Published: July 13, 2025 12:00
Previously, the only way to reduce levels of Pfas was by bloodletting or a drug with unpleasant side effectsSign up for the Detox Your Kitchen newsletterCertain kinds of gut microbes absorb toxic Pfas “forever chemicals” and help expel them from the body…
There was a deal to fix this Alabama community’s raw sewage crisis. Trump tore it up over DEI
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/13/alabama-raw-sewage-crisis-trump-dei
Published: July 13, 2025 11:00
Residents of Alabama’s Lowndes county are still fighting for basic sanitation after Trump’s DoJ canceled a landmark Biden-era agreementThelma and Willie Perryman spend most days out front of their family trailer in rural Alabama, shooting the breeze while…
On Country: Photography from Australia 2025 – in pictures
Published: July 12, 2025 20:00
Co-produced by PHOTO Australia Melbourne and the Rencontres d’Arles, the exhibition marks the first major presentation of Australian photography at the world’s longest-running photo festival‘A monumental moment’: world’s leading photography festival puts…
Texas Hill Country under flood watch as search continues for missing people
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/12/texas-hill-country-flood-watch
Published: July 12, 2025 17:40
‘Locally heavy rainfall’ of 1-3in predicted as death toll from the Fourth of July flood rises to nearly 130 peopleTexas Hill Country was back under flood watch on Saturday, with the National Weather Service warning of “locally heavy rainfall” of 1-3in with…
Thames Water spent £136m on securing emergency funding, leaked document suggests
Published: July 12, 2025 10:00
‘Atypical expenditure’ document suggests utility’s costs over 12 months outstripped the £130m it paid in finesThames Water spent at least £136m on the effort to secure emergency funding over 12 months, according to a leaked document that suggests costs…
Risotto rice under threat from flamingoes in north-eastern Italy
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/12/risotto-rice-paddies-flamingoes-ferrara-italy
Published: July 12, 2025 04:00
Farmers are seeking ways to fend off birds who are stirring up soil in flooded paddy fields in Ferrara provinceAn unusual bird is ravaging crops and infuriating farmers in north-eastern Italy: the flamingo.Flamingos are relatively recent arrivals in the…
England’s reservoirs at lowest level for a decade as experts call for hosepipe bans
Published: July 12, 2025 04:00
Levels even lower than in severe drought year of 2022, data shows, with water firms urged to ‘be proactive’England’s reservoirs are at their lowest levels for a decade, new data reveals, as experts urge water companies to immediately put hosepipe bans in…
HSBC becomes first UK bank to quit industry’s net zero alliance
Published: July 11, 2025 17:38
Campaigners condemn ‘troubling’ move that follows departure of six of largest US banks after Trump’s electionHSBC has become the first UK bank to leave the global banking industry’s net zero target-setting group, as campaigners warned it was a “troubling”…
Wildfires force evacuations at two national parks in the US west
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/11/wildfires-evacuations-grand-canyon
Published: July 11, 2025 17:04
Visitors and staff at Arizona’s Grand Canyon and Colorado’s Black Canyon national park were evacuated Visitors and staff at two national parks in the US west have been evacuated because of wildfires.Black Canyon of the Gunnison national park, about 260…
‘It can’t withstand the heat’: fears ‘stable’ Patagonia glacier in irreversible decline
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/11/glacier-patagonia-perito-moreno-decline
Published: July 11, 2025 12:00
Scientists say Perito Moreno, which for decades defied trend of glacial retreat, now rapidly losing massOne of the few stable glaciers in a warming world, Perito Moreno, in Santa Cruz province, Argentina, is now undergoing a possibly irreversible retreat,…
US pollution measurement practices raise questions about reliability of data
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/11/air-pollution-data-accuracy
Published: July 11, 2025 12:00
Guardian analysis heightens concerns on whether the air around many large factories is, or will be, safe to breatheA Guardian analysis has raised fresh questions over the way regulators and corporations measure the air quality impact of planned factories…
Heat health alerts and hosepipe bans across England as third heatwave takes hold
Published: July 11, 2025 11:47
UKHSA warning came into effect at noon on Friday as temperatures predicted to reach 33C over weekendAmber heat health alerts have been issued across parts of England and hosepipe bans imposed in various locations as the third heatwave of the summer takes…
Trump administration yanks $15m in research into Pfas on US farms: ‘not just stupid, it’s evil’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/11/trump-pfas-research-funding-farms
Published: July 11, 2025 11:00
Pfas-laden pesticides and sewage sludge used as fertilizer move into crops and nearby water sourcesThe Trump administration has killed nearly $15m in research into Pfas contamination of US farmland, bringing to a close studies that public health advocates…
Step up restoration of ancient woodland before it is lost, Forestry England urged
Published: July 11, 2025 10:24
Campaigners say just 5.8% of irreplaceable habitat at publicly owned sites has been fully restored in 10 yearsForestry England needs to urgently step up its ancient woodland restoration before the irreplaceable habitat is lost for ever, campaigners have…
Toxic Pfas above proposed safety limits in almost all English waters tested
Published: July 11, 2025 09:00
Exclusive: 110 of 117 bodies of water tested by Environment Agency would fail standards, with levels in fish 322 times the planned limitNearly all rivers, lakes and ponds in England tested for a range of Pfas, known as “forever chemicals”, exceed proposed…
Week in wildlife: a flying vole, a Wimbledon wagtail and some lovebugs
Published: July 11, 2025 09:00
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Detection of fire ants in Queensland 800km from closest infestation sparks fury over gaps in eradication funding
Published: July 11, 2025 08:45
Businesses and industry urged to stay alert after invasive species discovered at coalmine in Moranbah, about 150km inland from MackayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFire ants have been detected in central Queensland for the first…
It’s 12ft tall, covered in feathers and has been extinct for 600 years – can the giant moa bird really be resurrected?
Published: July 11, 2025 04:00
Colossal Bioscience is adding the extinct animal to its revival wishlist, joining the woolly mammoth, dodo and thylacine. But scepticism is growingStanding more than three metres (10ft) high, the giant moa is the tallest bird known to have walked on Earth.…
Welcome to Prime Day, when thousands of product thumbnails blur together to form a giant pile of garbage | Anna Spargo-Ryan
Published: July 11, 2025 00:17
I love a sale – but scrolling the list of Amazon’s deals is overwhelming to the point of deliriumI’m a simple girl. My idea of fun is an annual event in which people are crushed in pursuit of half-price Christmas decorations. But those days have passed.…
Zonal pricing is dead. Now Miliband should be less absolutist on his 2030 goals | Nils Pratley
Published: July 10, 2025 18:36
The imperative ought to be to bear down on costs for consumers, starting with a more pragmatic approach to generation targetsThe chief executive of Ofgem, Jonathan Brearley, backed zonal pricing. Fintan Slye, the head of the National Energy System…
Extreme heat could lead to 30,000 deaths a year in England and Wales by 2070s, say scientists
Published: July 10, 2025 18:00
Worst-case scenario of 4.3C of warming could result in fiftyfold rise in heat-related deaths, researchers sayMore than 30,000 people a year in England and Wales could die from heat-related causes by the 2070s, scientists have warned.A new study calculates…
Cold weather blamed for killing thousands of bony herring in central west NSW lake
Published: July 10, 2025 15:00
Native Australian fish is important for fresh water ecosystems as they are a food source for bigger fish and birds such as pelicans, cormorants and gullsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastResidents from the New South Wales central…
Trump’s inaugural fund received $19m from fossil fuel industry, analysis shows
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/10/trump-inaugural-fund-fossil-fuel-industry
Published: July 10, 2025 15:00
President raised $239m for inauguration – more than previous three inaugural committees took in combinedThe fossil fuel industry poured more than $19m into Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, accounting for nearly 8% of all donations it raised, a new analysis…
South West Water allowed to invest £24m rather than pay £19m fine
Published: July 10, 2025 14:04
Campaigners say Ofwat ‘subservient to industry and its rampaging pursuit of profit’ after illegal sewage dischargesSouth West Water has agreed to pay a £24m penalty for illegal sewage discharges into the environment from its treatment works.The regulator…
Scottish households urged to cut water use as climate crisis limits supplies
Published: July 10, 2025 13:00
Scottish Water boss says average Scot uses 40% more water than people in Yorkshire partly due to mistaken belief water is abundant in ScotlandScottish households are being urged to cut back heavily on their water use and instead treat it as a precious…
Trump officials axed an online portal for its key climate report. Read it in full here
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/10/national-climate-assessment-published
Published: July 10, 2025 13:00
Guardian makes legally mandated gold standard report widely available after administration deleted websiteThe future of the US government’s premier climate crisis report is perilously uncertain after the Trump administration deleted the website that housed…
With the world in crisis, many say end globalisation. I say that would be a mistake | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Published: July 10, 2025 12:47
Terms like ‘deglobalisation’ have become commonplace, but what we need is true multilateralism. Erecting walls won’t bring us peace and prosperityLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva is the president of BrazilThe year 2025 should be a time of celebration, marking…
Doctor who lost job over Texas flood post says sorry for ‘regrettable comment’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/10/doctor-texas-flood-post-apology
Published: July 10, 2025 11:59
Dr Christina Propst apologizes after Blue Fish Pediatrics said she was ‘no longer an employee’ because of postA pediatrician who is no longer working for a chain of clinics affiliated with a prominent Houston hospital system after a social media post that…
New Mexico sues US air force over Pfas pollution from military base
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/10/new-mexico-us-air-force-pfas
Published: July 10, 2025 11:00
High levels of Pfas stemming from the base have tainted water, damaged crops and poisoned cows in the areaThe state of New Mexico is suing the US air force over its refusal to comply with orders to address extremely high levels of Pfas pollution stemming…
Labour housing plans could destroy 215,000 hectares of nature in England, analysis shows
Published: July 10, 2025 10:44
Critics say change in biodiversity protections would harm environmental recovery and make scheme ineffectivePlans to weaken environmental regulations for small housebuilders would allow developers in England to build on an area the size of the Yorkshire…
UK government abandons energy ‘zonal pricing’ plan
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/jul/10/uk-government-abandons-energy-zonal-pricing-plan
Published: July 10, 2025 09:45
Proposal to vary electricity charges in England, Wales and Scotland based on location dropped in favour of ‘fair and affordable’ single priceBusiness live – latest updatesThe government has abandoned plans for “zonal pricing” that would have charged…
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