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New York’s serene Central Park makeover fixes years of neglect: in pictures
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2025/may/05/new-york-central-park-makeover-pictures
Published: May 5, 2025 15:14
Officials have unveiled dramatic changes to the northern edge of Central Park. The $160m project is the park’s most expansive update in years and part of an effort to rectify decades of disregard Continue reading...
Australia has backed a rapid shift to renewable energy - and given Labor a chance on climate. How will it act? | Clear Air
Published: May 5, 2025 15:00
After a landslide election win, there will never be a better chance to shake off old policy impasses and deliver a more ambitious plan for the environmentWant to get this in your inbox when it publishes? Sign up for the Clear Air Australia newsletter…
Two Britons to challenge UK’s ‘weak’ response to climate crisis in Strasbourg court
Published: May 5, 2025 13:50
Doug Paulley and Kevin Jordan say their lives being ruined, and lack of effective strategy infringes their human rightsTwo men who say they are being failed by the UK’s flawed response to climate breakdown are taking their case to Europe’s top human rights…
Trump cuts will increase devastation after disasters, expert warns: ‘It is really scary’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/05/trump-cuts-disaster-preparedness
Published: May 5, 2025 11:09
Layoffs and funding cuts to Fema and Noaa will hamstring emergency managers, warns professor Samantha MontanoThe Trump administration’s sweeping cuts to disaster management will cost American lives, with hollowed-out agencies unable to accurately predict,…
Green deputy launches leadership bid with UK ‘eco-populism’ vision
Published: May 5, 2025 05:00
Exclusive: Surprise challenger Zack Polanski says party can learn from success of Nigel Farage and Reform UKA leading Green has launched a surprise campaign to oust Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay as party leaders, saying the party needs to be less timid…
Labor must heed the warnings wrapped up in its election win. Young voters are crying out for action | Intifar Chowdhury
Published: May 5, 2025 02:11
Gen Z want the government to address the big structural problems: housing supply, inequality and climateAustralian federal election news LIVE – latest results and updatesLive results: federal election votes tracker, electorates map and seat countsI often…
Sweden’s Great Moose Migration live stream ends after 478 hours’ viewing
Published: May 4, 2025 22:26
Seventh season of hit ‘slow TV’ show followed annual trek of moose (or elk) heading to summer pasturesFor thousands of years, moose have crossed rivers, navigated thawing forests and quietly followed ancient trails toward their summer pastures in northern…
Cost of emissions from five major Australian resource companies more than $900bn, study finds
Published: May 4, 2025 15:00
US researchers link BHP, Rio Tinto, Santos, Whitehaven Coal and Woodside Energy to specific climate harms over three decadesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFive of Australia’s biggest fossil fuel producers could be on the hook…
Treasury threatens Defra with £4bn bill if Thames Water nationalised
Published: May 3, 2025 15:00
Exclusive: Treasury threat an example of ‘scare tactics’ to help force through private sector deal, sources suggestWhitehall officials have been at loggerheads over the fate of Thames Water since the Treasury told the environment department that it would…
Mexico factory that imports US toxic waste to relocate after Guardian report
Published: May 3, 2025 15:00
Zinc Nacional will move ‘most polluting’ operations after joint investigation found heavy-metals pollution in areaRevealed: US hazardous waste is sent to Mexico – where a ‘toxic cocktail’ of pollution emergesA factory processing US hazardous waste in…
A grizzly bear comeback in California? An old dream gets new legs
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/03/return-of-the-grizzly-california
Published: May 3, 2025 15:00
A feasibility report using historical maps and ecological data is raising excitement: ‘It would be a slow process’On the eve of the gold rush, California was teeming with grizzly bears – as many as 10,000 of them. They were so popular that the Bear Flag…
Scientific societies to do climate assessment after Trump administration dismissed authors
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/03/us-scientific-societies-climate-report
Published: May 3, 2025 14:00
Two groups join forces for peer-reviewed research after key contributors on Congress-mandated report dismissedTwo major US scientific societies have announced they will join forces to produce peer-reviewed research on the climate crisis’s impact days after…
Puerto Rico drops climate lawsuit after DoJ sues states to block threats to big oil
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/02/puerto-rico-climate-lawsuit-trump
Published: May 2, 2025 20:43
Territory’s voluntary move comes as Trump administration makes good on pledge to end lawsuits against oil and gasPuerto Rico has voluntarily dismissed its 2024 climate lawsuit against big oil, a Friday legal filing shows, just two days after the US justice…
Trump officials gut 25 centers that monitor flooding and drought in the US
Published: May 2, 2025 13:00
White House orders closure of USGS water science centers, which shares data with weather service for flood warningsThe Trump administration has ordered the closure of 25 scientific centers that monitor US waters for flooding and drought, and manage supply…
Revealed: Forecasts of greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels soar in Trump’s first 100 days
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/02/trump-drill-baby-drill-tariffs
Published: May 2, 2025 11:00
Tariff chaos hampers Trump’s pledge to ‘drill, baby, drill’, but analysis still shows surge in planet-heating emissions‘A ruthless agenda’: charting 100 days of Trump’s onslaught on the environmentDonald Trump’s ambitions for the US to “drill, baby, drill”…
‘Irreplaceable habitat’: planning bill raises fears for England’s chalk streams
Published: May 2, 2025 11:00
Environmentalists worry that the post-Brexit legislation will allow the destruction of rare and fragile ecosystems Walk along the gin-clear River Itchen in Hampshire and you might see otters, salmon, kingfishers and clouds of mayflies, all supported by the…
Labour’s planning bill threatens protected habitats, says environment watchdog
Published: May 2, 2025 10:15
Nature organisations say legislation would remove safeguards for nature and put protected sites at riskKeir Starmer’s planning bill has been criticised by the environment watchdog, which has warned that the draft of the legislation would remove safeguards…
Glut of early fruit and veg hits UK as climate change closes ‘hungry gap’
Published: May 2, 2025 09:20
Warm weather means strawberries, aubergines and tomatoes have come weeks earlier than expectedA glut of early strawberries, aubergines and tomatoes has hit Britain with the dry, warm weather eliminating the usual “hungry gap”, growers say.It has been a…
I went to an ancient rainforest with 90 artists and lived! Despite my endless cynicism I had a lovely time | First Dog on the Moon
Published: May 2, 2025 06:46
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Week in wildlife: a leopard cat, a vulture puppet and a hare playing hide and seek
Published: May 2, 2025 06:00
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‘World’s largest’ electric ship measuring 130 metres launched by Tasmanian boatbuilder
Published: May 2, 2025 05:05
Manufacturer Incat built Hull 096 to run between Buenos Aires and Uruguay, dubbing it the ‘most complex’ project it has ever undertakenAn Australian boatbuilder has launched what it describes as the world’s largest battery-power ship, describing it as a “a…
‘A win-win for farmers’: how flooding fields in north-west England could boost crops
Published: May 2, 2025 05:00
A ‘wetter farming’ project explores rehydrating peatland to help grow crops in boggier conditions while cutting CO2 emissions“I really don’t like the word ‘paludiculture’ – most people have no idea what it means,” Sarah Johnson says. “I prefer the term…
Sand groomers v turtles: how wildlife is falling foul of the demand for Insta-perfect beaches
Published: May 2, 2025 05:00
From the turtle-nesting beaches of Italy to Greek island bird havens, across the Mediterranean campaigners are fighting to protect habitats from tourists seeking a picture-perfect holidayIn the summer months in Puglia, southern Italy, the battle for the…
A climate election? The Coalition wants to take Australia backwards, while Labor is standing still | Clear Air
Published: May 2, 2025 04:12
Depending on where things end up after Saturday, the biggest climate push may come from the crossbenchElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; Election guide; Interactive seat explorerParty policies; Micro parties…
Dozens of homeless people living in national forest evicted by US Forest Service
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/01/homeless-evicted-forest-service-oregon-deschutes
Published: May 1, 2025 23:05
Service closing area in Oregon for wildfire prevention plan months after Trump order to increase timber productionDozens of homeless people who have been living in a national forest in central Oregon for years were being evicted on Thursday by the US…
Justice department sues Michigan and Hawaii over climate suits against big oil
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/01/justice-department-lawsuit-climate-hawaii-michigan
Published: May 1, 2025 20:59
DoJ says Clean Air Act creates program to oversee air pollution and ‘displaces’ states’ ability to regulate itThe US justice department on Wednesday filed lawsuits against Hawaii and Michigan over their planned legal action against fossil fuel companies…
Collapsing bird numbers in North America prompt fears of ecological crisis – research
Published: May 1, 2025 18:00
Study using citizen data finds three-quarters of nearly 500 species in decline, with steepest trend in areas where they once thrivedBird populations across North America are falling most quickly in areas where they are most abundant, according to new…
Planning bill could allow developers to build without replacing local nature
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/01/planning-bill-developers-nature-green-spaces
Published: May 1, 2025 17:50
Green spaces created to offset removal of others may not have to be in same county, sources at Defra sayHousing developers will be able to build on once-protected green spaces without having to replace the loss of nature in the nearby area, the Guardian…
Ben Jennings on the opposition to net zero – cartoon
Published: May 1, 2025 17:17
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Liberal-aligned thinktank running anti-Greens ads received $600,000 from coal industry in Queensland election
Published: May 1, 2025 15:00
The Australian Institute for Progress’s ‘Can you afford the Greens?’ ads claim minor party’s housing policies would lead to increased rentsPolls tracker; Election guide; Interactive seat explorerParty policies; Micro parties explained; Full election…
Labor and Coalition accused of being on fossil fuel ‘unity ticket’ as thermal coal exports hit record high
Published: May 1, 2025 15:00
Australia shipped 57m tonnes of coal for burning in overseas power plants between October and December last year, the most recorded for a three-month periodPolls tracker; Election guide; Interactive seat explorerParty policies; Micro parties explained;…
Drax abandons AGM after confrontation with green activists
Published: May 1, 2025 14:53
Between 10 and 20 protesters are forcibly removed after challenging the board about use of woody biomassThe owner of the Drax power station has abandoned its annual shareholder meeting after a confrontation with activists who staged a protest against…
Warmest start to May on record in UK as temperatures prompt wildfire warnings
Published: May 1, 2025 13:49
Police say open water swimming poses ‘hidden dangers’ as Kew Gardens, in south-west London, registers 28CThe UK has had the warmest start to May on record as temperatures continue to soar, prompting warnings of wildfires and the “hidden dangers” of open…
I worked with Tony Blair when he put climate at the heart of UK policy. He must not now undermine that | David King
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/01/tony-blair-climate-uk-policy-undermine
Published: May 1, 2025 12:26
I support the Climate Paradox report from the Tony Blair Institute, but his foreword risks compromising what must be achievedDavid King was chief scientific adviser to the UK government under Tony Blair, and is founder and chair of the global Climate…
Why unlimited green energy is closer than people think – video
Published: May 1, 2025 11:39
Most countries have no fossil fuel reserves, but no country in the world is without renewable energy resources. For a country such as Iceland, the world leader in renewables, this statement is clear to see. The island nation has made good use of its…
UK banks put £75bn into firms building climate-wrecking ‘carbon bombs’, study finds
Published: May 1, 2025 11:00
Exclusive: Britain is key financial hub for destructive fossil fuel mega-projects, according to researchBanks in the City of London have poured more than $100bn (£75bn) into companies developing “carbon bombs” – huge oil, gas and coal projects that would…
Trump has launched more attacks on the environment in 100 days than his entire first term
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/01/trump-air-climate-pollution-regulation-100-days
Published: May 1, 2025 11:00
Blitzkrieg has hit protections in place for land, oceans, forests and wildlife, and will worsen the climate crisis‘A ruthless agenda’: charting 100 days of Trump’s onslaught on the environmentDonald Trump has launched an unprecedented assault upon the…
‘A ruthless agenda’: charting 100 days of Trump’s onslaught on the environment
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/01/trump-100-days-climate-environment
Published: May 1, 2025 10:00
Guardian reporters map out how Trump is eviscerating efforts to protect the natural world – from ‘drill, baby, drill’ to mass firings100 days of Trump: inside Trump’s whirlwind start to his second termDonald Trump has never been mistaken for an…
Motorists abandon cars as 'worst wildfire in decades' rages near Jerusalem – video
Published: May 1, 2025 09:18
Police and military personnel were seen helping people evacuate the highway connecting Jerusalem to Tel Aviv as wildfires raged. Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, declared the situation a national emergency as the fire threatened to reach the…
Solar panels to be fitted on all new-build homes in England by 2027
Published: May 1, 2025 08:17
Government to press ahead with net zero plans as Keir Starmer rejects Tony Blair’s criticisms of climate policyAlmost all new homes in England will be fitted with solar panels during construction within two years, the government will announce after Keir…
Australians’ support for nuclear power ban rises despite Dutton’s best efforts to sell atomic future, survey finds
Published: May 1, 2025 07:14
Only one in two Liberal party voters are in favour of lifting the national ban, according to the National Climate Action SurveyElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; Election guide; Interactive seat explorerParty…
Arctic plant study reveals an ‘early warning sign’ of climate change upheaval
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/01/arctic-plant-study-warning-climate-change
Published: May 1, 2025 06:30
A warming tundra has seen unexpected shifts, raising the alarm about fragile ecosystems and those who rely on themScientists studying Arctic plants say the ecosystems that host life in some of the most inhospitable reaches of the planet are changing in…
Attenborough at 99: naturalist ‘goes further than before’ to speak out against industrial fishing in new film
Published: May 1, 2025 06:00
The celebrated presenter warns of ‘modern day colonialism at sea’ as he highlights the destruction caused by overfishing and bottom trawlingWhen David Attenborough’s Blue Planet II documentary aired eight years ago, its impact was so strong it was credited…
The BBC is utterly beholden to the right. Why else would it fear a podcast about heat pumps? | George Monbiot
Published: May 1, 2025 05:00
The broadcaster behaves like Starmer’s government: suppress the left, cave to your critics, and undermine your own survivalIt’s no longer even pretending. Last week, the BBC, already the UK’s most prolific censor, instructed the presenter Evan Davis to…
Downing Street forces Tony Blair to row back from net zero strategy criticism
Published: April 30, 2025 17:58
Labour politicians warn former PM had boosted Tory and Reform climate sceptics on the eve local electionsTony Blair has been forced by Downing Street to row back from his criticism of the government’s net zero strategy after furious Labour politicians…
The Guardian view on Labour and net zero politics: lean in and ignore bad advice | Editorial
Published: April 30, 2025 17:44
Sir Tony Blair’s ill-conceived contribution to the climate debate was a political gift to Nigel Farage. But public support for the green transition remains strongThe Climate Change Committee’s latest report on the UK’s response to unprecedented…
The Guardian view on Australia’s federal election: progressives must vote strategically
Published: April 30, 2025 15:00
Anthony Albanese has delivered steady, gradual reform – but a minority government might force Labor to push through bolder solutionsPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to…
One Nation candidate poised to help Coalition in handshake deal has railed against climate science and Covid ‘little Hitlers’
Published: April 30, 2025 15:00
Exclusive: Stuart Bonds could hand the Nationals the seat of Hunter thanks to a preference deal and ‘last minute’ change to how-to-vote cardsPolls tracker; Election guide; Interactive seat explorerParty policies; Micro parties explained; Full election…
It’s the anti net-zero, anti-woke Tony Blair – how was this man ever considered a progressive? | Zoe Williams
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/30/tony-blair-anti-net-zero-anti-woke-corporate
Published: April 30, 2025 14:59
The former PM has form when it comes to pushing corporate interests and meeting populists halfwayWhen Tony Blair came out this week to say current net zero policies were “doomed to fail”, there was something familiar in his arguments: phasing out fossil…
Equinor may take legal action after Trump administration halted US windfarm plan
Published: April 30, 2025 11:46
Norway’s state energy company’s $2.5bn project off coast of New York was almost a third finishedNorway’s state energy company may take Donald Trump’s administration to court after it ordered an “unprecedented” halt to a $2.5bn (£1.87bn) windfarm project…
Labour anger ‘palpable’ after Tony Blair’s intervention on government climate strategy – UK politics live
Published: April 30, 2025 10:10
The former prime minister called on the government to change course on climate change“All politics is local,” as the saying (normally attributed to the former US speaker of the House of Representatives Tip O’Neill) goes, and that explains what is happening…
Tony Blair risks sending absolutely wrong message, says climate expert
Published: April 30, 2025 09:39
Former PM also sparks Labour fury, with top MP accusing him of ‘handing talking points’ to Tories and ReformUK politics live – latest updatesTony Blair has come under criticism from climate experts after warning that any strategy relying on rapidly phasing…
Scientists hope sequencing genome of tiny ‘functionally extinct’ frog could help save it
Published: April 30, 2025 09:05
Corroboree frog belongs to 100m-year-old family of amphibians but is now found only in the puddles and peat bogs of Kosciuszko national parkScientists have sequenced the genome of the critically endangered southern corroboree frog – one of Australia’s most…
Common pesticide caused mass death of little corellas, NSW environment watchdog confirms
Published: April 30, 2025 07:00
EPA says toxicology tests after distressing March event detected fenitrothion – which is currently under review – in all dead birdsElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news…
‘Alarming’ bug splat decline on UK cars raises fears for flying insect numbers
Published: April 30, 2025 07:00
Annual survey of numberplates from more than 25,000 journeys reveals 63% fall in squashed bugs since 2021 The long-term decline in the number of flying insects being splattered on cars after a journey is well recognised by older drivers. But the latest…
Company supplying critical EV metal ‘did not disclose’ Erin Brockovich pollutant in drinking water
Published: April 30, 2025 06:00
Leaked documents indicate Harita, owner of key nickel mine in Indonesia, did not reveal water contaminationOne of Indonesia’s largest nickel-mining companies, which supplies a mineral critical to the global electric car industry, did not tell the public…
UK watchdog bans coffee pod ads over ‘misleading’ composting claims
Published: April 30, 2025 05:00
Advertising Standards Authority says neither Lavazza UK nor Dualit’s product can be recycled at homeDescriptions of coffee pods as “compostable eco capsules” were misleading as they could not be composted at home, the Advertising Standards Authority has…
India and Pakistan already sweltering in ‘new normal’ heatwave conditions
Published: April 30, 2025 04:00
Temperatures south Asians dread each year arrive early as experts talk of ever shorter transition to summer-like heatThe summer conditions south Asian countries dread each year have arrived alarmingly early, and it’s only April. Much of India and Pakistan…
Australia’s best photos of the month – April 2025
Published: April 30, 2025 01:00
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Labour not protecting people, economy and homes from climate crisis, watchdog says
Published: April 29, 2025 23:01
Plans to protect UK from extreme weather are inadequate, Climate Change Committee says in scathing assessmentLabour is putting people, the economy and the environment in increasing peril by failing to act on the effects of the climate crisis, the UK’s…
Fly-tippers’ vehicles to be crushed in bid to save England from ‘avalanche of rubbish’
Published: April 29, 2025 21:30
The scheme, part of policy blitz for local elections, will encourage councils and police forces to work togetherCouncils will be encouraged to work with police forces to seize and crush vehicles used by fly-tippers, in the latest phase of a government…
Trump’s assault on climate make UN talks an ‘uphill battle’, says Cop30 chair
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/30/trump-un-climate-change-crisis
Published: April 29, 2025 18:59
Environmental rollbacks and tariffs makes meeting challenging, says summit president André Corrêa do LagoCrucial United Nations climate talks this year will be a “slightly uphill battle” due to economic turmoil and Donald Trump’s removal of the US from the…
Trump dismisses contributors to key US report on climate crisis preparedness
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/29/trump-fires-climate-report-contributors
Published: April 29, 2025 16:06
The assessment, mandated by Congress, is used by federal and local governments to prep for climate disastersDonald Trump’s administration has dismissed all contributors to the US government’s flagship study on how to prepare for climate change impacts,…
Leaked document shows two threatened species could be wiped out at Middle Arm development site
Published: April 29, 2025 15:00
Exclusive: Conservation advocates say assessment shows controversial NT project ‘shouldn’t get past the starting gun’Get our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastTwo threatened mammal species could be wiped out at the site of a proposed…
Climate crisis could kill off Australian music festivals, report warns
Published: April 29, 2025 15:00
Exclusive: As they wait on latest weather forecasts, concert goers delay buying tickets. But this has caused some major events to cancelGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailMusic festivals are a threatened species that could die out if they fail to…
Climate plan based on phasing out fossil fuels doomed to fail, says Tony Blair
Published: April 29, 2025 13:42
Former PM claims net zero policies losing public support and says there should be greater focus on carbon captureUK politics live – latest updatesTony Blair has warned that any strategy based on phasing out fossil fuels in the short term or limiting…
Why effects of Michigan’s ice storm will linger for months, perhaps years
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/29/michigan-ice-storm-natural-disaster
Published: April 29, 2025 12:00
Climate experts say warming atmosphere from climate change could fuel severe freezing rain and ice storms like the one that hit the upper midwest last month Winter has been slow to release its icy grip from the upper midwest this year, and in northern…
Trump’s first 100 days supercharged a global ‘freefall of rights’, says Amnesty
Published: April 28, 2025 23:01
World now in era of repressive regimes’ impunity, climate inaction and unchecked corporate power, says reportThe first 100 days of Donald Trump’s presidency have “supercharged” a global rollback of human rights, pushing the world towards an authoritarian…
Trump administration’s budget cuts endanger Meals on Wheels: ‘life and death implications’
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/28/meals-on-wheels-cuts-trump-administration-hunger
Published: April 28, 2025 15:00
Trump team’s slashes to US health department threaten popular program that combats elder hunger and isolationThe Trump administration’s slashes to the Department of Health and Human Services is threatening Meals on Wheels, the popular program dedicated to…
‘Exploitative’ contracts and hazardous conditions: life for some of the immigrants cleaning up wildfire-stricken LA
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/28/la-wildfires-cleanup-hazards
Published: April 28, 2025 14:00
Advocates say workers risk their health and fear speaking out about conditions amid Trump’s immigration crackdownOn a sunny day in February three workers swept up the piles of ash left behind on an Altadena driveway from when the Eaton fire raged through…
Government ‘failing to support natural regeneration of trees in England’
Published: April 28, 2025 11:00
Campaigners say targets for woodland creation are unlikely to be met because 95% of grants are for plantingThe government is failing to support the natural regeneration of trees in England owing to an overwhelming focus on planting, campaigners have…
The missing lynx: how the rise of border walls has split up wildlife populations
Published: April 28, 2025 11:00
In an age of growing hostility to migrants, there are 10 times more barriers on borders than when the Berlin Wall fell. But as well as the human cost, animals are unintended victimsThe lynxes of the Białowieża forest once freely prowled through 1,420 sq km…
EV programs ignited the future for students – now Trump has made their career paths uncertain
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/28/ev-apprentice-programs-trump-clean-energy
Published: April 28, 2025 11:00
In Kansas, Panasonic and two community colleges scaled up training fast. But jobs in the EV industry could be affected by Trump’s war on clean energyIn a Kansas City classroom, 20 students were learning how basic circuit boards work. They fiddled with…
Sea bass in space: why fish farms on the moon may be closer than you think
Published: April 28, 2025 10:00
The Lunar Hatch project aims to blast eggs into space, hoping that aquaculture will provide protein for astronauts on missionsAt first glance, there doesn’t seem to be anything special about the sea bass circling around a tank in the small scientific…
How a solar storm could lead to a US nuclear disaster worse than Chornobyl | Mark Leyse
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/28/solar-storm-nuclear-disaster
Published: April 28, 2025 10:00
Solar storms as intense as a 1921 superstorm have the potential to cause a nightmare scenario – and we are unpreparedOn 14 May 1921, a powerful solar storm – called the New York Railroad storm – caused the northern lights to illuminate New York City’s…
Student rescued from Mount Fuji twice in one week
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/28/student-rescued-from-mount-fuji-twice-in-one-week
Published: April 28, 2025 09:09
Chinese national, 27, reportedly returned to Japan’s highest mountain days after first rescue to retrieve his phoneA university student has been rescued from the slopes of Mount Fuji twice in the space of a week – the second time during an attempt to…
Hello freedom fans! Ian the climate denialist potato is back – the REAL enemy is renewables! | First Dog on the Moon
Published: April 28, 2025 06:35
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The toxins around us threaten our fertility. Black families face an outsize risk
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/27/black-families-health-fertility
Published: April 27, 2025 16:00
My fear growing up was gun violence. But a bigger threat to my body may have come from an invisible villainEveryone experiences a moment that shapes who they are – a moment when childhood innocence is lost, and the burdens and traumas of the world become…
Pro-gas group with link to Liberal party referred to ACCC over alleged misleading claims
Published: April 27, 2025 15:00
Integrity organisation claims Australians for Natural Gas overstates role of gas in economy and failed to disclose directors’ links to industry on websitePolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive…
Trump order to loosen fishing regulations poses major risks, experts warn
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/27/trump-fishing-regulation-order-pacific-islands
Published: April 27, 2025 12:00
Conservationists fear fallout from president’s proclamation on fishing in federally protected area of Pacific OceanEnvironmental conservation groups are expressing major concerns over Donald Trump’s recent proclamation to reverse fishing regulations across…
Fears Trump’s deep-sea mining order will irreparably harm ecosystems
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/26/trump-deep-sea-mining
Published: April 26, 2025 12:30
Environment groups say Thursday order ignores effort to adopt rules to prevent harmful mining of ocean floorEnvironmental groups are decrying an executive order signed by Donald Trump to expedite deep-sea mining for minerals, saying it could irreparably…
London councils yet to spend £130m in local climate funds
Published: April 26, 2025 12:00
Exclusive: Local authorities have spent less than £40m out of £170m collected since offsetting scheme began in 2016‘Smart, green thinking’: four innovative London council carbon-offset projectsLondon councils are sitting on more than £130m that should be…
How space exploration can improve life on Earth | Leigh Phillips
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/ng-interactive/2025/apr/26/space-exploration-life-on-earth
Published: April 26, 2025 10:00
There is a cynical, ‘anti-space’ ideology emerging, especially on some parts of the left. But this is misguidedJohn F Kennedy once called space-faring “the most hazardous and dangerous and greatest adventure on which Man has ever embarked”. We go to space…
More than 100 landfills in England may be leaching ‘highly hazardous’ waste
Published: April 26, 2025 05:00
Inadequate record keeping means councils do not know whether former waste sites contain toxic substancesMore than 100 old landfills in England that may be contaminated with toxic substances have flooded since 2000, potentially posing a serious safety risk,…
Pacific island states urge rich countries to expedite plans to cut emissions
Published: April 26, 2025 04:00
Developed countries pressed to submit national plans well before Cop30 as time runs out to avoid 1.5C temperature riseRich countries are dragging their feet on producing new plans to combat the climate crisis, thereby putting the poor into greater danger,…
Six things we learned about the future of energy security at UK summit
Published: April 25, 2025 18:32
Critical minerals, nuclear power and the ‘weaponisation’ of energy supplies were discussed at international conferenceThe UK and the International Energy Agency gathered ministers and high-level officials from 60 countries to Lancaster House in London for…
Britain will find ‘common ground’ with US on energy policy, says Miliband
Published: April 25, 2025 15:52
Energy secretary says countries must work together during conference at which US delegate called net zero ‘dangerous’Britain will find “common ground” with the US on energy and the economy including on nuclear power, despite differences over climate…
‘A sweeping catastrophe’: 20 years after Hurricane Katrina, a photo exhibit honors Mississippi victims
Published: April 25, 2025 14:00
Hurricane Katrina: Mississippi Remembers captures the grief and resilience of survivors in the Magnolia stateTwenty years ago this August, the United States Gulf coast was irrevocably changed when Hurricane Katrina, one of the deadliest and costliest…
Week in wildlife: wild ponies, a playful jaguar and penguin chicks taking their first swim
Published: April 25, 2025 06:00
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Drax needs a better policeman
Published: April 25, 2025 04:01
Public confidence in the UK biomass industry is low – robust checks are needed to ensure every wood pellet its power plant burns is sustainableEven government ministers sounded embarrassed in February when they threw yet more subsidies at Drax, recipient…
Lifesize herd of puppet animals begins climate action journey from Africa to Arctic Circle
Published: April 25, 2025 04:00
The Herds project from the team behind Little Amal will travel 20,000km taking its message on environmental crisis across the worldHundreds of life-size animal puppets have begun a 20,000km (12,400 mile) journey from central Africa to the Arctic Circle as…
Elon Musk’s xAI accused of pollution over Memphis supercomputer
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/24/elon-musk-xai-memphis
Published: April 25, 2025 02:09
Hearing scheduled for Friday as residents receive anonymous leaflets that downplay pollution dangersElon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is stirring controversy in Memphis, Tennessee. That’s where he’s building a massive supercomputer to power his…
MPs question value of billions in subsidies granted to Drax power plant
Published: April 24, 2025 23:01
Spending watchdog warns £6.5bn in funding may not offer value for public money amid ongoing sustainability concernsA government spending watchdog has questioned the value of the multi-billion pound subsidies granted to the Drax power plant in North…
UK spending watchdog censures water firms and regulators over sewage failings
Published: April 24, 2025 23:00
NAO finds regulatory gaps have enabled overspending on infrastructure building while not improving sewage worksWater companies have been getting away with failures to improve sewage works and overspending because of regulatory problems, a damning report by…
Only three people ever prosecuted for covering up England’s illegal sewage spills
Published: April 24, 2025 21:30
Employees of water firms who obstruct investigations into spills could face jail under new rules that come into force on FridayWater company bosses have entirely escaped punishment for covering up illegal sewage spills, government figures show, as…
Britain will accelerate push to net zero, Starmer tells energy summit
Published: April 24, 2025 18:22
Speech made clear prime minister sees renewable energy as core to UK’s future prosperity and national securityBritain will go “all out” for a low-carbon future and accelerate the push to net zero instead of slowing down as some have demanded, the prime…
Trump denies aid for Arkansas after storms that killed more than 40 people
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/24/trump-denies-aid-arkansas-tornados
Published: April 24, 2025 18:20
Latest denial of disaster funding comes as Trump has repeatedly stated he wants to eliminate FemaUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump has denied federal disaster relief funds to the people of Arkansas, which saw dozens of people die from a series…
Forestry Commission investigates felling of ancient Enfield oak
Published: April 24, 2025 18:05
Minister says incident ‘opened up a nerve in the country’ as new questions raised over ownership of land it stood onThe Forestry Commission has started an investigation into the controversial felling of an ancient oak near a Toby Carvery car park in north…
Green groups decry plan to list world’s biggest meatpacking company on NYSE
Published: April 24, 2025 15:10
Critics fear decision to list Brazil-based firm JBS, long linked to Amazon’s deforestation, will add to the climate crisisEnvironmental groups are outraged that the world’s biggest meatpacking company, JBS, which has long been linked to Amazon’s…
US interior agency to fast track permits for fossil fuel and mining projects
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/24/interior-agency-fossil-fuel-mining-permits
Published: April 24, 2025 13:45
Department cites Trump’s ‘energy emergency’ declaration to expedite permissions from multiple years to 28 daysUS politics live – latest updatesThe US interior department has announced plans to radically fast track permitting for projects involving fossil…
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