theguardian.comadded August 2026
Environment | The Guardianby Michael Sainato21d ago
For 38 years, Josh Armes worked as a coal miner in West Virginia and Virginia. After retirement, Armes, 74, of Grundy, Virginia, was diagnosed with black lung disease, medically known as coal...
Environment | The Guardianby Petra Stock22d ago
Thousands of sea dragons, pipefishes and seahorses died during South Australia’s devastating algal bloom, in what ecologists say is the worst mass mortality event for the fish family globally.
Environment | The Guardianby Debbie Carlson23d ago
Wheat prices are at their highest level in three years, which means farmer Merrill Nielsen should be getting more for his crops out of his 2,500-acre (1,010-hectare) Kansas farm.
Environment | The Guardianby Sandra Laville Environment correspondent24d ago
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 off talks with the US hedge funds who are...
Environment | The Guardianby Maya Yang24d ago
More than 1,600 critically imperiled species protected under the US Endangered Species Act (ESA) face losing further federal protections following a new reinterpretation of the 1973 law by the...
Environment | The Guardianby Ben Tracy for Climate Central24d ago
The 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 paper rolls.
Environment | The Guardianby Moira Donegan25d ago
You 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 are coalminers.
Environment | The Guardianby Oliver Milman and Sara Sneath25d ago
In allowing US power plants to emit any amount of planet-heating pollution they wish to, the Trump administration made two striking claims – that this will cut Americans’ electricity bills and that...
Environment | The Guardianby Pippa Neill Environment reporter25d ago
Microplastics act like a “Trojan horse” delivering pollutants, pesticides and bacteria through the soil, a five-year multinational research project has found.
Environment | The Guardianby Gabrielle Canon26d ago
Firefighters battling enormous wildfires in the United States say the federal government is failing them at a time when supercharged blazes have made their jobs exponentially more dangerous.
Environment | The Guardianby Reuters26d ago
A federal judge on Tuesday said more than 20 defendants including 3M, DuPont and Honeywell must face claims by Connecticut firefighters who said their protective gear was contaminated by toxic...
Environment | The Guardianby Sara Sneath26d ago
The energy portfolios of 20 private equity firms produce 1.5bn tons of greenhouse gases a year, more than the annual emissions of any country except China, the US, India and Russia, according to a...
Environment | The Guardianby Alex Daniel27d ago
The North Sea oil and gas industry has called on Labour to scrap the windfall tax on fossil fuel firms three years early, as Britain heads into a winter with energy bills expected to reach their...
Environment | The Guardianby Sandra Laville27d ago
The ancient craft of hedge laying is experiencing a strong revival as farmers use techniques that peaked in the 18th and 19th centuries to boost wildlife, capture carbon and help tackle flooding.
Environment | The Guardianby Nick Rowley27d ago
Back in April 2004, in the shadow of the previous European summer, I started work at Downing Street advising the British prime minister on climate change.
Environment | The Guardianby Maya Yang27d ago
A 13-year-old Maryland boy is reported to be recovering from multiple surgeries and nerve damage after being attacked by a rabid beaver.
Environment | The Guardianby Sara Sneath29d ago
Silicosis is one of the oldest workplace hazards and public health experts have known for decades how to prevent it.
Environment | The Guardianby Mark Sweney11 Sept 2026
More than 120 organisations including big businesses and charities have called for the removal of “hidden taxes” added to energy bills to help reduce costs for consumers and prevent businesses...
Environment | The Guardianby Adam Morton Climate and environment editor10 Sept 2026
A controversial plan to allow big industry to use a new koala national park in New South Wales to offset its climate pollution is expected to go ahead after the Greens reached a deal with Labor...
Environment | The Guardianby Donna Lu9 Sept 2026
When grazier Peter Lake moved to the Clarence Valley in the New South Wales northern rivers region in 2007, he knew was “buying in flood country with … eyes open”.
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