Grizzly reality: US states grapple with uptick in encounters between bears and humans
Environment | The Guardianby Eric Berger·14d ago
Dan Thompson, supervisor of the large carnivore section of the Wyoming game and fish department, enjoys the field work of capturing mountain lions, wolves, black bears and grizzly bears to study...
New Jersey datacenter fined $1.1m after visual investigation showed dozens of unpermitted generators
Environment | The Guardianby Evan Simon and Brad Racino of Floodlight·16d ago
New Jersey regulators issued their largest-ever fine against a datacenter on Tuesday following a recent Floodlight investigation with the Guardian that found DataOne’s facility in Vineland...
‘Robust little’ vessel begins treacherous 22,000km journey around Antarctica in the name of climate science
Environment | The Guardianby Petra Stock·16d ago
A small uncrewed vessel has embarked on a lap around Antarctica and may not return for months. The seven-metre craft, which looks like a large kayak in hi-vis orange, is expected to travel about...
Revealed: the undisclosed safety data emerging as weedkiller maker faces Parkinson’s lawsuits in US
Environment | The Guardianby Carey Gillam·16d ago
Sweden started ringing the alarm bell more than 20 years ago, calling for a ban on the weedkilling chemical paraquat in 2004.
Friday briefing: How a grassroots film is turning climate anxiety into action
Environment | The Guardianby Libby Brooks·17d ago
Good morning. Here we are, stumbling into an oddly warm autumn and with the aftermath of a ceaselessly dry summer all around us in our parched parks and fire-ravaged forests.
Gavin Newsom condemns Democrats’ ‘climate hushing’, predicts Trump’s downfall and expects AOC to run in 2028
Environment | The Guardianby Mark Hertsgaard·17d ago
It’s a mistake for Democratic politicians not to talk about climate change, and the reason they don’t is “because they don’t know how to talk about it”, the California governor, Gavin Newsom, said...
‘Cash to trash’ levy on house developers too low to offset damage to Norfolk Broads, say critics
Environment | The Guardianby Sandra Laville·18d ago
A new levy on developers to allow almost 16,000 homes to be built in the environmentally protected Norfolk Broads has been cut by tens of thousands of pounds per house, the Guardian can reveal.
Germany pledges to phase out fossil fuels for first time with target of 2045
Environment | The Guardianby Fiona Harvey Environment editor·18d ago
Europe’s biggest economy, Germany, has committed to phasing out fossil fuels by 2045, despite fierce debate about its green policies.
At Climate Week, Elmo recalls a storm on Sesame Street: ‘Courage is when you still help others’
Environment | The Guardianby Oliver Milman in New York·18d ago
A generation of political leaders has failed to galvanize sufficient action on the climate crisis for so long now that it was perhaps little surprise that an audience in New York City turned to a...
Our message to global leaders: we need solar power everywhere by the decade’s end | Open letter
Environment | The Guardianby Open letter·18d ago
We the undersigned write this letter out of great fear and great hope. Over the last few months, we’ve seen the world set ablaze by both war and warming.
Fears mount that next UN chief will downgrade climate action
Environment | The Guardianby Fiona Harvey Environment editor·19d ago
Fears are mounting that the next UN secretary general will downgrade the priority of the climate crisis, according to climate and civil society experts.
Outgoing UN chief says polluters have treated atmosphere like an ‘open sewer’
Environment | The Guardianby Oliver Milman in New York·19d ago
For one last time, António Guterres tried to fix the world’s gaze upon the dangerously escalating climate crisis.
‘Worse than the scramble for Oasis tickets’: England’s sustainable farming funds run out in just six hours
Environment | The Guardianby Pippa Neill Environment reporter·19d ago
Thousands of farmers have been left empty-handed with the government’s 2026 nature funding spent in just six hours.
Could you be an ‘autumn spotter’? Public asked to track changing colours of trees in England
Environment | The Guardianby Matthew Pearce·19d ago
The reds and golds of autumn leaves may be beginning to appear, but exactly when the season arrives is not always as predictable as the calendar might suggest.
Wasp spider seen in north of England latest ‘climate refugee’ amid global heating
Environment | The Guardianby Donna Ferguson·19d ago
She is an unlikely harbinger of the climate emergency: a venomous black and yellow spider who spins mysterious patterns in her webs and eats her mates for breakfast.
Intergenerational report underplays effect of climate crisis on Australia’s future, experts say
Environment | The Guardianby Donna Lu Assistant editor, climate, environment and science·20d ago
An Australian government snapshot of life in 40 years has been sharply criticised for underplaying the economic and social damage expected due to the worsening climate crisis.
Solar and wind generation meet record 80% of power demand on Australia’s national grid
Environment | The Guardianby Petra Stock·20d ago
Sunshine and wind met 80.4% of demand on Australia’s main power grid on Saturday, setting a new high bar for renewable electricity.
‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn
Environment | The Guardianby Oliver Milman·20d ago
The planetary life support systems relied upon by humans have deteriorated to their worst levels ever recorded amid ongoing pollution and habitat destruction, according to a key yet grim annual...
Millions of dollars in funding but still no plan: can Quebec save its caribou from extinction?
Environment | The Guardianby Danielle Beurteaux·20d ago
The caribou of Quebec are at breaking point. The province, home to 15% of Canada’s population of woodland caribou, has seen numbers crash to about half of what they were a decade ago.
‘Incredibly encouraging’: healing the scars of traditional anchors in Dorset’s seagrass meadows
Environment | The Guardianby Steven Morris·20d ago
One of the UK’s most precious underwater habitats – Dorset’s seagrass meadows – is recovering thanks to “eco moorings” designed to prevent the seabed being ripped up, a study has revealed.
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