‘Should we leave them to die?’ The battle over how to save orangutans from the curse of palm oil www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...

Renewables are unstoppable. BNEF's New Energy Outlook for this year says solar is set to be the biggest source of electricity in 2032 and wind will be second biggest in 2034. Both coal and gas displaced from those thrones. This is the business-as-usual scenario. 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Great little story. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act.

An undercover video at a Maine salmon farm, sent to the Guardian, shows staff hitting fish with poles and admitting to giving them contaminated feed. Some fish showed signs of infection. It comes as the Trump admin seeks to supersize fish farming in the US. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Irresponsible’: backlash as Utah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattan www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

‘Thanks, or just a voucher is fine’

This isn’t a garden shed - it’s the main train station for a metropolitan area of 7 million people, in one of the fastest growing cities in the US. It gets three trains *a week*

I wrote about how far the US has fallen behind the world on public transport, which involved witnessing the saddest train station I've ever seen (in Houston) www.theguardian.com/environment/...?

Must read on why US citizens being unfairly deprived of the convenience and boon that is rail travel, by @olliemilman.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The process of relocating people from New Orleans should start immediately, as the city has reached a “point of no return” that will see it surrounded by the ocean within decades due to the climate crisis, a stark new study has concluded. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

‘Historic breakthrough’: Colombia climate talks end with hopes raised for fossil fuel phaseout www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I went to North Carolina's eroding coast where dozens of homes recently fell spectacularly into the sea. Some people are now raising homes onto wheels and moving them in a bid to save them. Experts call this an omen for the world amid quickening sea level rise. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

20th C: Beach houses on stilts 21st C: Beach houses on wheels

this story has the *perfect* picture www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Donald Trump has tried to crush US clean energy. But it's not going to plan. Renewables surpassed gas last month, while 93% of grid additions will be clean in 2026. “They can try and delay it," one exec said. "But...renewables and storage have won.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Bonobos enjoy pretend tea parties and chimps think rationally: why apes are more like us than we ever thought www.theguardian.com/environment/...

latest by me - Sperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study finds. One of the researchers said the similarities are a "humbling moment" for our belief we possess uniquely rich communication. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Inside a jubilant DC conference where ‘the climate deniers are in charge now’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

in no other profession can you openly say 'I'm not qualified for this role, I dislike everyone who is' in the interview and then 'I'm useless at my job' when you do get hired.

I think the main problem with mainstream political journalism these days is the credibility given to clearly preposterous people

Emperor penguins the latest species to be listed as in danger of extinction due to the climate crisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I spoke to a man who allowed himself to be bitten 200 times by snakes. He nearly lost a leg and some fingers, slipped into a coma for a while. There was a reason for this though - to develop an immunity and help create a universal anti-venom www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I wrote about what could end up being a deliberate decision to extinct a whale species www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Imagine basing the entire viability of your music festival on the availability of an artist who released a song called 'Heil Hitler' less than a year ago

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will.” Look, I don't want to rule him out but you have to wonder if he will get back to back FIFA Peace Prizes at this rate.

I can’t believe there are really people like this

good news exists! www.theguardian.com/environment/...?

$10 trillion - the amount of economic damage the US has inflicted upon the world since 1990 due to its planet-heating emissions. A quarter of this damage was done to itself, according to a new research paper. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Spain Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez: "Trump is someone who will set the world on fire and then blame smoke caused by that. He has been wrong for 18 days of war. I urge everyone to call him out"

God, this is amazing. I wish a single US city had this vision or courage.

The first week of Iran war cost the US taxpayer $11.3bn. This could fund, for a whole year - - The EPA - or the CDC - or all federal cancer research - or all federal science research The cost of the war has raised stark questions about US priorities. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I went inside Colossal Biosciences, the much-hyped company that says it's resurrecting the dodo, woolly mammoth and other extinct species. The CEO says he doesn't mind comparisons to Jurassic Park as the movie "did a lot more right than did wrong.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

“They are also lying! Like the regime has been lying to us,” said Amir*, a student at the University of Tehran. “You are all worse than each other.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

National Science Foundation: $9 billion total in FY2026

"We started a war of aggression for no reason & commenced it by accidentally bombing an elementary school & killing over 100 kids." That simple fact is so horrific that it's just kind of bouncing on the surface of our collective consciousness. We can't absorb its full implications & significance.

probably the first time a World Cup host has said that the lives of a certain team might be at risk if they take part. Certainly the first time a FIFA peace prize winner has said this www.theguardian.com/football/202...

You have to make sacrifices for the very clear and articulated objectives of our War in Iran that is also not a war that we’ve also already won

Every single professional journalist who uses the phrases “Department of War” or “Secretary of War” without scare quotes should be lined up on a public viewing stage and bopped on the head with a giant inflatable hammer that says DUMB DUMB on the handle and makes fart sounds.

SHOULD THE U.S BLOT OUT THE SUN AND USHER IN AN AGE OF ETERNAL DARKNESS? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26 NO - 41% YES - 38% UNSURE - 21%

"The co‑host of the Fifa World Cup finals this summer is currently bombing one of its participating nations. The co‑host of the tournament has murdered the head of state of the third‑ranked team in Group G." www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Eisenhower

This reminds me of that Frankie Boyle joke about how Americans not only come to your country and kill your people, they also come back twenty years later to make a movie about how killing your people made their soldiers sad.

Just wait until FIFA and the Board of Peace hear of all this!

"A Gallup poll last year found 40% of American women, ages 15-44, would like to permanently move overseas, if possible. By comparison, in 2023, the same pollster found that a slightly smaller proportion of sub-Saharan Africans—37%—wished to do the same." www.wsj.com/us-news/amer...

it's molting season for RFK Jr

It’s ski season in NYC

Guardian US is hiring a new climate justice reporter. If you think you are able to join me and Dharna in covering the most important beat on this unusual planet of ours, the job listing is here workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...

“Exposure to nature can lower our blood pressure, slash the risk of diabetes, improve our mental health & treat ADHD in a way that’s similar to a dose of Ritalin,” @olliemilman.bsky.social writes. What could it do on a larger scale for society as a whole? #nature #society #wellness

I truly feel sorry for every American smart enough to realize that this makes the United States look like the dumbest nation on the planet.