We already know what happens when a government guts insulation and clean energy programmes. It cost households billions in higher bills, and delays the transition to a cheaper and greener energy system. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Brazil’s meat industry is mounting a campaign to convince the world it can produce beef with low carbon emissions www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Powerful farming interests in Brazil, backed by a group of Brazilian politicians, are pushing to overturn a ban on growing soya on recently deforested land in the Amazon www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Bayer's sponsorship of the agriculture pavilion at COP30 is "a golden opportunity to greenwash its image" says @corporateeurope.org

Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber every single country's delegation at this year's Cop30 climate negotiations, apart from the host Brazil www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"When a fire is really big, all the animals find this small spot where it’s not burning. Then it burns and they all die together." A heartbreaking story of climate breakdown from where the #COP30 talks are taking place. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I'm tracking how minerals needed for the energy transition are finally making it into the UN climate talks at #COP30 in Belém. This is mostly happening under negotiations to ensure that the shift from fossil fuels to clean energy is fair, sustainable and doesn't foster new social injustices. 🧵

An influential team called the Independent High-Level Expert Group on Climate Finance has laid out what it calls an "entirely feasible path" to mobilising $1.3tn by 2035. This was the aspirational goal agreed at last year's COP. Half of the finance in their pathway comes from the private sector.

The world is expected to build more renewable energy projects in the next five years than in the previous 40, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency. Despite the green backlash, the transition is now inevitable, it says. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Almost half a billion people now live within 1km of fossil fuel sites, such as drilling wells, processing plants or pipelines. Such proximity can increase health risks such as from cancer, respiratory conditions and heart disease. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Bayer - sponsor of the "Agrizone" at COP30 - also sponsors a podcast which in 2023 interviewed a notorious climate change denier On the episode, Luiz Carlos Molion says the IPCC spreads “climate terrorism” and CO2's effect is too small to measure. More: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/11/11/c...

NEW: The "Agrizone" at COP30 is supposed to be a showcase for sustainable agriculture 🌳 But its sponsors are powerful agribusiness interests linked to deforestation and anti-conservation lobbying who have paid for visibility and "image gain" Read more 👇:

🔴 NEW 🔴 Mapped: Big Food’s Routes to Influence at COP30 Interactive map shows the food & farming corporations, trade groups and initiatives at COP30 in Brazil and how these are set to navigate the summit 📝 @rachelsherrington.bsky.social & Gil Alessi👇 www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/m...

As part of its pivot away from renewable energy, Shell has abandoned plans for offshore wind projects off the coast of Scotland www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NEW: The "Agrizone" at COP30 is supposed to be a showcase for sustainable agriculture 🌳 But its sponsors are powerful agribusiness interests linked to deforestation and anti-conservation lobbying who have paid for visibility and "image gain" Read more 👇:

• Power sector emissions were flat, even as demand growth accelerated • Solar grew by 46% and wind by 11% year-on-year • Oil emissions in the transport sector fell by 5% in the third quarter, but grew elsewhere due to the production of plastics and chemicals www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...

Leather bags from fashion brand Coach allegedly made from the hides of cows illegally ranched on deforested land in Brazil, an Earthsight investigation reveals. www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

The US is set to approve a new 'forever chemical' pesticide ingredient, which if approved, would be sprayed on corn, soybeans and wheat. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

More than 5,000 fossil fuel lobbyists were given access to last four COP summits, new research reveals.

The latest in horrifying extreme weather events: dust storms that darken skies, cause car accidents and spread disease

Johnson is the third former PM, after Theresa May and John Major, to criticise the Tories for speaking out against net zero.

The government hopes that building a set of new towns within a national forest will show it can build homes en masse while protecting nature www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The chancellor is looking to cut fees that fund energy efficient homes in order to pay for lowering energy bills. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

“This sends a really bad signal to the world. It’s impossible to imagine a worse moment for this” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/w...

Four years ago, more than 100 countries pledged to end deforestation by 2030. How is the world doing now? "Not great," said one expert www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

UK govt officials have asked oil & gas firms how much they could invest in the country if the windfall tax was scrapped four years early www.politico.eu/article/uk-t...

$1 of every $35 was spent on just transition-aligned projects Those schemes received just $630m over more than a decade, which is less than the amount that tech billionaire Jeff Bezos shelled out for his superyacht www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Efforts to set binding global rules to cut greenhouse gases from shipping - responsible for 3% of emissions - have been derailed for a year www.politico.eu/article/us-d...

Landslides and floods caused by torrential downpours have killed 64 in India and Nepal www.france24.com/en/live-news...

223 projects, including battery plants, upgrades to the electricity grid & hydrogen technology projects have been terminated - all in states that voted for Kamala Harris www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Most Conservative party members oppose Kemi Badenoch's pledge to scrap net zero legislation - according to a survey by Queen Mary university www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Global heating means annual drought losses across Europe could reach €17.5bn www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The report warns that: - 80% of protected habitats are in a poor or bad state - The EU’s “carbon sink” has declined by 30% in a decade, due to logging, wildfires & pests - Water stress already affects one in three Europeans www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Revealed: The EU's export trade in banned pesticides has expanded dramatically in the past half-decade, despite the European Commission's promises to put an end to it New investigation from Unearthed and Public Eye: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/09/23/e...

As President Trump visits the prime minister at Chequers, our latest investigation reveals his golf course in Scotland has repeatedly breached sewage contamination limits unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/09/17/t...

Donald Trump’s Aberdeenshire golf course has breached sewage contamination limits 14 times since 2019 according to data obtained by Unearthed unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/09/17/t...

Trump's golf course in Aberdeenshire was billed as "one of the most environmentally friendly and sustainable courses ever built”. Our latest investigation found that it has repeatedly breached sewage contamination limits unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/09/17/t...

Trump's golf course in Aberdeenshire was billed as "one of the most environmentally friendly and sustainable courses ever built”. Our latest investigation found that it has repeatedly breached sewage contamination limits unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/09/17/t...

As Trump visits the king & protestors march through London, we obtained data showing that the president's Scottish golf course repeatedly breached sewage contamination limits My latest for @unearthednews.bsky.social unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/09/17/t...

As President Trump visits the king at Windsor Castle, our new investigation reveals his golf course in Scotland has repeatedly breached sewage contamination limits unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/09/17/t...

Rachel Reeves is drawing up plans to reduce household energy bills by cutting VAT on energy www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

NATO nations are expanding their militaries and it could see greenhouse gases rise by as much as Brazil's annual emissions. Brazil is the fifth largest emitter in the world. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The US and UK are signing a deal to halve the time required to get approval from regulators for new nuclear power stations. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Four million people in Pakistan have been affected by the recent flooding. Experts say that global warming has worsened monsoon rains. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/...

People living in the most polluted areas of the UK are 27% more likely to experience heart failure than those living in the areas with the cleanest air www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The UK could experience drought & flooding at the same time, according to the Environment Agency www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

'Reform curious' voters don't want fracking in their local area, new polling reveals. But Unearthed analysis shows fracking drive would begin in Reform heartlands unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/09/05/r...

'Reform curious' voters don't want fracking in their local area, new polling reveals. But Unearthed analysis shows fracking drive would begin in Reform heartlands unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/09/05/r...

NEW | Mapping analysis and fresh polling show that Reform UK's pro-fracking stance is a headache for winning over swing voters unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/09/05/r...