New drone unit to investigate illegal waste dumping across England - Government announces tougher measures to tackle unlicensed sites as ‘prolific waste criminal’ is ordered to pay £1.4m www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Extreme heat lab: Enduring the climate of the future - @readfearn.bsky.social enters a simulation to investigate how heatwaves affect the human body #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Review of how “minimising the magnitude and duration” of overshooting 1.5C could decrease the risk of surpassing climate tipping points #climatecrisis HT @carbonbrief.org iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Trump's campaign to win the 20th century continues .... - US succeeds in erasing climate from global energy body’s priorities - Trump’s energy chief had threatened to leave the International Energy Agency if it continued to focus on climate #climatecrisis www.politico.eu/article/us-s...

‘They pushed so many lies about recycling’: the fight to stop big oil pumping billions more into plastics Interview with @bethgardiner.bsky.social - author of new book Plastic Inc. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Beef and lamb get 580 times more in EU subsidies than legumes, study finds - Report says common agricultural policy provides ‘unfair’ levels of support to unhealthy, meat-heavy diets #meat Story by Ajit Niranjan www.theguardian.com/environment/...

MPs in call to halt Drax’s £2m-a-day subsidy over sustainability doubts - Cross-party group ‘deeply concerned’ power plant may have misled ministers and regulators over source of wood pellets Story by Jillian Ambrose www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Plug-in hybrids use three times more fuel than manufacturers claim, analysis finds #EVs www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Some good news .... Amazon deforestation on pace to be the lowest on record, says Brazil Story by @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social HT @carbonbrief.org news.mongabay.com/2026/02/amaz...

British fruit and veg treated with ‘toxic’ #pesticides - Ten substances linked to medical issues including infertility are no longer allowed in the EU, but continue to be sprayed on UK crops Story by @adamvaughan.bsky.social and @unearthednews.bsky.social (£) www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

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Why rivers in the far north are turning orange - brightly coloured waterways in the Arctic are a sign that permafrost is thawing, with potentially hazardous consequences #climatecrisis www.ft.com/content/2ffa...

The scale of #solar farms in China is mindblowing ... and they are planning to double it #electrostate HT @carbonbrief.org www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

Coffee-growing countries becoming too hot to cultivate beans, analysis finds - Five countries responsible for 75% of world’s coffee supply record average of 57 extra days of coffee-harming heat a year due to the #climatecrisis Analysis by @climatecentral.org www.theguardian.com/environment/...

One in nine new homes in England built in areas of flood risk, study shows - Figures from Aviva also show number of homes being built in risky areas is rising This is despite crystal clear evidence that UK winters are getting wetter due to the #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Bayer agrees to pay $7.25bn to settle Roundup weedkiller cancer lawsuits in US - Thousands accuse the pesticide maker of failing to warn people that its weedkiller #glyphosate could cause cancer www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Excruciating tropical disease can now be transmitted in most of Europe, study finds - ‘Shocking’ data shows the climate crisis and invasive mosquitos mean #chikungunya could spread in 29 countries #climatecrisis Story by me www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

INTERVIEW: Chris Stark (@chrisstark.bsky.social), head of UK govt's "mission" for clean power by 2030 Over 40 mins he explains why the UK shd be an "electrostate", why attacks on climate policy are "completely crazy" & why economics are driving the global energy transition “in one direction”

France issues red flood alerts after ‘exceptional’ rainfall Climate experts "have been warning us for a long time that events like this will happen more often - in fact, tomorrow has arrived”, says minister #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

An El Niño is brewing. And with it the next, pivotal, chapter of the climate fight. @billmckibben.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...

Claims that #AI can help fix climate dismissed as greenwashing - Most claims refer to machine learning and not the energy-hungry chatbots and image generation tools #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

‘Daunting but doable’: Europe urged to prepare for 3C of global heating - Advisory board member says Europe already paying price for lack of preparation but adapting is ‘not rocket science’ #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

- @theguardian.com view on Donald Trump and the #climatecrisis: the US is in reverse while China ploughs ahead www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

China’s Yangtze River shows signs of remarkable recovery after fishing ban - the most positive freshwater conservation story in the world in 20 years, says one veteran biologist Story by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

National security plans must adapt to avoid ‘new world disorder’, says UN climate chief - Simon Stiell tells audience in Cop31 host nation Turkey that climate extremes are fuelling famine, displacement and war #climatecrisis Story by @fionaharvey.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The energy department, run by Ed Miliband, has admitted that it cannot name a single national park where regulations are holding up nuclear projects, despite a review urging that protections for the landscapes be reduced. Latest on Fingleton review www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

FACTCHECK: Centrica's Chris O'Shea got blanket coverage for claiming electricity will cost more in 2030 than in energy crisis (Chris Stark: "he's wrong on this") I asked Centrica for evidence – they didn’t reply (Bills in crisis were >2x today, before huge govt subsidies) 1/4

Tony Blair’s oil lobbying is a misleading rehash of fossil fuel industry spin - Ex-PM’s thinktank urges more drilling and fewer renewables, ignoring evidence that clean energy is cheaper and better for bills #climatecrisis By @fionaharvey.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/business/202...

“Trump is telling our families: we’ll let you get sicker and watch your healthcare costs skyrocket as long as oil and gas CEOs can profit.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

We can move beyond the capitalist model and save the climate – here are the first three steps, write @jasonhickel.bsky.social and @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social - democratise our economy and a better world is within our grasp #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A lovely obituary for Alex Kirby, a brilliant environment correspondent for the BBC, and more besides I was fortunate to work with him for a while and I learned a lot from him He was also a really lovely man and I will miss him www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“We want to do for economic planning what Google maps did for traffic planning, so we can give anybody who has an economic question an intelligent and useful answer.” @doynefarmer.bsky.social in today's @theguardian.com #Complexity #EconSky #ClimateCrisis #EnergyTransition

Economics has failed the climate crisis: this complexity scientist has a mind-blowing plan - @doynefarmer.bsky.social says a super-simulator of the global economy would accelerate the transition to a green, clean world #climatecrisis Interview by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

NEW ANALYSIS: China's CO2 has now been 'flat or falling' for 21 months * Down in 2025 * Still below Mar 2024 * Clean energy wave a key factor If this is China's peak (TBC) it's the climate story of the century so far… www.carbonbrief.org/...

‘Point-of-no-return’: Lock-in of a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, warn scientists - Continued global heating could set an irreversible course by triggering tipping points, but the public and politicians are largely unaware #climatecrisis Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Oatly banned from using word ‘milk’ to market plant-based products in UK - Swedish company claims ruling is anti-competitive and ‘solely benefits Big Dairy’ www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Analysis of #CopernicusAtmosphere fire emissions data clearly highlights the extreme nature of the recent devastating fires in Argentina/Chile with total estimated emissions for 2026 so far (1 Jan-10 Feb) exceeding all annual totals since 2003 for Chubut province🇦🇷 & most years for Biobío province🇨🇱

The EU is working on a blanket ban of #foreverchemicals. Why isn’t Britain? By @pippaneill.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump is wiping out all climate regulation. Big Oil may regret it. By @juliakane.bsky.social and @joshvoorhees.bsky.social #climatecrisis heated.world/cp/187577268

Some of world’s oldest trees hit by climate-fuelled wildfires in Patagonia - Some Alerce trees had stood undisturbed for thousands of years, say researchers, but global heating is now supercharging blazes @wwattribution.bsky.social #climatecrisis Story by me www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

‘Ticking time bomb’: Iran’s shadow fleet of old tankers ‘risking catastrophic oil spill’ - Exclusive: only matter of time until decrepit ships cause spill bigger than Exxon Valdez disaster, analysts say Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

NEW – IPBES: Four key takeaways on how nature loss threatens the global economy | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/sYndpga

Depending on the emissions scenario analysed, PIK's new study in @pnas.org shows 36-50% of land with suitable climatic conditions for grazing today will experience a loss of viability by 2100, affecting more than 100mill pastoralists and up to 1.6bill animals🐄🐐🐑 www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...

UK backs biggest English onshore windfarm in a decade among 190 green energy projects - Government also offers contracts for record number of solar schemes as it aims to create clean electricity system by 2030 www.theguardian.com/business/202...

UK regulator @ofcom.bsky.social under fire after refusing to investigate ‘misleading’ GB News interview with Donald Trump - US president not challenged over false claims climate change is ‘hoax’ - former Ofcom exec who drafted the code is “astounded” www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...

‘To live a normal life again, it’s a dream come true’: UK’s first climate evacuees can cast off their homes and trauma #climatecrisis Story by Bethan McKernan www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

👀 World's first 20 MW offshore wind turbine powers grid in China - 174 meters above sea level, equivalent to a 58-story building. With a rotor diameter of 300 meters HT @carbonbrief.org english.news.cn/20260206/628...

Chance of #ElNiño forming in Pacific Ocean may push global temperatures to record highs in 2027 #climatecrisis Story by @readfearn.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global economy must move past GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief - António Guterres says world’s accounting systems should place true value on the environment #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

📣 The new Chair leading #PlasticsTreaty talks has been elected: Julio Cordano of Chile. @enb.iisd.org’s Noémie Laurens breaks down the three main issues that the new Chair will have to face this year at INC 5.4. 👇