Advocates raise alarm over Pfas pollution from datacenters amid AI boom: Tech companies’ use of Pfas gas at facilities may mean datacenters’ climate impact is worse than previously thought Datacenters’ electricity demands have been accused of delaying the US’s transition to clean energy a...

Trump officials cut nearly $8bn in clean energy projects in Democratic states: Democrats and environmental groups slam move as ‘sick political game’ and say it will drive up energy bills The Trump administration is cancelling $7.6bn in grants that supported hundreds of clean energy projec...

How to live a good life in difficult times: Yuval Noah Harari, Rory Stewart and Maria Ressa in conversation: From superintelligent AI to the climate and democracy, three leading thinkers discuss how to navigate the future What happens when an internationally bestselling historian, a Nobel...

Banking industry’s net zero alliance shuts down amid faltering climate commitments: NZBA had nearly 150 members but banks began leaving when Trump was re-elected on promise to ‘drill, baby, drill’ The global banking industry’s net zero target-setting group has announced it will shut down ...

Stride dismisses suggestion Badenoch will be ousted as Tory leader next year but admits ‘it’s going to be bumpy’ – UK politics live: Shadow chancellor offers support for leader but declines to back her claim about Britain being at risk of IMF bailout In his FT interview Mel Stride, the sh...

Make green great again: Can appeals to the wallet make climate policy an election-winner?: In this week’s newsletter: At a major gathering in New York, climate advocates say that language has to change • Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up here At stuffy United Nation...

‘Planetary health diet’ could save 40,000 deaths a day, landmark report finds: Diet allows modest meat consumption and would also slash food-related climate emissions by half, says report by 70 leading experts from 35 countries Adoption of a plant-rich “planetary health diet” could preven...

Wildfires are getting deadlier and costing more. Experts warn they’re becoming unstoppable: Of 200 fires in the past 44 years, half of the fires that cost US$1bn or more were in the last decade Wildfires tore through central Chile last year, killing 133 people. In California, 18,000 build...

The Guardian view on climate policy: Britain needs clean power, not culture wars | Editorial: Kemi Badenoch’s plan to scrap the Climate Change Act is reckless. Ed Miliband offers a bolder, fairer vision. The future must be built on renewables Let’s scrap Britain’s successful climate law s...

Lifting the ‘constant black cloud’: how a smog-bound city cut dangerous levels of air pollution: A 30-year effort driven by long-term policies is finally paying off in Santiago in Chile – but the challenge is far from over In Santiago, this winter was different. The mountains surrounding ...

Starmer can help shape the future of the world at Cop30. He can’t let fear of Farage stop him | Michael Jacobs: The battle inside No 10 about whether the PM should attend an absolutely crucial climate summit in Brazil is ludicrous. He must assert himself – and go No sooner has Keir Starm...

Senior Tories dismayed at Badenoch’s ‘catastrophic’ vow to repeal Climate Change Act: Theresa May, Alok Sharma, business and church leaders say plan would harm UK and not even Margaret Thatcher would have countenanced it UK politics live – latest updates The former prime minister Theres...

Reform UK accused by minister of talking ‘utter nonsense’ after Zia Yusuf implies Starmer trying to get Farage killed – UK politics live: Migration minister Mike Tapp accuses Reform UK’s head of policy of ‘snowflakery’ This is what Keir Starmer told reporters as he arrived at the European...

Kemi Badenoch vows to repeal Climate Change Act: Tory leader says she would replace it with ‘cheap energy’ strategy, ending decades-long consensus on climate Kemi Badenoch has vowed to repeal the Climate Change Act if the Conservatives win the next election, doing away with controls on gr...

‘Listen to the cry of the Earth’: Pope Leo takes aim at climate change sceptics: Pontiff laments that some ‘ridicule those who speak of global warming’, days after Trump’s claims of ‘con job’ Pope Leo XIV has taken aim at people who “ridicule those who speak of global warming” as he embra...

Australia could split Cop31 hosting rights with Turkey under potential compromise: Anthony Albanese pledges to continue talks with rival, as sources say previous climate summits have been co-hosted Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free...

News Corp embraces fantasy genre by turning climate crisis into ‘laughable’ science fiction | Graham Readfearn: The National Climate Risk Assessment was attacked in the Daily Telegraph, while wind turbines became a frightening obstacle for firefighting planes and solar panels a source of ...

‘Don’t panic’ could be Albanese’s mantra but that doesn’t mean we aren’t concerned about life, the universe and everything | Peter Lewis: Despite a deep conviction planet Earth is heading in the wrong direction, voters are trusting Labor to navigate the wormholes Get our breaking news em...

US energy department cracks down on workers’ use of climate crisis language: Efficiency employees reportedly told to avoid ‘climate change’ and similar terms in their work in latest clampdown The US Department of Energy has told employees in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable E...

Guardian Essential poll: Australians back emissions target while One Nation support doubles: Poll finds One Nation’s primary vote has doubled to 13% since the May federal election Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australian voters have backed the level of ambit...

Our world is hurtling into climate disaster and what do politicians give us? Oilfields and new runways | Bill McGuire: In the name of ‘pragmatism’, green measures are being ditched, net zero derided. Be very clear: without slashing emissions we are in deep, deep trouble The hope that foll...

Clive Palmer’s multi-billion dollar claims make a mockery of a tribunal that allows foreign investors to challenge court decisions: The billionaire’s last three cases are part of a growing global list from fossil fuel companies against government decisions to reduce carbon emissions Get ...

World’s major cities hit by 25% leap in extremely hot days since the 1990s: Capitals from London to Tokyo need urgent action to protect people from deadly high temperatures, analysts say The world’s biggest capital cities are now sweltering under 25% more extremely hot days each year than...

Senior Liberal women warn party will alienate voters if it abandons net zero as Andrew Hastie urges: Three high-profile female members speak out as the party publicly fractures over its climate and energy policy Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air news...

Disasters like wildfires and floods are multiplying. US schools are training students to combat them: From California to North Carolina, high schools and colleges are offering classes in fire science, search and rescue, and ecological sustainability This story is from the Hechinger Report...

Environmental damage is putting European way of life at risk, says report: EU officials warn climate breakdown and wildlife loss ‘are ruining ecosystems that underpin the economy’ The European way of life is being jeopardised by environmental degradation, a report has found, with EU offic...

Stop blaming migrants and tackle UK’s real problems, 100 charities tell home secretary: A letter warns Shabana Mahmood that ‘targeting refugees will do nothing to tackle’ problems with housing and the NHS More than 100 charities have sent a letter to the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, c...

German identity doesn’t rely on cars – Brussels should face down the mighty automakers: Mercedes-Benz and other big manufacturers want to overturn the EU’s 2035 ban on petrol cars. This would be as disastrous for jobs as for the climate There is something rather old-fashioned about the wa...

‘Huge energy challenges’: how can India make the leap to become a green, clean country?: As deadly heatwaves become more frequent, demand for life-saving cooling is further straining India’s generation capacity Continue reading......

I wanted to know if having a kid on a burning planet was right. I found that antinatalism is seriously taboo | Bri Lee: Society has come a long way in making space for maternal ambivalence and the childfree movement, but those frameworks ask whether we want to have children, not whether w...

Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds: Sentient Media reveals less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as source of carbon emissions Food and agriculture contribute one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions – second onl...

Native forest logging must end in order to reach Labor’s emissions reduction target, expert says: Murray Watt says ‘it’s not the government’s intention to stop old growth logging’ as Greens and academics press for total halt Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free C...

Weatherwatch: EU survey gives a few hints on voter-friendly climate policies: Survey finds 70% of people would support a fare-cutting rail fund – but taxes on beef and flying are less popular Putting in place policy on the issue of the climate and how we deal with it is a political decisi...

‘History will remember who showed up’: Keir Starmer faces call to attend Cop30 summit: Response from leaders and key climate figures comes after PM’s aides advised non-attendance over concerns Reform may attack him Leading climate figures and Labour MPs have urged Keir Starmer to attend t...

Fears of abnormally hot days in southern Australia after sudden stratospheric warming over Antarctica: The phenomenon is extremely rare in the southern hemisphere and most recently occurred in 2019 when it contributed to a worsening of the Black Summer bushfires Follow our Australia news...

Big trees in Amazon more climate-resistant than previously believed: While Amazon rainforest is a key ally in struggle to stabilise climate, it remains under threat from fires and deforestation The biggest trees in the Amazon are growing larger and more numerous, according to a new study ...

‘Hidden costs’ of climate emergency are worsening California’s affordability crisis – report: University of California, Berkeley, study found that those who experience severe effects will see upto a $1m in costs The climate emergency is significantly increasing costs for California hous...

US is violating human rights laws by backing fossil fuels, say young activists in new petition: Petition says that US government’s protection of fossil fuel interests has put people in harm’s way By continuing to fund and support a fossil fuel-based energy system, the US is violating inte...

Countries' new climate targets must go 'further, faster', says UN chief Guterres – video: United Nations secretary general António Guterres has called on all countries that are party to the Paris climate agreement to set climate plans for the year 2035 that achieve faster and deeper emiss...

‘Science demands action’: world leaders and UN push climate agenda forward despite Trump’s attacks: Leaders unveil new targets to cut planet-heating pollution after Trump called climate crisis a ‘con job’ World leaders have unveiled new targets to cut planet-heating pollution at the Unite...

The Guardian view on the climate crisis: green energy is booming – but fossil fuels need to shrink too | Editorial: The planet is nearing dangerous limits. Yet progress on clean energy shows what’s possible. With political will, cooperation can still avert the worst of the climate crisis ...

World’s oceans fail key health check as acidity crosses critical threshold for marine life: Scientists call for renewed global effort to curb fossil fuels as seven of nine planetary boundaries now transgressed The world’s oceans have failed a key planetary health check for the first time,...

‘I worry about the future of my daughter’: the ‘silent majority’ who care about the climate crisis: Readers who are part of the 80-89% of the population who want to see climate action tell us their ideas on how to make their voices heard Recent studies show that between 80 and 89% of the ...

Sinkhole swallows part of street in front of Bangkok hospital – video: A large sinkhole opened up outside a hospital in the Thai capital on Wednesday. Social media footage shows power lines being pulled down into the 50-metre-deep hole and vehicles teetering on the edge. Officials said th...

Vanuatu working toward UN vote aimed at fighting fossil fuel industry influence: Ralph Regenvanu, minister of climate change for the Pacific island nation said the step was on ‘behalf of everybody’ Vanuatu is working on securing a UN vote to turn a landmark ruling on the climate crisis by...

How Trump’s assault on US wind industry threatens jobs and power for nearly 5m homes: US president’s offshore wind crackdown targets nine projects, threatening jobs, homes and the clean energy transition Donald Trump has jettisoned Republicans’ long-standing “all of the above” approach to...

Fossil fuel burning poses threat to health of 1.6bn people, data shows: New interactive map tracking PM2.5 air pollution reveals 900m people in path of ‘super-emitting’ industrial facilities Fossil fuel burning is not just damaging the world’s climate; it is also threatening the health of...

Geology could crush hopes of extracting all North Sea’s oil and gas: The remaining fields tend to be smaller, more remote and more technically challenging to drill into North Sea oil is becoming a hot topic. During his recent state visit, US president Donald Trump urged UK prime minister ...

If Europe keeps placating its own far right, how can it possibly stand up to Trump? | Thu Nguyen and Jannik Jansen: European leaders have been pulled to the right on migration, the climate crisis and Israel. Their weakness is undermining the democratic principles on which the EU was built...

Billionaires like Musk want to divide and distract – humanity must come together to resist | Jonathan Watts: Rabble-rousing of far-right demagogues is a reminder that the battle for a fair and habitable planet cannot be fought alone If it were not clear already, the biggest far-right prot...