Environmental groups say bosses should ‘hang their heads in shame’ as firm bows to pressure from shareholders to cut costs Unilever is to scale back its environmental and social aims, provo...
Environmentalists celebrate new rules but Alaska politicians call it an ‘illegal’ attack on state’s livelihood and predict lawsuits The Biden administration said on Friday it will restric...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/19/biden-alaska-oil-gas-restrictions
Superfund law requires industries responsible for PFOA and PFOS contamination in water or soil to pay for cleanup The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday designated two forever chemicals ...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/19/epa-forever-chemicals-law
Research into release of ‘forever chemicals’ raises concerns about contamination and human exposure along world’s coastlines Ocean waves crashing on the world’s shores emit more PFAS in...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/19/ocean-spray-pfas-study
Exclusive: Study released at Cop28 misused research to underestimate impact of cutting meat eating, say academics A flagship UN report on livestock emissions is facing calls for retraction from...
Estimated 2,548 barrels of carbon dioxide leaked from Exxon pipeline in Louisiana on 3 April, triggering alarm among residents A major leak of CO2 from an ExxonMobil pipeline in Louisiana expos...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/19/exxon-pipeline-leak-carbon-capture-safety-gaps
State revealed as America’s overwhelming emitter of sulfuryl fluoride, used by $4.2bn pest-control industry to kill termites Levels of a potent greenhouse gas are quietly spiking in the atmos...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/19/california-toxic-gas-sulfuryl-fluoride
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Exclusive: India seeking to use approach of UK election as bargaining chip and any exemption would be controversial India is demanding an exemption from the UK’s planned carbon tax as part of...
More than 50% of the planet’s species live in the earth below our feet, but only a fraction have been identified – so far Read more: No birdsong, no water in the creek, no beating wings: ho...
Bill would stop private investors, including hedge funds, farmers and municipalities, from profiting off water scarcity With private investors poised to profit from water scarcity in the west, ...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/18/water-scarcity-private-speculation
EXCLUSIVE: By the middle of the century, pollution from plastic industry could ‘undermine world’s effort’ to control climate crisis By the middle of the century, global emissions from pla...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/18/plastic-production-emission-climate-crisis
From green beans to kale, here are some foods considered to be healthy yet which test poorly for pesticides Pesticides pose a serious risk in conventionally grown versions of the produce shown ...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/18/fruits-vegetables-most-pesticide-risk
There are some simple steps you can take to minimize the amount of pesticides on your fruits and vegetables To avoid pesticides, consider buying the fruits and vegetables that pose the least ri...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/18/how-wash-pesticide-off-fruits-vegetables
Pesticides have contaminated the US fruit and vegetable supply – even some organics – a new analysis by Consumer Reports shows What’s safe to eat? Here is the pesticide risk level for each ...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/18/fruits-vegetables-pesticide-consumer-reports
Even organic produce can contain unhealthy amounts of pesticide – see which fruits and vegetables rank best and worst After reviewing the results of thousands of tests on fruits and vegetable...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/18/food-pesticides-table-guide-fruits-vegetables
As nature falls silent in most cities around the world, New Zealand’s capital has been transformed by the sound of native birds returning to the dawn chorus Read more: No birdsong, no water i...
In the first of a new series, we look at why people reject so much of the bountiful catches from our seas in favour of the same few species, mostly imported – and how to change that Perched o...
Westerners see elephants as pets, said Mokgweetsi Masisi, whose government threatened to send 30,000 elephants to Germany and the UK to demonstrate their dangers Many Europeans value the lives ...
Notorious for drawing large crowds, Emerson was removed by officials who were surprised to find him back in Victoria in a week Last week, gun-wielding conservation officers stuffed a 500lb elep...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/17/canada-elephant-seal-relocation-attempt-failed
The law will come into force in national parks within two years and in all of the country’s marine protected areas by 2030 Greece has become the first country in Europe to announce a ban on b...
The challenge for a resource-rich, medium-sized economy such as Australia is to identify the right green industries to focus on, while minimising the risks to taxpayers Get our morning and aftern...
Minnesota’s Lower Sioux Indian Community is pioneering green building with its fully integrated hempcrete facility – a first in the country When Earl Pendleton first heard about building ho...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/16/hempcrete-indigenous-tribe-minnesota
Scientists have recorded widespread bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef as global heating creates a fourth planet-wide bleaching event. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administr...
Supreme court ruling left more than 90% of state’s surface waters with no pollution protections, since they don’t run continuously New Mexico’s rivers, which include the Rio Grande, Gila,...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/16/new-mexico-rivers-most-threatened
Paris claims ban breaches UK-EU trade deal but environmentalists say dispute is ‘hypocrisy’, given Macron’s rhetoric on saving oceans France has been accused of hypocrisy by conservationi...
For the women who pick and prepare Maryland’s famous crab, the once profitable work is far more uncertain – and the climate crisis has had a damaging impact In the evening light, Maribel Ma...
Underwater mountains are biodiversity hotspots and researchers exploring the Salas y Gómez ridge off Chile have found 50 species probably new to science. How much more has yet to be discovered? ...
Study connects heatwaves and cold snaps to surges in payday lending, keeping people in debt and harming communities of color Two competing payday loan stores stand on the corners of an intersec...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/15/predatory-loans-heatwaves-cold-snaps
A new collection of wildlife photography aims to help understand why people have photographed animals at different points in history and what it means in the present. Huw Lewis-Jones explores the...
Amy Westervelt and Kyle Pope have covered climate disinformation for a combined 20-plus years – here’s their guide on how to decode it Increasingly sophisticated and better-funded disinform...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/14/climate-disinformation-explainer
Gas Leaks Project launches campaign targeting the American Gas Association, which claims nearly all utilities in the US as members A group of advocates and Democratic senators gathered in Washi...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/10/american-gas-association-lobby-protest
Weak government climate policies violate fundamental human rights, the European court of human rights has ruled. In a landmark decision on one of three major climate cases, the first such ruli...
Footage captures flooding near the rural township of Charleville following a weekend of heavy rain in parts of southern Queensland and northern New South Wales. Communities across the region have...
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Ninety wildlife and landscape photographers from around the world are marking the primatologist Jane Goodall turning 90 with a print sale of environmental pictures. The Jane Goodall Institute and...
Despite splashy climate pledges, firms including BP and Saudi Aramco have plans to expand fossil fuel production, says analysis In recent years, virtually all of the world’s largest oil compa...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/22/oil-companies-emissions-goals-report
We should focus on rooftop solar – Australians love it A missing element from much of the debate about whether Australia should embrace nuclear power is that – unless the Labor rank-and-fil...
Coalition’s claim of cheap power and quickly built reactors is at odds with real world experience of other countries Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and ...