Two-year-old calf one step closer to reuniting with family group after tragic accident that left her stranded in remote lagoon An orca calf, trapped for weeks in a remote lagoon in western Cana...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/26/orca-calf-returned-open-water-canada
Panel of nearly 100 countries to draw up guidelines for industries that mine raw materials used in low-carbon technology A UN-led panel of nearly 100 countries is to draw up new guidelines to p...
Egg cartons are labeled with all sorts of descriptors in the US, making grocery shopping a confusing experience. Experts tell us what these labels mean and how to shop Shopping for eggs at the ...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/26/egg-labels-cage-free-range
Exclusive: Environmental groups say bank is misleading public over ‘sustainable’ financing for Eni as company vastly expands fossil fuel production Barclays is being accused by environmenta...
Plan to break up Noaa claims its research is ‘climate alarmism’ and calls for commercializing forecasts, weakening forecasts Climate experts fear Donald Trump will follow a blueprint create...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/26/trump-presidency-gut-noaa-weather-climate-crisis
Open letter calls for green policies that empower farmers, after months of protests jeopardise future of flagship biodiversity deal The EU’s nature restoration law will only work if it is ena...
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New EPA directive will cut pollution equivalent to the emissions of 328m cars, but industry group decries it as a ‘reckless plan’ Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokesta...
Years after the emergency, the Michigan city is yet to replace all lead pipes and affected families are still awaiting justice Earlier this month, Brittany Thomas received a call that her 11-ye...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/25/flint-michigan-water-crisis
Mona Hanna-Attisha launched a program to provide funds during a newborn’s first year – and wants to replicate it across the country Flint residents grapple with water crisis a decade later: �...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/25/flint-michigan-child-poverty
As the climate crisis has deepened, protesters have become more confrontational – and their ambitions have grown The head of ExxonMobil told to “eat shit” as he was about to receive an aw...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/25/climate-crisis-activists
Authorities are rushing to save more than 150 whales from a mass stranding at a beach in Western Australia’s south-west. Four pods have spread across roughly 500 metres at Toby Inlet near Dunsb...
Proliferation of hubs for online shopping disproportionately sited in low-income neighborhoods or communities of color Hundreds of mega-warehouses have been built in Illinois for online shoppin...
Sugarcane biodiversity disappeared as big plantations dominated the sugar trade in Hawaii, but now old varieties are making a comeback Noa Kekuewa Lincoln remembers when he first encountered un...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2024/apr/24/hawaii-native-sugarcane-rum
The divestment movement has a long history among US student activists, including in the overlapping movements of today Student protesters are demanding universities divest from Israel. What does ...
A dawn chorus of flutes, whistles and chirps once flowed through my Cambridge window, but there has been a shocking collapse in birdlife. What can be done? Every year from February through to J...
We don’t have to reflexively use refined sugar to sweeten. Dates often do the trick – in a way that’s healthier for us and the planet When I attended pastry school in Paris a couple of ye...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/24/best-sugar-alternative-dessert
From ancient olive groves to root vegetables, foreign pests introduced via the bloc’s open import system are causing damage worth billions – and outbreaks are on the rise The plants slowly ...
The dystopian picture of renewables painted by the opposition leader is full of inconsistencies, partial truths and misinformation Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our ...
As diplomats search for a deal to curb the world’s growing problem of plastic, piles of bottles, buoys, nets and packaging keep building up in what should be a pristine environment As our sm...
Organizers at Columbia, Tulane and the University of Virginia write to attorneys general arguing schools’ investments are illegal Campus organizers at three universities filed legal complaint...
Louisiana State University allowed Shell to influence studies after a $25m donation and sought funds from other fossil fuel firms This story is co-published with the Lens, a non-profit newsroom i...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/21/louisiana-state-university-oil-firms-influence
Recordings of healthy fish are being transmitted to attract heat-tolerant larvae back to degraded reefs in the Maldives An underwater experiment to restore coral reefs using a combination of �...
Video shows trees and shrubs along Western Australia's south-west coastline turning brown after Perth recorded it hottest and driest six months since records began. There were similar scenes in t...
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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
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...
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
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...
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
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...
While Toyota falls in line on vehicle emission standards, questions are raised about ‘solar sunshot’ and carbon offsets Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news pod...
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...