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Boulder, Colorado, and Big Oil Prepare for High-Stakes Clash in Supreme Court
Boulder, Colorado is squaring off against major fossil fuel companies at the Supreme Court in a showdown over climate liability lawsuits modeled on the 1990s tobacco industry litigation wave.
North Sea Oil Output to Fall to 15% of Peak by 2030
North Sea oil output will fall to just 15% of its peak by 2030 as direct employment collapses from ~120,000 to ~27,000, yet Reform, the Conservatives, and Trump are pushing for a major drilling expans
Will Consumerism Literally Fill the Planet? Readers Respond
The Guardian's reader-reply column tackled the question of whether consumer capitalism will literally fill the planet, drawing responses ranging from mathematical reassurances to civilizational-collap
If all car tyres were filled with CO2, would this cut atmospheric carbon significantly?
The Guardian's science Q&A column publishes a reader's question from Chris Coldwell of Lancaster asking whether pumping CO2 into every car tyre worldwide would meaningfully lower atmospheric carbon, a
Trump ordered to release billions in climate grants meant for Black communities
Federal courts have ordered the EPA to resume distributing over $22 billion in climate and environmental justice grants that the Trump administration terminated, potentially unlocking funding for resi
Pine-cone grenades and planet-baking carbon: the French fires 170 years in the making – a visual guide
France's worst fire season on record — anchored by the 42,000-hectare Gironde blaze that forced 220,000 evacuations — exposed how a 1857 imperial pine-forestry decree, a warming climate, and operation
Burning Questions Confront Wildland Firefighters in Maine and Across New England
Drought has sharply intensified wildfire activity across New England — quadrupling Maine's late summer fires in 2025 and quintupling Connecticut's in 2024 — yet the region rarely draws the national at
London Ulez Improved Children's Lungs, Study Finds
A Queen Mary University London study confirms London's ultra-low emission zone has measurably strengthened children's lungs, yet misinformation, political backlash and vested interests continue to det
England onshore wind applications hit decade high post-ban
Onshore windfarm planning applications in England have surged to their highest annual level in a decade after Labour overturned the Conservatives' 2015 de facto ban, with monthly capacity entering the
Tice sells sunshine; Britain counts 2,877 dead
Richard Tice, Reform UK's deputy leader, told Britons to enjoy the sunshine and drink better English wine. The same week, the UK government confirmed 2,877 people died in May–June heatwaves — double t
How a new era of heatwaves could shake up the school calendar
The UK's hottest summer on record has closed more than 1,000 schools and fueled calls to restructure the academic calendar so pupils aren't studying through peak heat.
H5N1 Poses 'Very High Risk' to WA's Black Swans
H5N1 bird flu has reached Western Australia, and experts warn the state's iconic black swans — which lack a key immune protein — face potentially catastrophic colony-level die-offs that could also era
USFS firefighters contradict chief's 'fully staffed' claims
Nine US Forest Service firefighters told the Guardian the agency is dangerously understaffed and scrambling with skeleton crews, directly contradicting Chief Tom Schultz's public claims that the workf
Torfaen ranked global wildfire emission hotspot in July
Torfaen, a Welsh county, recorded one of the world's highest per-square-kilometre wildfire carbon emissions in July after a massive blaze on Mynydd Garnclochdy, with smoke reaching Cardiff and health
Council set to axe climate emergency declaration
Reform UK-led Barnsley Council has announced it will withdraw its 2019 climate emergency declaration and scrap associated net-zero targets, redirecting resources to frontline services as part of a wid
Young country diary: Camping in my garden, nose to nose with a fox | Ada
Eight-year-old Ada recounts waking up to find a vixen standing 10cm from her garden tent during a UK heatwave camping trip, in a young country diary entry celebrating urban wildlife.
Jellyfish Drive Record Stings at Delaware Beaches
A jellyfish surge driven by warming waters and drought has made Delaware's beaches effectively no-swim zones, with lifeguard patrols logging 100 to 200 stings per day in a summer experts call a climat
Ulaanbaatar Summit Targets Global Rangeland Crisis
Policy makers, scientists, and global negotiators are convening in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, to spotlight the crisis facing the world's rangelands—which cover roughly half of Earth's land surface—and to
UK Recycling Centre Battery Fires Cost £1bn a Year
The Environment Services Association has revealed that more than 1,500 fires — at least 541 caused by lithium-ion batteries — occurred at UK recycling facilities in the year to March 2026, costing the
Suit Seeks to Block Climate Institute Closure
One of the nation’s largest environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit Thursday seeking to block the Trump administration’s closure of a leading climate institute, arguing the December dismantling p
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