Priestcliffe Lees, Derbyshire: What a sight – and sound – it was, this huge flock of juveniles, feeding as the wind thrashed the vegetation Stands of tufted hair-grass, some over a metre tall, burned beige by the summer heat, were churned by strong…
From Obama’s chef to a big cat obsessive, the actor has gathered experts from Alaska, the Amazon and beyond for a film about how to heal our besieged planet. He talks about naysayers, elephant tusks – and the wonders of venison Benedict Cumberbatch…
Latest daily reductions will further choke one of the world’s most important shipping lanes The Panama canal plans to again cut maritime traffic due to worsening drought caused by the El Niño climate phenomenon, further choking up one of the…
Between 2000 and 2018, extreme heat caused more deaths in Australia than all our bushfires, floods, storms and cyclones combined Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Back…
The EPA revoked limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, rejecting decades of settled science to argue that they do not contribute to dangerous air pollution. By Liza Gross On the heels of the hottest summer on record and a United…
While its Midwest pipeline languishes in legal limbo, Summit Carbon Solutions is urging Iowa regulators to fast-track its next round of hearings. By Anika Jane Beamer The Iowa Utilities Commission is moving toward hearings on the second phase of a…
Cal Fire official says Sunday was ‘big turning point’ to reduce blaze in Lake county, now 30% contained Firefighters made progress toward containing northern California’s Lucas fire, state officials said on Sunday. Fire officials are still…
Teen was swimming at a popular spot at the time of the attack, the latest in a string that have occurred in the state A 13-year-old Maryland boy is reported to be recovering from multiple surgeries and nerve damage after being attacked by a rabid…
My job made me the envy of the cool girls; it made me visible. Then Johnno, Stevo and Whack paid a visit In the summer of 1982, at the age of 14, I was hired to work in the ticket office and kiosk at the Sale Memorial Pool in Victoria’s Gippsland…
Leaders in Pando region denounce opaque deals over carbon credits as government and companies rush to monetise Amazon rainforest after 2024 ruling In the village plazas of Pando, a remote northern Amazonian region of Bolivia, the main talk is no…
Some of the everyday struggles animating voters have a climate link lurking in the background When Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed a law erasing the words “climate change” from state statutes in May 2024 – colloquially known as the “don’t say…
This week, co-host Jake Bolster and reporters Marianne Lavelle and Liza Gross discuss the polluting power of fossil fuels and how they are harming two communities in very different ways. By Jake Bolster, Kiley Price, Liza Gross, Marianne Lavelle…
Fires burned through Minnesota this summer. It may be a sign of more to come. By Susan Cosier On the night of July 6, a storm moved over northern Minnesota near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The boreal forest there, composed of species…
To meet surging electricity demand, Iowa utilities are increasingly turning to polluting coal plants that had been operating well below capacity. By Anika Jane Beamer Before Iowa was the nation’s most wind-powered state, it generated nearly all of…
Print article Share All the ambulance services in England experienced some of their busiest-ever days during this summer’s record-breaking June heatwave, according to data obtained by Carbon Brief. In June, temperatures climbed past 37C in parts of…
Big manufacturers planning to produce more of the forever chemicals to meet demand from datacentres Pfas companies are launching a “tidal wave” of forever chemicals production to meet demand from the AI industry, a campaign organisation has warned…
Langstone, Hampshire: My garden is full of Victoria plums, but they’re not supposed to be crunchy inside This summer has been challenging for the fruit trees in my garden, with intense heat and a lack of rain causing poor cropping, premature…
There are several answers, and none of them will be provided by tech. One thing we must do is identify the ingredients for human flourishing Imagining the future as almost entirely bleak has somehow crept into the collective consciousness this…
On Wajarri Yamaji country in WA’s remote mid-west sits Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, the CSIRO’s Murchison radio-astronomy observatory. This year’s early winter rains have left the telescopes surrounded by a carpet of splendid native blooms Continue…
A charity in Powys provides the land while growers do the hard work, producing bumper crops for city children Kilos and kilos of courgettes, cucumbers, tomatoes and salad leaves are ripe and ready for picking on a small Welsh farm in the rural…
Thirty years after a US ornithologist first sighted a jocotoco antpitta, the foundation he set up to restore biodiversity is a model for conservation globally I have to confess that I rarely enjoy birding in montane cloud forests. The birds that…
When pesticide proved no match for the insect, desperate Phyllis Nvuda tried a new way to save her infested orchard For two decades, Phyllis Nduva, 72, has grown mangoes and citrus in Wote, a town in Kenya’s eastern Makueni County. In the…
Rep. Mack Butler thought he had a deal with leading senators to keep the heart of reform legislation unanimously passed by the House. He was wrong. By Dennis Pillion, Lee Hedgepeth Wired for Profit: Seventh in a series about Alabama Power’s…
A bill that would have capped Alabama Power’s profits and forced the company to undergo formal rate case hearings for the first time in four decades passed the Alabama House 104-0. Then the Senate stepped in. By Dennis Pillion, Lee Hedgepeth Wired…
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