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How Trump’s EPA rollbacks give US states new tools in climate suits How Trump’s EPA rollbacks give US states new tools in climate suits: Vermont and New York face high stakes to protect climate superfund laws as it faces attacks from Trump’s DoJ Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox By rolling back a bedrock climat...

How Trump’s EPA rollbacks give US states new tools in climate suits: Vermont and New York face high stakes to protect climate superfund laws as it faces attacks from Trump’s DoJ Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox By rolling back a bedrock climat...

08.03.2026 13:38 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Did baby boomers eat all the pies? John Lanchester on the truth about the generation gap Did baby boomers eat all the pies? John Lanchester on the truth about the generation gap: It’s a grim time to be in your 20s, no doubt, but don’t blame it all on older people: being chopped up into ever smaller rivalries only serves the market Intergenerational relations, or lack of them,...

Did baby boomers eat all the pies? John Lanchester on the truth about the generation gap: It’s a grim time to be in your 20s, no doubt, but don’t blame it all on older people: being chopped up into ever smaller rivalries only serves the market Intergenerational relations, or lack of them,...

08.03.2026 06:38 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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UK must stockpile food in readiness for climate shocks or war, expert warns UK must stockpile food in readiness for climate shocks or war, expert warns: Prof Tim Lang says country produces far less food than it needs to feed population and is particularly vulnerable The British government should be stockpiling food, according to a leading expert on food policy, ...

UK must stockpile food in readiness for climate shocks or war, expert warns: Prof Tim Lang says country produces far less food than it needs to feed population and is particularly vulnerable The British government should be stockpiling food, according to a leading expert on food policy, ...

07.03.2026 06:08 — 👍 29    🔁 16    💬 0    📌 2
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Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds: Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño Humanity is heating the planet faster than ever before, a study has found. Climate breakdown is occurring more ra...

Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds: Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño Humanity is heating the planet faster than ever before, a study has found. Climate breakdown is occurring more ra...

06.03.2026 14:38 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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How UK cuts to climate finance could bankrupt ecosystems at home – and abroad How UK cuts to climate finance could bankrupt ecosystems at home – and abroad: In this week’s newsletter: From nature projects to biodiversity funds, key programmes will suffer as the UK aims to lower its international climate finance commitments by billions The UK’s spy chiefs are accust...

How UK cuts to climate finance could bankrupt ecosystems at home – and abroad: In this week’s newsletter: From nature projects to biodiversity funds, key programmes will suffer as the UK aims to lower its international climate finance commitments by billions The UK’s spy chiefs are accust...

06.03.2026 07:37 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Vanuatu moves forward with UN climate resolution despite Trump opposition Vanuatu moves forward with UN climate resolution despite Trump opposition: Pacific island says the US weakened its proposal to advance a key climate ruling but vows to hold major polluters accountable The Trump administration’s attempt to sink a UN resolution demanding countries act on th...

Vanuatu moves forward with UN climate resolution despite Trump opposition: Pacific island says the US weakened its proposal to advance a key climate ruling but vows to hold major polluters accountable The Trump administration’s attempt to sink a UN resolution demanding countries act on th...

05.03.2026 16:08 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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A Europe of clean, green cities and resurgent industry is a fantasy – unless we get really creative | Hans Larsson A Europe of clean, green cities and resurgent industry is a fantasy – unless we get really creative | Hans Larsson: If we want things to be ‘Made in Europe’ again, we need to be realistic about how grimy and grey our centres of commerce once were “Bitterfeld, Bitterfeld, where dirt falls ...

A Europe of clean, green cities and resurgent industry is a fantasy – unless we get really creative | Hans Larsson: If we want things to be ‘Made in Europe’ again, we need to be realistic about how grimy and grey our centres of commerce once were “Bitterfeld, Bitterfeld, where dirt falls ...

05.03.2026 05:38 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump has launched an unprecedented assault on the environment. Where’s the pushback? Trump has launched an unprecedented assault on the environment. Where’s the pushback?: Climate deniers expected more resistance to the fossil fuel blitz. But Democrats, billionaires and activists have gone silent This story is published in partnership with DeSmog, the climate investigati...

Trump has launched an unprecedented assault on the environment. Where’s the pushback?: Climate deniers expected more resistance to the fossil fuel blitz. But Democrats, billionaires and activists have gone silent This story is published in partnership with DeSmog, the climate investigati...

04.03.2026 17:07 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Global sea levels have been underestimated due to poor modelling, research suggests Global sea levels have been underestimated due to poor modelling, research suggests: Analysis shows average levels are 30cm higher than thought, and up to 150cm in south-east Asia and Indo-Pacific Sea levels around the world have been underestimated due to inaccurate modelling, with resea...

Global sea levels have been underestimated due to poor modelling, research suggests: Analysis shows average levels are 30cm higher than thought, and up to 150cm in south-east Asia and Indo-Pacific Sea levels around the world have been underestimated due to inaccurate modelling, with resea...

04.03.2026 16:38 — 👍 12    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 2
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‘A real dark situation to be in’: thousands of starving seabirds stranded in biggest ‘wreck’ in a decade ‘A real dark situation to be in’: thousands of starving seabirds stranded in biggest ‘wreck’ in a decade: Puffins, guillemots, razorbills and terns are washing up on shores across Europe, after a string of storms affected their ability to find food The two puffins washed up among seaweed ...

‘A real dark situation to be in’: thousands of starving seabirds stranded in biggest ‘wreck’ in a decade: Puffins, guillemots, razorbills and terns are washing up on shores across Europe, after a string of storms affected their ability to find food The two puffins washed up among seaweed ...

04.03.2026 13:38 — 👍 3    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 2
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Relentless sun and ruthless populists: how the climate crisis will change the next 20 years Relentless sun and ruthless populists: how the climate crisis will change the next 20 years: Former diplomat Arthur Snell says a heating planet is accelerating conflict and migration – and fostering a new age of empire. Democracies are dangerously unprepared, he warns After a diplomatic c...

Relentless sun and ruthless populists: how the climate crisis will change the next 20 years: Former diplomat Arthur Snell says a heating planet is accelerating conflict and migration – and fostering a new age of empire. Democracies are dangerously unprepared, he warns After a diplomatic c...

04.03.2026 13:38 — 👍 23    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 3
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Protect caterpillars as UK’s moth population plummets, urge charities Protect caterpillars as UK’s moth population plummets, urge charities: Instead of removing plant-munching caterpillars, gardeners asked to take relaxed attitude to support the moths many of them grow into As spring unfolds and plants come to life, gardeners often fight a losing battle aga...

Protect caterpillars as UK’s moth population plummets, urge charities: Instead of removing plant-munching caterpillars, gardeners asked to take relaxed attitude to support the moths many of them grow into As spring unfolds and plants come to life, gardeners often fight a losing battle aga...

04.03.2026 06:38 — 👍 17    🔁 10    💬 1    📌 0
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Global economy must stop pandering to ‘frivolous desires of ultra-rich’, says UN expert Global economy must stop pandering to ‘frivolous desires of ultra-rich’, says UN expert: Olivier De Schutter says new economic agenda needed to tackle crises of rising inequality and ecological collapse The global economy must be reordered to ensure it serves ordinary people around the wo...

Global economy must stop pandering to ‘frivolous desires of ultra-rich’, says UN expert: Olivier De Schutter says new economic agenda needed to tackle crises of rising inequality and ecological collapse The global economy must be reordered to ensure it serves ordinary people around the wo...

03.03.2026 14:38 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 1
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Historic harvests and sky-high prices – so why can’t Colombia’s coffee-growers hire pickers? Historic harvests and sky-high prices – so why can’t Colombia’s coffee-growers hire pickers?: Though coffee is one of the world’s most important commodities, little of the profit trickles down to the farmers, while workers are abandoning the countryside in search of more lucrative jobs in...

Historic harvests and sky-high prices – so why can’t Colombia’s coffee-growers hire pickers?: Though coffee is one of the world’s most important commodities, little of the profit trickles down to the farmers, while workers are abandoning the countryside in search of more lucrative jobs in...

03.03.2026 11:08 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Australia just experienced its wettest summer in nearly a decade – and the eighth-hottest on record Australia just experienced its wettest summer in nearly a decade – and the eighth-hottest on record: South Australia saw most of the season’s wildest swings with January heatwaves followed by February floods Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news em...

Australia just experienced its wettest summer in nearly a decade – and the eighth-hottest on record: South Australia saw most of the season’s wildest swings with January heatwaves followed by February floods Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news em...

03.03.2026 06:38 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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UK slashes climate aid programmes for developing countries UK slashes climate aid programmes for developing countries: Exclusive: Schemes worth hundreds of millions of pounds to protect biodiversity and oceans likely to be substantially reduced UK programmes to protect nature and the climate in developing countries are suffering swingeing budget ...

UK slashes climate aid programmes for developing countries: Exclusive: Schemes worth hundreds of millions of pounds to protect biodiversity and oceans likely to be substantially reduced UK programmes to protect nature and the climate in developing countries are suffering swingeing budget ...

02.03.2026 17:08 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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The greenest flags: virtue signals that help you find love – from patchwork clothes to car sharing The greenest flags: virtue signals that help you find love – from patchwork clothes to car sharing: A new survey shows 80% of gen Zs believe strong environmental values are as important as physical attraction when it comes to finding a partner (so you might want to start reusing your coff...

The greenest flags: virtue signals that help you find love – from patchwork clothes to car sharing: A new survey shows 80% of gen Zs believe strong environmental values are as important as physical attraction when it comes to finding a partner (so you might want to start reusing your coff...

02.03.2026 17:08 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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‘I love midges because I know what their hearts look like’: is the passion for taxonomy in danger of dying out? ‘I love midges because I know what their hearts look like’: is the passion for taxonomy in danger of dying out?: Insect taxonomist Art Borkent has described and named more than 300 species of midges but fears his field of science is dying out, despite millions of insects, fungi and other ...

‘I love midges because I know what their hearts look like’: is the passion for taxonomy in danger of dying out?: Insect taxonomist Art Borkent has described and named more than 300 species of midges but fears his field of science is dying out, despite millions of insects, fungi and other ...

02.03.2026 08:38 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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A scorching summer has left Australian wildlife on the brink, but it doesn’t have to be this way | Euan Ritchie and Jess Harwood A scorching summer has left Australian wildlife on the brink, but it doesn’t have to be this way | Euan Ritchie and Jess Harwood: Unsettling predictions are now our catastrophic reality, but a brighter future is still within reach if our political leaders change course Soaring, scorching...

A scorching summer has left Australian wildlife on the brink, but it doesn’t have to be this way | Euan Ritchie and Jess Harwood: Unsettling predictions are now our catastrophic reality, but a brighter future is still within reach if our political leaders change course Soaring, scorching...

28.02.2026 19:38 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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‘I live in constant fear’: surge in giant sinkholes threatens Turkey’s farmers ‘I live in constant fear’: surge in giant sinkholes threatens Turkey’s farmers: Falling groundwater, extreme heat and water-intensive farming are accelerating land collapse, forcing a rethink in agricultural practices Fatih Sik was drinking tea with friends at home when he heard a rumblin...

‘I live in constant fear’: surge in giant sinkholes threatens Turkey’s farmers: Falling groundwater, extreme heat and water-intensive farming are accelerating land collapse, forcing a rethink in agricultural practices Fatih Sik was drinking tea with friends at home when he heard a rumblin...

28.02.2026 07:08 — 👍 5    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1
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Winter getting shorter in 80% of major US cities, new data shows Winter getting shorter in 80% of major US cities, new data shows: Researchers find that across 195 US cities, winters are on average nine days shorter than they were in 1970-1997 For the millions of people across the United States who have spent the last month digging themselves out of ab...

Winter getting shorter in 80% of major US cities, new data shows: Researchers find that across 195 US cities, winters are on average nine days shorter than they were in 1970-1997 For the millions of people across the United States who have spent the last month digging themselves out of ab...

27.02.2026 19:38 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump officials move to kill system that protects US from chemical disasters Trump officials move to kill system that protects US from chemical disasters: EPA rolls back rules as chemical firms claim provisions in RMP protection system too expensive to implement The Trump administration is slowly dismantling the federal disaster management system that protects the...

Trump officials move to kill system that protects US from chemical disasters: EPA rolls back rules as chemical firms claim provisions in RMP protection system too expensive to implement The Trump administration is slowly dismantling the federal disaster management system that protects the...

27.02.2026 15:08 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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‘The river won’: how campaigners in Brazilian Amazon stopped privatisation of waterway ‘The river won’: how campaigners in Brazilian Amazon stopped privatisation of waterway: Local river defenders force U-turn by occupying grain terminal operated by one of US powerhouses of world trade “A victory for life.” That was the triumphal message from Indigenous campaigners in the B...

‘The river won’: how campaigners in Brazilian Amazon stopped privatisation of waterway: Local river defenders force U-turn by occupying grain terminal operated by one of US powerhouses of world trade “A victory for life.” That was the triumphal message from Indigenous campaigners in the B...

27.02.2026 11:38 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Frozen in time: Antarctic ice cave to be used to save melting glacier samples Frozen in time: Antarctic ice cave to be used to save melting glacier samples: Ice Memory Foundation’s specially dug ‘sanctuary’ offers storage for cores, which hold thousands of years of history Last month the Ice Memory Foundation opened the first ever sanctuary for mountain ice cores i...

Frozen in time: Antarctic ice cave to be used to save melting glacier samples: Ice Memory Foundation’s specially dug ‘sanctuary’ offers storage for cores, which hold thousands of years of history Last month the Ice Memory Foundation opened the first ever sanctuary for mountain ice cores i...

27.02.2026 06:38 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
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US ‘bullying’ could scupper carbon levy on shipping, warn experts US ‘bullying’ could scupper carbon levy on shipping, warn experts: Panama joins smaller nations in dropping support for policy aimed at cutting maritime emissions US ‘bullying’ over a proposed carbon levy on shipping appears to be paying off, experts have warned, after Panama reversed its...

US ‘bullying’ could scupper carbon levy on shipping, warn experts: Panama joins smaller nations in dropping support for policy aimed at cutting maritime emissions US ‘bullying’ over a proposed carbon levy on shipping appears to be paying off, experts have warned, after Panama reversed its...

26.02.2026 15:08 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Ancient stepwells brought back to life as India begins to run out of water Ancient stepwells brought back to life as India begins to run out of water: Centuries-old wells restored to provide drinking water as parts of the country head towards “day zero” when no water will be available A loud cheer and sounds of clapping reverberated around Bansilalpet, a neighbo...

Ancient stepwells brought back to life as India begins to run out of water: Centuries-old wells restored to provide drinking water as parts of the country head towards “day zero” when no water will be available A loud cheer and sounds of clapping reverberated around Bansilalpet, a neighbo...

26.02.2026 05:38 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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‘A devastating force’: how recent Mediterranean storms turned to tragedies ‘A devastating force’: how recent Mediterranean storms turned to tragedies: Atmospheric machine-gun has fired storm after deadly storm at the region this year, leaving a trail of widespread destruction For Andrés Sánchez Barea, in Spain, it was the fear that arose when water started to sp...

‘A devastating force’: how recent Mediterranean storms turned to tragedies: Atmospheric machine-gun has fired storm after deadly storm at the region this year, leaving a trail of widespread destruction For Andrés Sánchez Barea, in Spain, it was the fear that arose when water started to sp...

26.02.2026 05:38 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Tropical plants flowering months earlier or later because of climate crisis – study Tropical plants flowering months earlier or later because of climate crisis – study: Changes threaten ecosystems as flowering falls out of sync with fruit-eating, seed-dispersing animals and pollinators Tropical flowers are blooming months earlier or later than they used to because of cli...

Tropical plants flowering months earlier or later because of climate crisis – study: Changes threaten ecosystems as flowering falls out of sync with fruit-eating, seed-dispersing animals and pollinators Tropical flowers are blooming months earlier or later than they used to because of cli...

25.02.2026 19:08 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Germany accused of ditching climate targets as it scraps renewables mandate Germany accused of ditching climate targets as it scraps renewables mandate: Coalition government agrees to remove parts of controversial law and allow homes to rely on fossil fuels Germany’s coalition government has been accused of abandoning its climate targets after agreeing to scrap ...

Germany accused of ditching climate targets as it scraps renewables mandate: Coalition government agrees to remove parts of controversial law and allow homes to rely on fossil fuels Germany’s coalition government has been accused of abandoning its climate targets after agreeing to scrap ...

25.02.2026 15:38 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump touts ‘drill, baby, drill’ agenda – but no mention of climate crisis Trump touts ‘drill, baby, drill’ agenda – but no mention of climate crisis: President derided Biden’s ‘green new scam’ during State of the Union address, and hailed the rise in US oil production Trump didn’t say the words “climate change” during the State of the Union, but it loomed large...

Trump touts ‘drill, baby, drill’ agenda – but no mention of climate crisis: President derided Biden’s ‘green new scam’ during State of the Union address, and hailed the rise in US oil production Trump didn’t say the words “climate change” during the State of the Union, but it loomed large...

25.02.2026 11:38 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0