latest by me - the number of people cut off from their electricity surged in July, the hottest month ever recorded in the US. Americans describe cutting back on food and suffering heatstroke as inflation and the climate crisis collided this summer www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘It’s just cruel’: US households hit by surge in electricity shutoffs amid record hot summer

Utility disconnections were up 28% in 10 states in July 2026 – the hottest month ever recorded in the US – compared with July 2024, data shows

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the big hitters keep coming at Climate Week, with Elmo recounting the harrowing tale of Sesame Street being hit by a major storm

Instead of talking about political stalling and backsliding on climate action, leaders speaking at Climate Week, which runs alongside UNGA, focused on the security and economic reasons that are making the need to transition impossible to ignore. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

World leaders address climate crisis before UN meet amid record-breaking El-Niño

Prime ministers of Australia and Iceland discuss effects on their countries even as some shy away in face of war and inflation

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‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn

‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn

New report shows key indicators of Earth’s health are ‘outside the safe operating space’ as climate disaster looms The planetary life support systems relied upon by humans have deteriorated to their worst levels ever recorded amid ongoing pollution and habitat destruction, according to a key yet grim annual update by scientists. Of the nine “planetary boundaries” that help determine whether life can flourish on Earth, seven are being breached at their highest ever levels of transgression, according to the latest planetary health check, a process that was established in 2009. Continue reading...

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sobering gibbon news www.theguardian.com/environment/...?

They’re the sopranos of the forest, so what’s silencing the gibbons’ morning chorus?

As human development and roads increasingly fragment their habitats, a study suggests traffic noise could be altering the animals’ wake-up call

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While erasing any limit to planet-heating pollution from power plants, Donald Trump's EPA made two bold claims - that this will lower Americans' energy bills and the pollution doesn't even matter anyway. The EPA's own documents tell a very different story www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Trump EPA’s arguments for letting power plants spew unlimited pollution ‘dead wrong’

Claims that dismantling pollution rules will lower energy bills and have little climate impact are far from convincing

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on the heels of America's hottest summer on record, we are now set to get a lot more planet-heating pollution www.theguardian.com/environment/...

US ends limits on coal and gas plant emissions, removing key tool to battle climate crisis

Trump’s EPA strips itself of regulation ability, gutting Clean Air Act in what experts say is a gift to planet polluters

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In a quiet corner of Louisiana sits an Energy Transfer gas processing plant that may well be the largest emitter of methane - a powerful plant-heating gas- in the US, a new study has found. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

As our forests burn, permafrost melts and freshwater heats up, huge amounts of planet-heating emissions are being released. These climate 'feedback loops' are often overlooked but could add upto 30% to existing global heating this century, stark new study finds www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Climate ‘feedback loops’ could worsen global warming by 30%, study finds

Emissions of planet-heating methane and CO2 from natural sources are worsening the climate crisis, paper says

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Online prediction markets are focusing on a new area of betting growth - the climate crisis. Kalshi even says it sees itself as part of the weather forecast process, after a deal with the Weather Channel owner. This all has caused alarm among scientists. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Temperature check: alarm as prediction markets lean into weather and climate bets

Climate experts warn US Kalshi and Polymarket users are ‘gamifying disasters’ as they bet on events like heatwaves and daily temperatures

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Summer 2026 is a near lock to finish as the warmest on record for the Contiguous U.S. Thanks humans!

It's not often you can pinpoint real, positive change a journalist has caused. But as Turkmeni sources state, @dpcarrington.bsky.social's persistent and probing coverage of this issue has been critical to a change of policy, with massive implications. Big congrats www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Breakthrough’ as Turkmenistan starts fixing ‘mindboggling’ methane mega-leaks

Secretive state begins repairs on ageing facilities after being revealed as worst country for leaks of potent greenhouse gas

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latest from me: new study finds global heating from the burning of fossil fuels is supercharging natural El Nino events, such as the super strong 'Godzilla' event that's currently developing www.theguardian.com/environment/...

El Niño climate patterns supercharged by burning of fossil fuels, study finds

‘Godzilla’ event currently brewing could push 50 million people into acute hunger before the end of next year

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Paul Brown, the pioneering environment correspondent for the Guardian, has died He was a brilliant journalist, colleague and human being and will be much missed, and always remembered www.theguardian.com/media/2026/a...

Paul Brown obituary

The Guardian’s environment correspondent at a time when international concern over the climate began to take hold

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I spent time with Jack Klein, who measures the boiling heat of New York's subway as heatwaves get fiercer above ground due to climate change. 14th Street was particularly sweaty. It got to 101F (38C) with the “real feel” 132F (55C). It was dizzying. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

‘132F’: meet the man calling out NYC’s infernally hot subway stations

Jack Klein takes heat readings, gives fans to overheated passengers and lugs big jugs of water into the stations

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Songwriter of I Will Always Love You, Jolene and 9 to 5 also invested millions in child literacy, Covid-19 vaccine development and other causes

Dolly Parton, country star, actor and philanthropist, dies aged 80

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Watched the battle of Brooklyn reenactment and the crowd all booed the British. Very much felt like an away match.

The US has surged ahead of China in building gas-fired power due to the AI data center boom, new report finds. US now building more than double the amount of gas power than China, which will add a huge amount of planet-heating emissions www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

US building twice as much gas-fired capacity as China in AI boom, analysis finds

There has been a 76% increase in under-construction gas-fired projects amid ‘frenzy’ to build more datacenters

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Trump administration's plan to allow oil and gas drilling beside Chaco Culture national historical park, a World Heritage site, prompts scrutiny from the UN's heritage body www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Trump plan to allow drilling near US world heritage site sparks alarm

Administration’s plan to scrap drilling-free buffer zone around New Mexico site prompts scrutiny from Unesco

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aaaand the winner of the Guardian's prestigious invertebrate of the year is.... the leaf sheep! best btl reader comment: 'I'm not going to the awards ceremony again, I went last year and it took three weeks for the winner to get from its seat to the podium.' www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Winner of Invertebrate of the Year 2026 crowned – and it is the size of a grain of rice

The leaf sheep, a neon green solar-powered slug, has inspired at least one Pokémon character and triumphs in global ballot

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While writing this story I learned that if you scare an otter it is able to emit a scream loud enough to be heard 1.5 miles away www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Otter spotted for first time in 100 years in New York City’s Bronx River

Image captured in early June shows animal foraging in the waterway in first since early 1900s, signaling its recovery

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Latest by me: Fossils show huge carbon emissions harm forests, not ‘green the planet’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Fossils show huge carbon emissions harm forests, not ‘green the planet’

Study of 56m-year-old leaves counters claims from Trump administration members of ‘benefits’ of fossil fuel pollution

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They pre-date dinosaurs, eat food using their legs and contain blue blood that we use to test the safety of our vaccines. I argue for the horseshoe crab, the great, offbeat survivor, to win the prestigious Guardian invertebrate of the year competition www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Living fossil’: the blue-blood arthropod that has changed little in 445m years

Tenacious and confounding, the horseshoe crab pre-dates dinosaurs and has copper-based blood vital to vaccine safety

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US TV networks please, please pay attention to how Channel 4 covers the climate crisis. In the first 7 minutes it covers the UK heatwaves and droughts, clearly states the cause and immediately discusses whether more oil drilling leases should be allowed or not www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8L5...

Over 70% of England in drought as UK braces for fifth heatwave

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Good message: “Scientists have made clear that the elevated heat, along with vast fires, was being significantly amplified by the human-caused climate crisis, accelerated by the burning of fossil fuels.”

July was hottest month ever recorded in US as heatwaves scorched country

Scientists have made clear that the elevated heat in the US was being amplified by the human-caused climate crisis

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The conditions that have led to the huge wildfires in Canada this summer were made twice as likely to occur due to the human-caused climate crisis, study finds. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Human-driven climate crisis fuels Canada’s deadly wildfires, study finds

Current blazes roaring across country more than twice as likely to occur because of fossil fuel-driven global heating

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Past fires suggest health impacts of Europe and North America #wildfires may linger for years #climatecrisis Story by @olliemilman.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Past fires suggest effects of Europe and North America wildfires may linger for years

Three years after Maui wildfires many still struggle with ‘biological, emotional and social consequences’, study says

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US TV networks please take many notes - within the very first minute of this Channel 4 report on the record wildfires in France, the reporter, Amelia Jenne, states this is because Europe is heating up quickly due to "fossil fuel pollution" www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTCH...

Europe wildfires: Flames just kilometers from Bordeaux

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You see this frontpage and do genuinely wonder what on earth the conversation must have been between the senior editors when they were laying it out...

That was the most England performance ever