‘The obsession with endless growth can only end in tears’: your questions on extreme weather this summer answered

From Europe’s deadly heat to floods in Asia, it’s been a terrifying summer. Environment writers Jonathan Watts and Ajit Niranjan answered Reddit users’ questions about their work – and their sources o...

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The Lovelock Papers: Shell’s Hidden Climate Knowledge Under Scrutiny as Court Battle Looms

“What seems to be important,” wrote the visionary British scientist, James Lovelock, in June 1966, is “the almost certain fact that the climate is worsening and the probability that the combustion of ...

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America’s Beautiful Epoch Of Oil Is Collapsing - Climate Hour

Despite desperate efforts by the oil industry and its captive U.S. government, the epoch of oil is collapsing.

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Masked men invading and taking Amazon communities ‘hostage’ in organised crime surge, say local leaders

Delegation sent to Brasília after gunmen from organised crime group enter homes in western Amazon

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​World’s largest meat company faces legal challenge over green credentials of $6bn global expansion

Greenpeace petitions Dutch courts to order JBS to disclose how its aims are compatible with responsibilities to climate and human rights

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The 13 biggest myths about heatwaves – and how to bust them

With some still unable to accept humanity’s role in climate chaos, we tackle common misconceptions and deceptions

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Fuel on the fire: why oil companies are profiting as the world gets dangerously hot

The scientific consensus is that burning fossil fuels drives the climate crisis, yet the world’s biggest oil companies are planning to increase production

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The American epoch of oil is collapsing. What comes next could be ugly | Jonathan Watts

China is dominating the energy transition with astonishing results, while fossil fuel fascists in the US try to turn back the clock

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Welcome to Trump’s World Cup, a depressingly angry version of football uniting the planet | Barney Ronay

Ted Lasso will deliver a message of hope before the USA’s first game, in an America that is not a fit or desirable host right now

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Record winter temperatures in Antarctic raise fears over speed of climate breakdown

Temperatures above 15C ‘very strange’ say scientists, as snow melts and rain falls on glaciers in usually frozen region

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‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survival

Global report provides an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism and economic tensions

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Rainforests pushed to breaking point by new demands for resources, report says

Need for minerals, biofuels and pulp adding to pressures from ranching, monocrops, oil and logging, analysis finds

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The American epoch of oil is collapsing. What comes next could be ugly | Jonathan Watts

China is dominating the energy transition with astonishing result, while fossil fuel fascists in the US try to turn back the clock

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US investigators believe strike on Iranian girls’ school probably carried out by US forces

US military officials briefed on investigation make disclosure, while Pentagon has confirmed only that inquiry is under way

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China’s Yangtze River shows signs of remarkable recovery after fishing ban

Doubling of fish biomass and rebounding of endangered species shows government measures starting to work, biologists say

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‘We’ve lost everything’: anger and despair in Sicilian town collapsing after landslide

People in Niscemi struggle to comprehend loss of homes and businesses and feel disaster could have been avoided

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Panda and hotpot N° 0029 05.02.2026 Climate Change talk with Adriana and Jonathan - Radio ARA

This episode of Panda and Hotpot takes listeners on a comprehensive journey through the critical issues of climate change, featuring insights from Adriana Gonzalez of EcoCitizen Luxembourg and Jonatha...

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Spain to ban social media access for children under 16

Spain will ban access to social media for minors under 16 and platforms will be required to implement age verification systems, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Tuesday at the World Government Summit in Dubai.

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Number of people living in extreme heat to double by 2050 if 2C rise occurs, study finds

Scientists expect 41% of the projected global population to face the extremes, with ‘no part of the world’ immune

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US attack on Venezuela will decide direction of South America’s vast mineral wealth

Outcome of aggression will determine whether rare earths and other resources drive energy transition – or strengthen US military power and oil interests

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Venezuela protests are sign that US wants our oil, says Nicolás Maduro

Venezuela's president claims the Obama administration is fomenting unrest with the aim of provoking a Ukraine-style 'slow-motion' coup

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Economic growth no longer linked to carbon emissions in most of the world, study finds

Analysis marking 10 years since Paris climate agreement underscores effectiveness of strong government policies

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Today, President Lula issued a directive for the government to develop, within 60 days, a proposal outlining guidelines for a national roadmap for transitioning away from fossil fuels in a just and… |...

Today, President Lula issued a directive for the government to develop, within 60 days, a proposal outlining guidelines for a national roadmap for transitioning away from fossil fuels in a just and or...

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‘The dinosaurs didn’t know what was coming, but we do’: Marina Silva on what needs to follow Cop30

Exclusive: Brazil’s environment minister talks about climate inaction and the course we have to plot to save ourselves and the planet

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