Our climate is changing rapidly – and our politicians sound increasingly surreal | Zoe Williams
Environment | The Guardianby Zoe Williams·24 Aug 2026
As it is August, and everyone with stronger opinions is currently on holiday, last week I went on Any Questions?, the BBC Radio 4 panel show.
This is not a natural calamity: it is being done to us knowingly
Environment | The Guardianby Tim Winton·24 Aug 2026
Well, there’s no getting around it now. What many of us once feared has become a reality. The dangerous conditions climate scientists long warned of have become our common, if deeply unwelcome...
Australia news live: Shark attack victim thanks donors after ‘incredibly difficult’ recovery; penguin parade gets flu shots
Environment | The Guardianby Nick Visser·23 Aug 2026
Major housing investment near Perth could provide boost to apartment supply Sarah Basford Canales The National Reconstruction Fund will invest $120m into a $240m advanced manufacturing project...
Against the wind: despite Trump’s attacks, unions are fighting for good US clean energy jobs
Environment | The Guardianby Dharna Noor·23 Aug 2026
Ryan McElroen had spent years repairing the New York City subway underground when he got the opportunity to work in the middle of the ocean.
London’s low emission zone is working – so why are cities around the world so cautious about clean air?
Environment | The Guardianby Fiona Harvey Environment editor·23 Aug 2026
Ten years ago, Alastair Harper was an advocate for young people’s health sitting in a stuffy meeting room in London planning an air pollution campaign. “My phone started buzzing,” he said.
‘Its pretty much a guarantee you’ll get stung’: jellyfish keep swimmers out of Delaware beaches
Environment | The Guardianby Maya Yang in Lewes Beach, Delaware·22 Aug 2026
An unusually high number of jellyfish are crowding Delaware’s beaches this summer amid climate change and other environmental factors – keeping some beachgoers out of the ocean and stinging...
The US has a plan to save the Colorado River. Experts say it won’t be enough to stop the crisis
Environment | The Guardianby Gabrielle Canon·21 Aug 2026
It’s official: after years of tense negotiations and missed deadlines, there is finally a plan to govern the future of the imperiled Colorado River - or at least the makings of one.
33m tons of toxic seaweed clogs Caribbean beaches – video
Environment | The Guardianby Guardian staff reporter·21 Aug 2026
33m tons of toxic seaweed clogs Caribbean beaches – video A record amount of sargassum has piled up along coastlines of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico.
Britain’s railway prepares for more extreme weather as intense El Niño develops
Environment | The Guardianby Priya Bharadia·21 Aug 2026
Railway companies are racing to prepare for another brutal summer next year, as a developing El Niño could see 2027 break more heat-related records.
Biggest El Niño for a century forecast to bring UK more autumn rain and storms
Environment | The Guardianby Matthew Weaver and Damien Gayle·21 Aug 2026
The El Niño event developing over the Pacific Ocean is likely to be the strongest for more than a century and make 2027 another record-breaking year for heat, the UK’s Met Office has said.
Brazil’s vast iron mine that supplies the world and fractures the Amazon – in pictures
Environment | The Guardianby All photographs by Ian Guerra in Carajás, Brazil·21 Aug 2026
Brazil’s vast iron mine that supplies the world and fractures the Amazon – in pictures The Grand Carajás project has made the country a mining superpower, but communities living in its shadow face...
Week in wildlife: Bat in a toilet, a speeding gull and a bird with shoes
Environment | The Guardianby Pejman Faratin·21 Aug 2026
Week in wildlife: Bat in a toilet, a speeding gull and a bird with shoes This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world Give a bird a hand would you please?
Controversial California oil pipeline can continue to operate, judge rules
Environment | The Guardianby Dani Anguiano·20 Aug 2026
A controversial oil pipeline can continue to operate off the California coast after a judge gave it the green light this week, despite the opposition of state regulators and environmental groups.
UK politics: Burnham says fly-tippers will be forced to pay for the clean-up when they dump waste illegally – as it happened
Environment | The Guardianby Tom Ambrose (now) and Vivian Ho (earlier)·20 Aug 2026
National Crime Agency brought in to tackle organised gangs behind illegal dumps Andy Burnham has said fly-tippers will be forced to pay for the clean-up when they dump waste illegally.
Trump plan to allow drilling near US world heritage site sparks alarm
Environment | The Guardianby Oliver Milman·20 Aug 2026
The Trump administration’s push to expand oil and gas extraction across the US is set to bring drilling near cherished natural and cultural sites, raising alarm among conservationists and prompting...
PSG’s Ligue 1 home opener moved to Rennes after pitch damaged by heat
Environment | The Guardianby Associated Press and Guardian sport·20 Aug 2026
Paris Saint-Germain’s Ligue 1 opener against Rennes has been relocated at short notice, because of damage to their pitch by the extreme heat.
More than 1,000 birds found dead in three mass mortality events amid ‘significant’ H5 escalation in Australia
Environment | The Guardianby Lisa Cox Environment and climate correspondent·20 Aug 2026
The South Australian premier, Peter Malinauskas, has declared a “significant escalation” in H5 bird flu in the state after the detection of three mass mortality events involving more than 1,000...
Monstera magic: Barbican hands out cuttings as ‘green lung of the city’ closes
Environment | The Guardianby Helena Horton·20 Aug 2026
Above the waxy monstera leaves and bright pink hibiscus flowers in the Barbican conservatory hangs a giant net to catch the panes of glass that are at risk of falling from the ceiling on the...
From bone-dry to soaked to the bone, welcome to the age of climate whiplash | Aditya Chakrabortty
Environment | The Guardianby Aditya Chakrabortty·20 Aug 2026
This summer could be the hottest, driest and deadliest in English history. Successive heatwaves have so far claimed almost 3,000 lives.
California becomes first US state to set efficiency rules for replacement tires
Environment | The Guardianby Sam Levin in Los Angeles·19 Aug 2026
California has become the first state in the nation to mandate that replacement tires be energy efficient, a major auto industry regulation set to block the sale of older tires and make vehicles on...
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