Trump policy of less safety and more offshore drilling is ‘a recipe for disaster’
Nine years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Trump administration is exacerbating the industry’s ‘systemic failures’, report warns
Environment
The zero-waste revolution: how a new wave of shops could end excess packaging
Shops that minimise the environmental impact of our consumer habits are springing up across Britain. Could they help us avert catastrophe?
Talking about climate change in conservative places is hard. But we can’t afford not to
If Mississippi reflects on the deep, systemic inequalities its plantation economy created, perhaps it will see those inequalities are exacerbated by climate change
School pupils can make their climate change strike hurt
Rachel Savage has an idea for young activists and Hannah Morrow wants a front-page reminder every day
Too arrogant? Senator Dianne Feinstein responds to young green activists
Sunrise Movement says California senator reacted with ‘smugness and disrespect’ to their campaigning for New Green Deal
New plant-focused diet would ‘transform’ planet’s future, say scientists
‘Planetary health diet’ would prevent millions of deaths a year and avoid climate change
Warming oceans likely to raise sea levels 30cm by end of century – study
Seawater temperature is rising faster than predicted, which is likely to worsen extreme weather events around the world
What would Jesus do? Talking with evangelicals about climate change
In our new column about the American south and climate change, we go towards Christians who have been resistant to ideas of environmental stewardship – perhaps it’s a message they need to hear in their own terms
Climate change ‘will inflict substantial damages on US lives’
- US National Climate Assessment details climate change impact
- Current response to crisis is insufficient, authors say
Fossil fuel divestment funds rise to $6tn
Insurance companies lead the sell-off of coal, oil and gas stocks over climate change and financial fears – oil majors now cite divestment as a risk to them