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Environment

  • a man tosses paper towels to a crowd

    ‘Vengeful’ Trump withheld disaster aid and will do so again, ex-officials warn

    Former administration officials say Trump deliberately denied funds to states he deemed politically hostile
  • People drive in a car through flood water

    ‘It’s mindblowing’: US meteorologists face death threats as hurricane conspiracies surge

  • a woman holds her hands to her face as she stands outside surrounded by debris and fallen trees after a storm

    Tornadoes, mass outages and deaths: what to know about Hurricane Milton’s impact

  • Residents brace for potentially catastrophic storm surge as state pounded by severe winds and heavy rain

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    Hurricane Milton makes landfall in Florida – video

  • a man looks at a room in a home destroyed by a tornado

    Some Floridians choose to stay despite warnings of life risk: ‘We have faith in the Lord’

  • a white cyclone approaching yellow lines on a map

    Hurricane Milton: what causes such intense storms?

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  • A Vauxhall electric van drives off the end of Ellesmere Port’s production line

    Vauxhall owner to make decision on future of UK plants ‘in next few weeks’

  • An oil tanker at sunrise

    Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers grows despite western sanctions

    Poorly maintained and uninsured vessels transporting up to 70% of country’s seaborne oil, says report
  • Peter Malinauskas

    Adelaide launches bid to host Cop31 climate conference in 2026

    Peter Malinauskas says South Australia’s renewable energy credentials make it a logical host for UN’s annual climate summit
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Big oil uncovered

  • The exterior of the NW Natural utility company, with a grey emblem saying 'NW Natural Sunset Service Center'

    Oregon county sues major gas provider for allegedly sowing climate doubt

  • a boat with containers on it

    Exported gas produces far worse emissions than coal, major study finds

  • Donald Trump in Valdosta, Georgia, on 30 September.

    Trump continues to deny climate crisis as he visits hurricane-ravaged Georgia

  • a man looks to the right next to a coal-fired power plant

    Leonard Leo-linked group attacking efforts to educate judges on climate

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America's dirty divide

  • A before and after of what an amusement park would look like before and after flooding

    How bad will flooding get by 2100? These AI images show US destinations underwater

  • the outside of an apartment building

    Green roofs and solar chimneys are here – experts say it’s time to use them

  • https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/02/paraquat-parkinsons-disease-research-syngenta-weedkiller

    Revealed: the US government-funded ‘private social network’ attacking pesticide critics

  • a brick building with a/c units on the outside

    93F and no electricity: why some US utilities can cut power despite heatwaves

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Our unequal earth

  • box of different grey, brown and yellow mushrooms

    ‘VCs need their money back’: why sustainable startups struggle to fix our broken food system

  • a man standing in a field swinging a farm implement.

    ‘We need ’em worse than they need us’: how Haitian workers feed the US

  • A person standing by a cooler hands another person a styrofoam meal container and a bottle of water

    US farms are forcing workers to buy inedible, expensive meals: ‘It makes you feel enslaved’

  • side by side images of a woman in a patterned shirt and women operating a hose

    Something about the migrant labor camp spooked my mother. Then she learned its dark history

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The age of extinction

  • A satellite image of huge spiral of green in a deep blue sea

    Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. Is nature’s carbon sink failing?

  • A young orangutan holding on to two thin trunks at the top of a tree in dawn light

    Collapsing wildlife populations near ‘points of no return’, report warns

    As average population falls reach 95% in some regions, experts call for urgent action but insist ‘nature can recover’
  • A street demonstration with a group of men in warm hats holding banners and placards

    Europe was a leader on saving nature. Now, its backsliding could threaten global progress

    Once a champion of initiatives to protect nature, the EU is now giving in to pressure from farmers and the far right
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Seascape

  • A whale pictured just below the surface of a deep blue sea.

    ‘It looked like something out of Star Trek – I expected it to go at warp speed’: the incredible marine life of the Azores – in pictures

  • The Joides Resolution ship in the ocean

    ‘A huge loss’: is it the end for the ship that helped us understand life on Earth?

    • Aerial of Clayoquot Sound reserve in British Columbia is home to the last 60 salmon farms

      ‘I won’t believe it until I see it happen’: Could a ban on sea farms save Canada’s salmon?

    • A cuttlefish amid weed-covered branches of a tree watched by a man in a wetsuit with goggles and snorkel

      ‘We look to the past to move forward’: the ancient method boosting cuttlefish numbers in the Mediterranean

    • 1st Prize Echoing Sigh-lence of Relief inside Cargo Hold by Muara Jawa.

      The Life at Sea 2024 photography awards: a rare glimpse into the highs and lows of seafaring

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Opinion

  • Helen Sullivan

    A red-lipped batfish: is there anything creepier?

    Helen Sullivan
  • Debris of destroyed buildings in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton.

    The Observer view on climate change: Hurricane Milton is a portent – but it’s not too late

  • George Monbiot

    Labour’s carbon-capture scheme will be Starmer’s white elephant: a terrible mistake costing billions

    George Monbiot
  • Orlando, Florida, after Hurricane Milton made landfall.

    The Guardian view on Hurricane Milton and other disasters: extreme politics is worsening extreme weather

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Multimedia

  • Water voles in South Downs National Park.

    Week in wildlife in pictures: a diva beaver, 100 hungry raccoons and the fattest bear

  • Most of the severe damage reported so far stemmed from the tornadoes, Federal Emergency Management Agency confirms

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    'I felt like I was about to die': survivors of Hurricane Milton tell their stories – video

    Most of the severe damage reported so far stemmed from the tornadoes, Federal Emergency Management Agency confirms
  • Searchers located the man about 30 miles off Longboat Key, Florida, clinging to an open cooler chest. He was taken to Tampa general hospital for medical treatment, the Coast Guard says

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    Hurricane Milton: US Coast Guard rescues man clinging to ice chest in Gulf of Mexico – video

    Searchers located the man about 30 miles off Longboat Key, Florida, clinging to an open cooler chest. He was taken to Tampa general hospital for medical treatment, the Coast Guard says
  • Hundreds of tadpoles swimming past the stems of lily pads

    Wildlife photographer of the year 2024 winners – in pictures

  • Torrential rain and landslides have destroyed homes, roads and bridges across the centre of the country

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    At least 14 killed in Bosnian floods after torrential rainstorm overnight – video

  • Sharks found to be an overlooked predator of sea urchins in accidental discovery by Australian researchers

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    Researchers wanted to study lobsters eating sea urchins. But sharks ate their lunch — video

  • Brown bears look for food in Sarikamis, Turkey.

    Week in wildlife in pictures: bears caught in the act, a glamorous seal and a fugitive emu

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