Michael Gove 'entirely unfit' to be environment secretary, say Greens
Appointment greeted with anger by environmental campaigners, who lament his record on green issues Green activists and politicians have reacted with dismay to Theresa May’s decision to bring Michael Gove back to frontline politics as environment secretary. May, who banished Gove to the backbenches when she became Tory leader last year, announced his new post […]
Oil giants need to invest heavily in renewables by 2035, says analysis
Slowing demand for oil and forecasts of rapid growth in green power pose risk to core business, says analyst More than a fifth of investment by the largest oil and gas companies could be in wind and solar power in just over a decade, according to analysis of how global changes in energy will reshape […]
New threats to public lands endanger America's unique wildlife corridors
Mule deer, pronghorn and other animals rely on unbroken migration routes for food and survival, a necessity now in jeopardy as Trump pushes for development Follow a Reddit AMA on the Guardian’s public lands series from 12pm ET Monday The life of a Wyoming mule deer is a tough one. In order to survive, thousands […]
It's Hug a Climate Scientist Day. Just remember: no surprise hugs! | First Dog on the Moon
Every 12 June a grateful planet pauses to give thanks to those brave souls who bear the burden of knowing what the rest of us can’t stand to think about Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are published Get all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what […]
Across Dartmoor on horseback: Country diary 50 years ago
Originally published in the Guardian on 17 June 1967 DARTMOOR: The best way to see the country of the high moorland is, I am now convinced, from horseback. A docile eight-year-old mare carried me for three hours over Holne Moor and along the thickly wooded valley of the Dart and provided a morning of great […]
With particles, size really matters
Engineers call them nano-particles, and close to congested roads and busy airports, we inhale them in astonishing numbers In 1996, the Scottish scientist Anthony Seaton put forward a new theory about the health problems from modern air pollution. Throughout our evolution, we have always lived with dusts, but Seaton suggested that the problems from modern […]
Flash mob: the World Naked Bike Ride comes to London – in pictures
Hundreds stripped off as the World Naked Bike Ride hit London this weekend, aimed at encouraging a ‘vision of a cleaner, safer, body-positive world’ Join us for Guardian Cities cycle week from Monday as we explore the good and bad of urban cycling around the world Continue reading… Source: Guardian Climate Change
Naomi Klein: ‘Trump is an idiot, but don’t underestimate how good he is at that’
The US has a president who embodies many of the things Naomi Klein has been warning about for years. She says her new book had to be written before things got worse The fact that Naomi Klein predicted the forces that explain the rise to power of Donald Trump gives her no pleasure at all. […]
Rio Tinto bidding war: Glencore offers US$100m more for Australian coalmines
Miner initially said it was selling Coal & Allied to Yancoal, which is majority controlled by China’s Yanzhou Coal A multibillion-dollar bidding war for most of Rio Tinto’s Australian coalmines has broken out between China-backed Yancoal and Glencore after the Swiss commodities company made an unexpected offer. Rio Tinto, the world’s second-largest miner, is exiting […]
The eco guide to prison labour
The world’s biggest companies, from Starbucks to Victoria’s Secret, use prisoners to work on their products. Is it helpful work experience or sheer exploitation? We are all, at heart, ethical consumers. I’ve never met anyone actively looking for a dose of slave labour with their teabags, window frames or underwear. 71% of companies surveyed in […]