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The Guardian view on a supersized El Niño: a natural phenomenon and human folly are a lethal combination | Editorial

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:37:39 +0000

Hundreds of thousands are expected to die, millions to go hungry. This is not just about weather patterns, but about injustice

Gavin Newsom condemns Democrats’ ‘climate hushing’, predicts Trump’s downfall and expects AOC to run in 2028

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:00:24 +0000

Democrats must show links of climate shocks to ‘kitchen table’ issues, California governor says

It’s a mistake for Democratic politicians not to talk about climate change, and the reason they don’t is “because they don’t know how to talk about it”, the California governor, Gavin Newsom, said on Wednesday in an interview with the Guardian and the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now.

Rick Wakeman performs piano concert to 150 rescued moon bears in Vietnam

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 15:40:28 +0000

Former Yes musician plays at sanctuary to raise awareness of animals that remain stuck in cages at ‘bile farms’

Rick Wakeman has played to all kinds of people around the globe, but he has now performed to an audience he had never encountered before – an enclosure of 150 bears.

The former Yes musician, who has gone on to have a prolific solo career, played the piano at a Vietnamese bear sanctuary.

Rescued bears enjoy private piano concert – video

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 15:32:20 +0000

Former Yes musician Rick Wakeman plays a piano concert to bears at a sanctuary in Vietnam. His concert was performed live on a Yamaha grand piano positioned in Animals Asia in the Tam Dao national park. Wakeman is trying to raise awareness of 125 animals that remain stuck in cages at ‘bile farms’ in the country

Fossil-fuel firms in line for billions in benefits after answering Trump’s donation call

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:30:17 +0000

Senators’ report says taxpayers face higher bills after ‘bargain’ between president and major polluters

The fossil fuel industry secured an estimated $190bn in tax breaks and subsidies over the next decade after responding to Donald Trump’s pre-election call for major campaign donations, leaving American taxpayers to shoulder higher bills and public health costs associated with pollution, according to a new report.

Backlash as Indian oil heir made professor of sustainability by Newcastle University

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:26:44 +0000

Role for Anant Ambani, son of India’s richest person, who also runs a controversial mega-zoo, met with incredulity

Newcastle University is facing a backlash from conservationists over the appointment of the heir to an Indian oil and gas fortune who runs a controversial mega-zoo as a professor of sustainability.

The university announced that Anant Ambani had been given a professorship of practice for “his work in conservation, biodiversity protection, animal welfare and environmental stewardship” and “significant contributions to advancing a more sustainable future”.

Mass sardine die-off pits survival of South Africa’s penguins against fishers’ livelihoods

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:00:11 +0000

Known as the ‘energy bars of the sea’ the fish are a key food source for many species, but closing fisheries to allow numbers to recover would cost millions

It began on 28 July, when fishers near Saldanha Bay on the west coast of South Africa reported seeing dead sardines (also known as pilchards) floating at sea. Then, in early August, more dead sardines began washing up on beaches near Cape Town.

‘Cash to trash’ levy on house developers too low to offset damage to Norfolk Broads, say critics

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 06:00:09 +0000

Exclusive: Levy that allows almost 16,000 houses to be built on Norfolk Broads will not cover cost of mitigating environmental damage, critics say

A new levy on developers to allow almost 16,000 homes to be built in the environmentally protected Norfolk Broads has been cut by tens of thousands of pounds per house, the Guardian can reveal.

Ministers say the government’s environmental delivery plans (EDPs) were created to unblock housing growth across the country and are a “win-win” for development and nature.

‘Hanging on by a thread’: 11th hour decision to protect endangered birds from SA space project plans welcomed

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 03:00:05 +0000

The Eyre peninsula site is ‘precious and important’ habitats for southern emu-wren and home to 80% of the mallee whipbird population

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Twenty years after An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore still believes in the climate fight: ‘We are going to win this’

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 21:43:16 +0000

Former US vice-president still has optimism for climate advocacy two decades after groundbreaking documentary

Two decades after the release of his groundbreaking documentary An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore has admitted he was surprised by the ferocious, ongoing backlash from the fossil fuel industry and its political allies. But the former US vice-president insists he still has optimism the world will confront the climate crisis.