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‘My classroom was 30C. No one was learning. Then I started to feel dizzy’ – This is climate breakdown
As a UK heatwave intensified in early summer this year, the health impacts began to worsen. This is Gill’s storyLocation: London, UKDisaster: UK heatwave, 2026Gill (not her real n…
A massive ship is being sunk off Florida to make an artificial reef
A ship bigger than the Titanic is being sunk off the coast of Florida to make an artificial reef.
The Pace of Everglades Restoration Has Accelerated. But Is It Working?
A historic restoration of Florida’s Everglades is proceeding at an unprecedented pace, although more scientific analysis is needed to understand how the fragile watershed is respo…
The Trump Administration Praised a Georgia Manufacturer. Now It’s Suing the EPA.
In August 2025, Vice President JD Vance and Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin visited cold storage equipment manufacturer Alta Refrigeration to announce pla…
Ed Miliband says national security of all countries at risk from climate crisis
Exclusive: UK foreign secretary to tell world leaders at Cop31 summit that sci-fi scenarios of destruction ‘now regular occurrences’Cop31 live – latest updatesUK politics live – l…
Cop31 live: World leaders to speak at climate crisis summit
Third day of UN talks begin but leaders of many big polluting nations absentAs day three of the UN climate summit kicks off, world leaders from dozens of countries are expected. B…
Why are Britain's streets still so polluted? Because the car industry dinosaurs do what they like, and politicians let them | George Monbiot
The transition to electric vehicles should be moving apace, but it is not. And why? Incompetence, expedience and cowardiceThis is how it works. An industry puts tremendous effort …
Thousands of rare wildflowers rescued from eroding Scottish coast
Conservationists relocate 3,400 one-flowered wintergreens, a species estimated to have lost more than half its UK population in the past 50 yearsThousands of one of Britain’s rare…
Can the Blue Wave Turn the Tide Against Border Wall Construction in Texas?
EL PASO, Texas—Border communities voted in overwhelming numbers for Democratic candidates in the midterm elections last Tuesday. Come January, every U.S. House member representing…
Senate Advances Permitting Overhaul But Roadblocks Loom
The Senate voted Monday to advance long-sought bipartisan legislation to speed permitting of big energy projects, amid acrimony over whether the bill’s support for clean energy wi…
COP31 Meets the Overshoot Era
Yesterday, delegates from about 200 countries arrived in Antalya, a resort city on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast, for the 31st United Nations climate summit. It is the first “Confe…
Cop31 may involve lots of talking about talking – but there are wins to be had
In this week’s newsletter: what to expect of the next two weeks at the critical UN climate talks. Plus, this week’s most important reads• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your…
Why the World Is Still Running on Fossil Fuels After 30 Years of Climate Talks
ANTALYA, Turkey—The stench of fossil fuels has become a hallmark of the United Nations “Conference of the Parties” climate talks, starting with the airplanes and buses carrying de…
Tuesday briefing: The world is falling short on climate action. Can Cop31 change that?
In today’s newsletter: As global leaders gather in Turkey for the UN climate summit, both doubts and hope surround what the annual talks can achieveGood morning. After another yea…
Australia's Chris Bowen tells Cop31 the world can still limit global heating to 1.5C – video
At the opening of Cop31 in Turkey, president of negotiations and Australia’s climate change minister, Chris Bowen, acknowledged the world would overshoot the Paris Agreement’s 1.5…
Slight fall in carbon emissions from fossil fuels as Iran war drives renewables push
However, authors of a comprehensive assessment to be presented at Cop31 warn talk of a global turnaround prematureCop31 live – latest updatesSoaring oil and gas prices following t…
Chris Bowen faces a titanic task at Cop31. What will it take for the world to make the climate crisis its top priority? | Adam Morton
Whether the global community can bring itself to name fossil fuels as the cause of the climate emergency will be at the centre of debate in AntalyaAustralian politics could have l…
Alabama Power Lawyer Calls Landowner’s Statements, Stance ‘Ridiculous Stuff’
COLUMBIANA, Ala.—Attorneys for Alabama Power didn’t mince words about Fenn Church in a Shelby County courthouse Monday afternoon. “Mr. Church—over and over again—has said he wants…
High fossil fuel prices spread inflation ‘like a cancer’, UN climate negotiator tells Cop31
Simon Stiell makes opening address at summit in Turkey, where talks are under way about speeding up shift to electrificationA global fossil fuel price crisis is “spreading inflati…
Fallout From the Flames
Welcome to Inside Climate, a podcast from the staff of Inside Climate News. Powerful wildfires upended life for residents in Maui, Hawaiʻi, in 2023. In early 2025, the Eaton and P…
Chesapeake Bay’s Osprey Population Is Falling. Is Its Food Supply a Factor?
For 20 years, Roberta Kellam, a retired lawyer and longtime birder, has watched ospreys return to their nests and raise chicks from her home on Nassawadox Creek, on Virginia’s Eas…
Britain’s Data Center Boom Meets Growing Resistance
Ambily Banerjee moved to Langley, in the borough of Slough, 18 miles west of London, for its good schools and green spaces. Now, Microsoft is planning to move in nearby. Its propo…
‘A new age of climate extremes’: Earth accumulating heat at accelerating rate
Increased heat will supercharge extreme weather events, warns UN agency as Cop31 climate summit beginsHeat is accumulating in Earth’s systems at an accelerating rate, the UN’s wea…
Cop31 live: world leaders gather for crucial climate crisis talks
UN climate summit will focus on how to implement the targets needed to urgently cut greenhouse gas emissionsWhat is at stake at the UN climate summit and what can it achieve?Key p…