By Lisa Friedman

Chris Wright, who travels to Europe next week to promote American gas, called climate change “not incredibly important.”

Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Friday defended the Trump administration’s decision to block a nearly completed $6.2 billion wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island by saying offshore wind increases electricity prices and by downplaying the jobs at stake.

Energy experts accused Mr. Wright of oversimplifying the economics of offshore wind energy, noting …

By Lisa Friedman and Sachi Kitajima Mulkey

Scores of researchers reviewed the Energy Department’s argument about greenhouse gases and found serious deficiencies.

More than 85 American and international scientists have condemned a Trump administration report that calls the threat of climate change overblown, saying the analysis is riddled with errors, misrepresentations and cherry-picked data to fit the president’s political agenda.

The scientists submitted their critique as part of a public comment period on the report, …

By HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

Just days before Labor Day, a holiday designed to celebrate the importance and power of American workers in the United States, the Transportation Department cancelled $679 million in funding for offshore wind projects, and the Department of Energy announced it is withdrawing a $716 million loan guarantee to complete infrastructure for an offshore wind project in New Jersey.

These cancellations reflect President Donald J. Trump’s apparent determination to kill off wind …

By Dave Pell

The Pro Climate Change Administration

Donald Trump has always been pro climate change. But in his first term, his hot-headed support for heat was limited mostly to American policy. He withdrew from the Paris agreement. He obsessed about the dangers of wind-power. He pushed for more drilling and fossil fuel use. This time around, the administration's pro climate change strategy had gone global. We want the whole world to have the hots …

by Sandy Keaton Leander, Arizona State University

New findings from studying over two decades of satellite observations reveal that Earth's continents have experienced unprecedented freshwater loss since 2002, driven by climate change, unsustainable groundwater use and extreme droughts. The study, led by Arizona State University and published today in Science Advances, highlights the emergence of four continental-scale "mega-drying" regions, all located in the northern hemisphere, and warns of severe consequences for water security, agriculture, sea …

By Damian Carrington Environment editor

Petrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet

Being surrounded and yelled at about “misrepresenting reality” is not how serious United Nations-hosted negotiations are meant to proceed. But that is what happened to Prof Bethanie Carney Almroth during talks about a global treaty to slash plastic pollution in Ottawa, Canada. The employees of a large US chemicals …

By Fiona Harvey Environment editor

The bulk of global greenhouse gas emissions come from countries that are not democratic, and many big oil and gas exporters are also authoritarian

When it comes to the climate crisis, how do you negotiate with an autocracy?

It is the case today, and it is almost certain to remain so for the dwindling number of years in which we can hope to stave off the worst of climate breakdown, …

By Nazaneen Ghaffar

A third official heat wave is expected to descend this weekend, with record-breaking temperatures possible in Scotland.

After a brief break of cooler weather, Britain is once again bracing for another surge of heat — marking the country’s third heat wave of the year.

While the heat may not reach the extreme highs seen earlier this summer, the latest spell is expected to be more prolonged and widespread.

Jason Kelly, a chief …

By Maxine Joselow

The three scientists joined the administration after it dismissed hundreds of experts who were assessing how global warming is affecting the country.

The Energy Department has hired at least three scientists who are well-known for their rejection of the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change, according to records reviewed by The New York Times.

The scientists are listed in the Energy Department’s internal email system as current employees of the agency, the …

By Ajit Niranjan

Heat caused 2,300 deaths across 12 cities, of which 1,500 were down to climate crisis, scientists say

Planet-heating pollution tripled the death toll from the “quietly devastating” heatwave that seared Europe at the end of June, early analysis covering a dozen cities has found, as experts warned of a worsening health crisis that is being overlooked.

Scientists estimate that high heat killed 2,300 people across 12 major cities as temperatures soared across …

By Ingrid K. Williams

Known as koloniträdgårdar, they provide city dwellers access to nature, fresh produce and community.

On an unseasonably warm June morning in Stockholm, Stina Larsson, 98, stood among fragrant lilacs, lilies and lavender, inspecting the garden that she has tended for more than 40 years. Rabbits had been nibbling the nasturtiums, she noticed, and there were weeds that needed pulling.

Ms. Larsson’s garden, situated on a postage stamp of land beside the …

By Ajit Niranjan and Elsie McDowell

Voters may feel hotter summers are ‘too much’ but they appear to tolerate roll-back of policies to stop global heating

“It’s just too much, isn’t it?” says Julie, a retiree in Stanford-le-Hope, Essex, about the 42C (107.6F) heat that her brother had seen scorch Spain last week. The former local government worker has felt summers get hotter over her lifetime and says she “couldn’t stand” such high heat herself.

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By Jasmine Laws

Anumber of Western states have vulnerable wildlife that would be threatened by possible land protection rollbacks, according to the conservation group the Wilderness Society.

Government documents have indicated that President Donald Trump and the Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum may roll back national monument designations and leasing withdrawals. Last month, a Department of Justice official determined that the president had the power to carry out the move.

Newsweek has contacted …

By Elisabetta Povoledo

A punishing heat wave broke records in southern Europe and hasn’t peaked yet in some places, prompting warnings to residents, employers and tourists to alter their habits.

A heat wave sweeping much of Europe showed few signs of relenting on Tuesday, when temperatures soared past 100 degrees Fahrenheit, or 37.8 Celsius, in many places in the south.

In Italy, heat warnings were issued for 17 cities. And in France temperatures in some …

By Paul Krugman

The manosphere and the war on renewable energy

“We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters.” That famous 2011 quip from the venture capitalist Peter Thiel still resonates, even though Thiel himself has become a deeply malignant force in American politics. I’ll write soon about the madness of the Trumpist tech bros, but for today let me focus on Thiel’s original insight — that everyone, venture capitalists included, had come to …

By Raymond Zhong

Even in places, like Central Texas, with a long history of floods, human-caused warming is creating the conditions for more frequent and severe deluges.

Colossal bursts of rain like the ones that caused the deadly flooding in Texas are becoming more frequent and intense around the globe as the burning of fossil fuels heats the planet, scientists say.

Warm air holds more moisture than cool air, and as temperatures rise, storms can …

By Angelique Chrisafis in Paris, Sam Jones in Madrid, Angela Giuffrida in Rome, Deborah Cole in Berlin and Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo

French far-right leader’s ‘grand plan’ to expand AC comes under attack, while Germany braces for possible record heat

The European heatwave has moved east, threatening record temperatures in Germany, as a political row broke out in France over air conditioning.

The French far-right leader Marine Le Pen seized a canvassing opportunity before the …

By Helena Horton Environment reporter

Exclusive: Firm that runs Aberdeenshire resort says it is ‘categorically wrong’ to suggest it has caused environmental damage

Donald Trump’s Aberdeenshire golf course has breached sewage contamination limits 14 times since 2019, documents reveal.

The 36-hole golf course, one of two that Trump owns in Scotland, also has a five-star hotel, a whisky bar and two restaurants. Trump International Golf Links, Scotland has a private sewage system that treats wastewater …

Elizabeth Dawson, BBC News and Erwan Rivault, Data Designer, BBC

A record one million hectares - equivalent to about half the land area of Wales - have burned across the European Union so far this year, making it the worst wildfire season since records began in 2006.

Spain and Portugal have been hit especially hard, with roughly 1% of the entire Iberian Peninsula scorched, according to EU scientists.

The worsening fire season in the Mediterranean …

By Brooke Jarvis

Many of Southern California’s plants and animals evolved with fire as part of their life cycles. Can they weather the worsening fires to come?

Miroslava Munguia Ramos turned onto the road that leads into Sullivan Canyon and tried to summon the memory of what it looked like just three months earlier, in late January. It should have been months into the wet season, but the rains hadn’t come. Instead, the Palisades fire …

By Eric Holthaus

Climate.gov, which went dark this summer, to be revived by volunteers as climate.us with expanded mission

Earlier this summer, access to climate.gov – one of the most widely used portals of climate information on the internet – was thwarted by the Trump administration, and its production team was fired in the process.

The website offered years’ worth of accessibly written material on climate science. The site is technically still online but has …

Dharna Noor in New Orleans with photographs by Thalia Juarez

As survivors and experts reflect on the storm 20 years on, fear is growing that the US is just as unprepared to take on extreme weather amid cuts to Fema

Darren McKinney grew up in New Orleans’s Lower Ninth Ward. When Hurricane Katrina struck 20 years ago this week, he watched his neighborhood wash away. From his second-floor apartment, he saw flood waters rise up …

By Dharna Noor

Lawsuit brought by two non-profit law firms have had previous wins in Montana and Wisconsin

Fifteen young climate advocates, aged eight to 17, on Friday sued the state of Wisconsin over its pro-fossil fuel policies.

The case provides the opportunity for state officials to “make the correct step to decarbonize Wisconsin” because of the “climate harms they’ve caused youth”, said Kaarina, 17, who is the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit.

Kaarina grew …

By Lisa Friedman, Brad Plumer, and Maxine Joselow

Trump Administration Orders Work Halted on Wind Farm That Is Nearly Built

The order to stop construction on Revolution Wind off the coast of Rhode Island is part of a campaign against renewable energy.

The Trump administration on Friday ordered that all construction stop on Revolution Wind, a $4 billion wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island that is already mostly built.

The 65-turbine project had …

by Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent

As insurer’s shares hit highest level since 2008, CEO says green issues are also important for many of its clients

Aviva’s chief executive, Amanda Blanc, has reiterated the insurer’s commitment to climate goals in the face of growing pushback against net zero ambitions in the US and UK.

On Thursday Aviva’s shares hit their highest level since the 2008 financial crisis, with investors cheering a rise in profits, and fresh …

By Lisa Friedman

US president using ‘invented’ national energy crisis to justify expansion of coal, oil and gas, experts say

The Trump administration has drafted a plan to repeal a fundamental scientific finding that gives the United States government its authority to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions and fight climate change, according to two people familiar with the plan.

The proposed Environmental Protection Agency rule rescinds a 2009 declaration known as the “endangerment finding,” which scientifically established …

By Ajit Niranjan in Castrop-Rauxel

A €5.5bn project has transformed the Emscher from ‘the sewer of the Ruhr’ to a place where nature is starting to flourish

Strolling beside the Emscher, the Tyczkowskis say it is the stench that they remember most about the river’s darker days.

“The whole thing was filthy and it stank terribly,” says the couple, a retired watchmaker and tax adviser in their 80s. Were they ever tempted to take a …

By Peter Stone

US president using ‘invented’ national energy crisis to justify expansion of coal, oil and gas, experts say

Ever since Donald Trump began his second presidency, he has used an “invented” national energy emergency to help justify expanding oil, gas and coal while slashing green energy – despite years of scientific evidence that burning fossil fuels has contributed significantly to climate change, say scholars and watchdogs.

It’s an agenda that in only its …

By Alexander Hurst

Greenery, shade and swimming spots won’t solve the climate crisis, but they’re becoming ever more critical

Three years ago, in Zurich for the first time, I crossed a bridge over the Limmat River and saw people floating down it in rubber rings on their way home from work, some casually holding beers. The Limmat is so clear that it almost begs you not only to jump in, but to drink it.

Paris’s …

Damian Carrington Environment editor

Research in Chile suggests climate crisis makes eruptions more likely and explosive, and warns of Antarctica risk

The loss of ice releases the pressure on underground magma chambers and makes eruptions more likely. This process has been seen in Iceland, an unusual island that sits on a mid-ocean tectonic plate boundary. But the research in Chile is one of the first studies to show a surge in volcanism on a continent …

Guardian correspondents

How chefs, street performers and cheesemongers struggled to get their jobs done in record-busting temperatures

Hundreds of millions of people across Europe suffered an extreme heatwave this week, with temperatures smashing records as the continent sweltered.

With the human-caused climate emergency pushing the mercury ever higher, early in the summer Europe is experiencing troubling temperatures.

From an Italian chef who works in a 60C kitchen to a homeless Dutch man given shelter in …

Now more than ever, environmental solutions may seem out of reach. But they’re happening all over the country. This year, we’ll be highlighting one thing that’s working in every state.

Alabama

In Alabama, a Social Media Influencer Really Gets Wild

Kyle Lybarger built a loyal following online by talking about native plants and why biodiversity matters.

Arizona

Living Car-Free in Arizona, on Purpose and Happily

One community near Phoenix is taking a “completely different” approach …

Tom Perkins

New study finds troubling levels of Pfas near wastewater plants and sludge sites in 19 states

Sewage sludge and wastewater treatment plants are major sources of Pfas water pollution, new research finds, raising questions about whether the US is safely managing its waste.

A first-of-its-kind study tested rivers bordering 32 sewage sludge sites, including wastewater treatment plants and fields where the substance is spread as fertilizer – it found concerning levels of Pfas …

TODAY Tuesday July 1st IS A NATIONAL CALL-IN DAY OF ACTION & PROTEST TO SAVE AMERICA’S WILD HORSES AND OUR PUBLIC LANDS.

This is an urgent alert for every person who cares about the protection, preservation, and survival of America’s Wild Horses and Burros and our Public Lands. Let’s all act together on One Massive National Call-In Day of Protest.

We ask each of you to spend just 10 minutes of your time on Tuesday, …

By Jakub Krupa

Health and environmental alerts issued with high temperatures expected in France, Italy, Portugal and Spain

Spain on high heat alert after provisional June temperature record of 46C - Sam Jones
in Madrid

Spain remains on high heat alert – especially after a provisional June temperature record of 46C (114.8F) was set on Saturday afternoon in El Granado in the Andalucían province of Huelva. The highest temperature previously recorded for June was the …

By William J. Broad

The National Hurricane Center will experiment with the company’s DeepMind program to enhance the work of its expert meteorologists.

For the first time, the National Hurricane Center in Miami is working with an artificial intelligence company to improve its forecasts of the powerful storms that kill thousands of people globally every year. The Atlantic season has just begun and runs through November.

DeepMind, a Google company based in London, announced on …