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‘The biggest transformation in a century’: how California remade itself as a clean energy powerhouse

admin — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 15:00:33 +0000

The Golden State’s clean energy use hit new highs in 2025. As the Trump administration abandons US climate initiatives, can California fill the void?

As officials from around the world met in Brazil for the Cop30 climate summit last month, the US president was nowhere to be found, nor were any members of his cabinet. Instead, the most prominent American voice in Belém was that of the California governor, Gavin Newsom.

‘Borrowed time’: crop pests and food losses supercharged by climate crisis

admin — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 10:00:28 +0000

Heating means pests breeding and spreading faster, warn scientists, with simplified current food system already vulnerable

How climate breakdown is putting the world’s food in peril – in maps and charts

The destruction of food supplies by crop pests is being supercharged by the climate crisis, with losses expected to surge, an analysis has concluded.

This year’s Christmas could be Britain’s greenest yet, energy operator says

admin — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 08:00:25 +0000

System operator Neso predicts lowest carbon intensity ever on Christmas Day after new wind and solar power come online

Britain’s energy system operator has predicted that this year’s Christmas Day could be the greenest yet.

If the weather remains mild and windy for the rest of December, the National Energy System Operator (Neso) has said it could record the lowest carbon intensity – the measure of how much carbon dioxide is released to produce electricity – recorded on the network for 25 December.

When is a sausage not really a sausage? Ask the meat lobby | George Monbiot

admin — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 06:00:26 +0000

European legislators may ban plant-based products from using the name to prevent ‘confusion’. Just don’t mention beef tomatoes or buffalo wings

Most of what you eat is sausages. I mean, if we’re going to get literal about it. Sausage derives from the Latin salsicus, which means “seasoned with salt”. You might think of a sausage as a simple thing, but on this reading it is everything and nothing, a Borgesian meta-concept that retreats as you approach it.

Trump’s EPA wants to weaken formaldehyde protections – this is what it could mean

admin — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 13:30:01 +0000

EPA proposed undoing Biden-era policy on exposure to carcinogenic toxin in latest push to weaken toxin standards

Revealed: how Toyota uses retro-style games and prizes to urge US workers to lobby politicians

admin — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 13:00:02 +0000

Games such as Dragon Quest used to mobilize workers to back corporate goals including relaxing environmental rules

Toyota, the world’s biggest carmaker, is using retro-style video games to rally its US workforce behind its corporate goals, including lobbying to relax environmental rules, the Guardian can reveal.

Food becoming more calorific but less nutritious due to rising carbon dioxide

admin — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:00:05 +0000

Researchers noticed ‘dramatic’ changes in nutrients in crops, including drop in zinc and rise in lead

More carbon dioxide in the environment is making food more calorific but less nutritious – and also potentially more toxic, a study has found.

Weather tracker: Early snowfall in New York and a storm ruins Christmas lights in Spain

admin — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 09:24:37 +0000

Long Island receives 21cm of snow, while a tornado tears down decorations near Málaga

Heavy snow fell in parts of New England this week. New York’s Central Park received a few centimetres of snow, while 21cm (8.5in) was dumped in parts of Long Island. This is the earliest New York has experienced snowfall since 2018.

‘I can’t think of a place more pristine’: 133,000 hectares of Chilean Patagonia preserved after local fundraising

admin — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 09:00:01 +0000

Exclusive: Ancient forests and turquoise rivers of the Cochamó Valley protected from logging, damming and development

A wild valley in Chilean Patagonia has been preserved for future generations and protected from logging, damming and unbridled development after a remarkable fundraising effort by local groups, the Guardian can reveal.

Week in wildlife: honeymooning owls, an otter on the razz and a magical frog

admin — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 08:00:54 +0000

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world