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Critics say the Trump administration’s willingness to greenlight any of the fossil fuel industry’s requests allows it to spend less on lobbying. By Aidan Hughes The energy and natural resource sector has spent hundreds of millions of dollars lobbying the…
Seventeen years ago, Californians bet on a grand vision of the future. They narrowly approved a $10 billion bond issue to build a high-speed rail line that would zip between San Francisco and Los Angeles in under three hours. This…
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Exclusive: stroke risk is 7% higher and heart failure risk increases by 27% in areas with worst level of pollution, research shows Millions of Britons face a higher risk of stroke or heart failure because of dirty air where they…
Concerns abandoned coal boreholes in Queensland and NSW could be emitting ‘equivalent of 65m cars’ worth of methane Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter…
Labor’s koala strategy doesn’t go far enough, Coalition says, but environmentalists hail park a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ decision Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The long-awaited great koala national park in the north of New South Wales,…
Sam Shoemaker’s record-setting voyage shows the promise – and limits – of fungi as a plastic alternative On a clear, still morning in early August, Sam Shoemaker launched his kayak into the waters off Catalina Island and began paddling. His…
We’re beyond Mel Gibson’s Mad Max era. We no longer need oil to make it through the apocalypse As I write these words, the No 1 trending story on the Guardian is titled: “The history and future of societal collapse”.…
The devastating flooding in Houston caused by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 killed dozens of people, inundated hundreds of thousands of homes and left the community desperate for a solution. Since then, local flood experts have extensively studied the possibility of…
Rise in cases south of the border prompts concern over US livestock as Trump budget cuts hit research and foreign aid A patient in Maryland was diagnosed in August with New World screwworm, a parasitic fly, after traveling to El…