Residents in Alcanar say they feel fortunate no lives were lost after intense rain caused heavy floodingPeople in the town of Alcanar in north-east Spain have been assessing the damage caused to homes and businesses by flooding produced by intense rain…
Shell aims to install 50,000 on-street EV charge points by 2025
Oil firm sets out plans to provide a third of Britain’s network needed to hit climate targetsShell has announced its aim to install 50,000 on-street electric vehicle (EV) charging points in the UK over the next four years, in an attempt to provide a th…
We can’t build our way out of the environmental crisis | George Monbiot
New infrastructure projects are all the rage, post-pandemic. But who benefits from a rising tide of concrete?Dig for victory: this, repurposed from the second world war, could be the slogan of our times. All over the world, governments are using the pa…
Greece’s deadly wildfires were sparked by 30 years of political failure | Yanis Varoufakis
The climate emergency and state neglect caused this disasterAfter the second world war, Greece’s countryside experienced two debilitating human surges – an exodus of villagers, then a most peculiar human invasion of its fringes. These two surges, aided…
The Observer view on the pros and cons of deep-sea mining | Observer editorial
There may be merits to mining the seabed, but investing in alternative green technologies on land should be the priorityDeep-sea mining has become one of our planet’s most divisive problems. By stripping the ocean floor of its vast mineral wealth, prop…
Animal Rebellion paints Buckingham Palace fountain red
Group linked to Extinction Rebellion says Queen has ‘blood on her hands’ over hunting and animal agricultureAnimal rights activists linked to Extinction Rebellion have painted the fountain outside Buckingham Palace red, accusing the Queen of having “bl…
How a ‘lazy’ siesta could transform the UK’s working day | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Longer breaks could mitigate some effects of extreme weather due to the climate crisisI will confess that my sleepy heart sang when I read the news that the National Trust would be introducing siestas for its staff. My people, I thought. A French frien…
Reporting on the climate crisis: ‘For years it was seen as a far-off problem’
Our correspondent talks to her predecessor about how global heating went from a ‘slow burn’ to the biggest story of allDevastating floods across Europe, killer heatwaves in Canada, wildfires across the US. Extreme weather has hit the headlines across t…
What if it’s too late to save our planet without geoengineering? | Moira Donegan
Climate engineering sounds scary. But is coming whether we like it or not, this scientist saysThe realities of climate change are front-page news every day. Temperature records are being smashed. Wildfires are raging. There is no sign of things going b…
‘It’s a miracle crop’: the pioneers pushing the powers of seaweed
Kelp can clean New York’s polluted waters, tackle climate change and is sustainable – but growers need a law change firstMotoring out of Montauk Harbor aboard a research vessel, Sean Barrett waves hello to a commercial fishing boat, yelling “What up, J…