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One year after Spain’s blackout, its shift to renewables and grid evolution power on

admin — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:47:48 +0000

Though solar was initially incorrectly blamed for crisis, renewables have helped insulate Spain from gas price rises caused by war in Middle East

Trump’s attempt to crush clean energy progress not going to plan, experts say

admin — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:30:09 +0000

US generated more power from renewables like solar and wind than gas last month in a first

Donald Trump has wielded the full might of his administration to crush the progress of clean energy, which he has called a “scam” and “stupid”. But there are signs this assault is not going to plan.

In March, the US generated more of its electricity from renewable sources such as solar and wind than it did via gas, the first time clean energy has surpassed the planet-heating fossil fuel for a full month nationally, according to data from the Ember thinktank.

Middle East crisis could cost world $1tn while oil firms make ‘obscene’ profit, analysis finds

admin — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:00:09 +0000

Climate group calls for urgent windfall tax on excess fossil fuel profits, as delegates tell Colombia conference their nations are suffering

The Middle East oil and gas crunch will impose as much as a trillion dollars of additional costs on the global economy while petroleum companies rake in spectacular profits from elevated fuel prices, analysis has revealed.

The uneven distribution of risk and reward comes amid rising concern that the US-Israeli attack on Iran is worsening inequality, poverty and hunger across a world that has become dangerously dependent on fossil fuels.

A new haven for wildlife: London’s Queen Elizabeth II garden opens to the public – in pictures

admin — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:00:46 +0000

A new two-acre garden in memory of Queen Elizabeth II has opened to the public, providing a refuge for the city’s flora and fauna in Regent’s Park. From a wildflower meadow to swift boxes in a water tower, the space has been designed as an oasis of biodiversity

Lebanon accuses Israel of committing ‘ecocide’ in country since 2023

admin — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:00:42 +0000

Claim by environment minister opens new report into profound ecological damage allegedly done by IDF forces

Lebanon’s minister for the environment has accused Israel’s military of committing “an act of ecocide” in the foreword to a report detailing the harm done to the country’s natural resources during the invasion of 2023 to 2024.

Heavy rain not ‘nearly enough’ to tame two wildfires in drought-stricken Georgia

admin — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:05:12 +0000

Pineland Road fire and Highway 82 fire have destroyed over 100 homes, and are part of large number of wildfires this spring in the US south

US supreme court weighs blocking lawsuits against Roundup makers alleging weedkiller causes cancer

admin — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:30:09 +0000

Case centers on glyphosate, pesticide used in Roundup and other products that has been linked to cancer in some studies

Members of the US supreme court peppered lawyers for the former Monsanto Company with a barrage of questions over pesticide regulation on Monday, wrestling over whether federal law preempts state actions that permit consumers to sue companies for failing to warn of product risks such as cancer.

Clean energy switch must not be excuse to plunder Indigenous lands, say leaders

admin — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:00:09 +0000

Global conference told benefits should not come at expense of well-protected environments

The energy transition must not be used as a fresh excuse to plunder Indigenous territories, delegates at a groundbreaking global conference on phasing out fossil fuels were warned.

Record bear sightings in Japan cause alarm as hibernation ends

admin — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 05:42:20 +0000

Woman’s body found in Iwate prefecture last week, soon after a police officer was injured in bear attack nearby

Rested but famished bears emerging from hibernation in Japan are already coming into contact with humans, with the pace of sightings outstripping that seen in 2025, a record year for bear attacks.

‘I needed to be in that strange, flat place’: how an Orkney garden healed a writer

admin — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 05:00:35 +0000

After her sister died, Victoria Bennett left Cumbria for the remote Scottish archipelago, where she learned to go with the ebb and flow of life

It was during her first winter in Orkney that the nature writer Victoria Bennett experienced the joy of baying into the sea during a storm. “There’s something very physically releasing about howling,” she says. “It’s quite animalistic and powerful.” On a stormy beach, when waves are crashing on the rocks, “you can really let rip”, she says. “The sound just disappears.”