Britain’s swift population fell by two-thirds between 1995 and 2023. Make their lives a little easier with a bit more food and more places to nest

Rest of UK has resisted calls to make builders install bricks that provide nesting for swifts and other endangered birds

Oceans absorb 90% of global heating, making them a stark indicator of the relentless march of the climate crisis

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There’s a state of emergency in western Washington state after days of heavy rain causing severe flooding. Governor Ferguson warns “the next 24 hours could not be more critical.”

Tehran is grappling with a water crisis so severe the Iranian president has suggested people may need to evacuate, and the situation goes well beyond the capital. The weeks tick by, still the rains do...

One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to the Cop30 climate negotiations in Belém, significantly outnumbering every single country’s delegation apart from the host Brazil, new analysis has found. One in every 25 participants at this year’s UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to the analysis by the Kick Big Polluters Out (KBPO) coalition, raising serious questions about the corporate capture and credibility of the annual Cop negotiations. Continue reading...

Exclusive: ‘Deep-rooted injustices’ affect billions of people due to location of wells, pipelines and other infrastructure A quarter of the world’s population lives within three miles (5km) of operational fossil fuel projects, potentially threatening the health of more than 2 billion people as well as critical ecosystems, according to first-of-its-kind research. A damning new report by Amnesty International, shared exclusively with the Guardian, found that more than 18,300 oil, gas and coal sites are currently distributed across 170 countries worldwide, occupying a vast area of the Earth’s surface. Continue reading...

Decision by international court of justice hailed as a gamechanger for climate justice and accountability

Paramount scored a win by keeping Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show" through 2026—a smart business decision that also spares the company from what would have been a major PR disaster.